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DZDICATCD TO MACOII County anj t! Welfare of it Good People PHOQRUSSIVU LIBERAL r ,.. ii I .1. 3 x. 'I- ! Oulbc'.: fcr Ycrr Vo Hi Dbcu::zJ , Hera Fri-ay 'goob'maiTto .speak RcUrhns To Meet With Grc"4i of Farmers Next Week The agricultural outlook in Ma con county for 1932 will be dis cussed Friday of s week at a Meeting of farmer called by Fred Sloan, couifVfarm demonstra- ag mt.: Tlnf meeting is sched 1 to be held fn , the Odd Fel j hall, beanning at 10 o'clock e mornirc. . , .. ' '- ;inW, jjfoodman, district farm ' (hr V estern North Carolina, I iv Ruth Currant, district ; atrrnt '.-will be the r principal Mr. bloan announced. A Pla'm.i and prospects of the year will be discussed. Meetings , such as this are held each year. ; j On Wednesday of next week the 5:10 Year Organized . Farm Pro gram will be outlined and discuss ed at a meeting of : the Franklin Rotary club to which a farmer and a farm woman from each of. the 17 communities in the county will be invited. -. '.' ;,'' "' The 5-10 Year plan, launched in recent months under -the auspices of the Asheville Citizen and the Asheville Times, is similar in many ' respects to the famous. "Minnesota rian," which has been the salva tion of farmers in the northwest. - It aims to bring about standardiza tion, of, grades and varieties, of farm products, from-truck to live stock ; to increase production' in livestock and dairy products through the use of purebred stock; to improve soil and pastures; and, what is regarded as one of the i most important phases of the move- tK ment, to develop broader markets w the farm products of this sec- won., . . , ; - ; . The general campaign is being directed by Bruce. Webb, promotion f manager of the Asheville Citizen and Times. H. Arthur Osborne, ofKstate's prison by Judge . Walter L. Haywood county, is chairman oil the secffimnl committee in charge! " . . C T T- C 'A of the programs sam u rrani a r wr .T?1 L.tL n rtAiT and Miss Elizabeth Kellyar -eo chairmen of the 5-10 Year com mittee in Macon county. . DEATH CLAIMS REV. MR. JACOBS . AT ELLIJAY HOME The Hi v. Anthony Wyn Jacol, IJ-year-oW rtirI t minister, died at . o'clock Wednesday evening at hit home on EUijay. Mr. Jac obs had suffered a Stroke of paralysis abou? two weeks ago. The funeral service were to . be held at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon at Salem church. Rev. Mr. Jacobs Was one of the best known and beloved ministers in the county. For mauy years during bis younger ----y h v?$d as a missionary fto the Cherokee Indians. Although retired, Rey. Mr. . Jacobs had ieen conducing oc casional services in the EUijay section for the past year. He was a familiar figkiro in Frank- Itn. Driving about the country tide in his buggy, he was typ ical of the old circuit riders. ' Waldroop Is Bound Over Without Bond Bel ton Waldroop, IS, charged with the fatttd stabbing of hir halrff,IW,J1-Burch, 23, two weeks ago, was Kd over to the next session of sur4or court without bond at a hear ing Wednesday afternoon before Magistrate George Carpenter. Mrs. Norman Burcn, mother of the slain man and grand mother of young Waldroop, was the only witness to take the stand. Burch, she testified; stiuck' his half nephew across the neck with a racor strap, then the two grappled. She sa'd she did not realize until the fight was over that Burch had been stabbed. . 1 The fight occurred on Friday rrornin r, Jan. 8, and Burch the following Sunday in An pel Brothers') hospital, , with two deep knife wounds in his bach, ori of which penetrated lv' li' 7oung Waldroop taid he ji ourcn . wicn a , earinw self defehse. i 7S SUMMARY i 1 i A .:rvey of State and National Events Concisely Told in Brief Up-to-Date News Reports STATE HIGH POINT BANK CLOSES High Point's Commercial Nation al bank . was closed on Tuesday morning by the directors. J, El wop.d -Cpx founded the bank and headed it during 40 years. Last report put deposits at $4,785,040. DECAPITATED BY TRAIN Engineer John Baker, of South ern train 46, on Monday afternoon saw a man'rbody lying across the tracks north of Greensboro. Be fore he1 could stop the train the engine passed over the body. de capitating it. 'It was later identi fied as that lcf John Cales, 48. Greensboro painter, MILLION A YEAR FIRE LOSS Forest fires have cost North Carolina more than $1,000,000 in losses each year for the last 22 years, says the state conservation head in urging a statewide program of forest protection, . FORMER EVANGELIST SEN TENCED V Rev.; T. F. "Thunderbolt Tom" Pardue, former evangelist best known for his evidence in the famous Gatling murder ,trial in Rockingham county, was sentenced to a year on Forsythc roads in Winston-Salem on Monday. His son drew a six-months sentence."' ADMITS POSTMASTER'S MUR- ' ' .'-, :' DER John Myers, Greensville negro, on Monday admitted sole responsi bility for the murder of R. H. Hodges, Pactolus postmaster, shoot ing him down on January 9. and robbing him. He was rushed to state's prison for safe keeping. FORMER OICIAL TO PRISON Pleading 'gUiity to. embezzlement in amount of $6,000 while serving as deputy clerk in New Hanover county, Marion J. Shuffler was on Monday given two to five years in Small. V .. J search FOR HOLDUP MEJkJ. rri i . .i .1 Throughout the southeascfn part of the state-n:k.iir' continuing for the three robbers who , held up the bank at Magnolia on Jan uary 12 and escaped with $14,300. They are believed responsible for other violent robberies in the Kins ton section. DURHAM BANK CLOSES Directors of the First National bank, Durham, closed it on Monday due to $4,000,000 in withdrawals since October h Deposits were $3,500,000. " " 7: ' ' " ; GUILTY IN SHORT TRIAL In a one-day trial at Marion, Munyon Williams, 24, was on Jan uary 14 touna . guilty j ot killing Berlin Smith and was given 10 to 14 years. " SALESMAN CAR VICTIM Joe Bojand, 35, Spartanburg salesman, was killed by the car of Homer Simpson at Glen Alpine on January 14. Simpson , was ab solved of blame. Mr. and Mrs. J. Pass Golden Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Jv B. Duvall, well known throughout the county, cele brated their golden wedding anni versary Sunday at their home, on Iotla . with a score of friends , and relatives present for a bounteous picnic dinner, V Mrs.-Duvall before her marriage 50 years ai'go was Hiss Margaret Bradley, daughter of the late Mr. ano M.rs. Will Bradley. She was born in Tennessee but removed to Macon county with her parents whetj she was a child of four years. Mr. Duvall was the eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. B.. L. Duvall and hp was born and reared in Macon. Mr. and Mrs. Duvall were married January 13, 1882. They have six children four sons, Edd, Charles, Wayne and CJaude; two daughters, Mrs. Charles S. Shields, and Mrs. Turpin ' Davenport, of the State of Washington and 17 grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. Despite the weight of their years, both Mr.' and Mrs. Duvall are very active. Mr. Duvall would challenge try fr.:fi ti S3 tf 40 ytifi ts lsl NATIONAL AGRICULTURE BILL SLICED Democrats of the house appro priations committee on Monday slashed the agriculture department Supply , bill $10,799,000 below the budget figures, which were them selves $60,000,000 below appropria tions for the current fiscal year. EXPERT TRAIN ROBBERY- Two Chicago .gunmen staged an expert robbery of a commutation train on Monday, terrorized pas sengers and took $6,000 from Mar cella Bergman, girl bank messen ger. ". v ' i , APPROVE 17 N. C. POST MASTERS The senate on Monday approved 17 North Carolina postmasters but withheld approval of eight others on request of Senator J. W, Bailey who has made charges of irregu larities in their appointment. REDS ATTACK. CATHOLICS Thousands of communists in Bil bao, Spain, began a general strike on Monday by attempting to storm a jail and lynch 41 Catholic prison ers in retaliation for the killing of four communists in Sunday riot ing between them and Catholic sup porters. " - SUES FOR TEN MILLION S. W. , Pjarham, Columbia, S. C, has filed in Charleston a suit for $10,000,000 damages from the Chem ical Bank and Trust company, New York, in behalf of creditors and stockholders of the closed People's State bank. Parham claims the New York bank wrecked the South Carolina bank and its 44 branches. RUTH JUDD ON TRIAL r Ruth Judd is on trial in Phoenix, Arizona, this week for the murder of two women companions, dis covery coming at Los Angeles when trunks containing their bodies were opened. She is depending on in sanity pleas. MANCHURIAN FIGHTS CON TINUE . While Japan sent notes to the . . nations" "that-the open door policy will be maintained in China, her troops engaged the past week in deadly raids against bands of Chi nese. Chinese troops struck back at Tahusnan, killing 100 Japanese. SOVIET-JAPAN PEACE PACT Soviet Russia is making over tures to Japan for a pact of non aggression to prevent possible trouble in the Far East ROSENWALD FUNDS TO CHARITY Half the $20,000,000 estate of Julius Rosenwald, Chicago philan thropist and merchant, is left un der his will to carry on the be nevolent work of the foundation he created. $250,000,000 FOR BRIDGE . It is estimated that $250,000,000 a year is now being spent in the United States, for bridge and its accessories and that 50,000 persons are given employment to provide the game, B. Duvall or surpass him in climbing the rug ged mountain slopes when a good fox chase was under way. Three of Mr. and Mrs. Duvall's four sons saw services during the World.War. Friends and relatives of the Du vails gathered, at the home Sunday morning and, atter talking over reminiscences, all went into the yard for a picnic dinner spread un der the oak trees. In the center of the table was a large cake with 50 candles. Those attending the celebration were Mrs. Martha Meadows, of Bryson City, youngest sister of Mr. Duvall; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Shep ard, Miss Juanita Meadows, Mr. and Mrs. J. N. Downs, Mr. and Mrs. W.B. Justice, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Morrison, Miss Lovita Justice, Miss Helen Shepard, Miss Annie D. Leatherman, Derrell Ashe, Har ley Morrison, Miss Helen Mason Charley and Dorothy Lee Morris on, Thomas Gibson, Charles Shields, Jr., Was the. youngest FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY1, JAN. 21, 1332 FRAKXLlil UiS FR0L1AKDRE17S Boys Score 21-16 Victory; Girls Team Wins By 45 to 13 The Franklin, boys and girls won two basketball games from, An drews high, at the Franklin gym nasium. The games were fair ; but on account of Andrews being a little weak the girls won by the long score of 45 to 13. The Franklin boys seemed a little stale and did not play their usual game, barely nosing out Andrews by a L to 10 score. . Boys' line-up: Franklin (21) -Sheffield.., , L. F, Teague,...".. R. F. Freeman....,, C. , Elmore L. G, Andrews (16) Morrow ........Battle .Robinson .Looingood Dean.. R. G. ...... Everette Substitutions ; Matlock for Dean Girls' line-up: Franklin (45) Ray, S.i... Cunningham Franks ........... Andrews (13) , . . . , Crawford Moore Watkins aiasoi Monterey Ray, L., Barton Hodgin ...... ..'Raxtcr Substitutions Carver, Andrews. W . r A RANDOM SHOT Well, folks, we sure do thank those who have been attending the basketball games over at the school house. Some of them have been good and some not so good. How ever, we are doing the best we can and can assure you if you want to see two real basketball teams in action, come over Fri day night and watch Franklin make the Sylva boys and girls put out to stay in front. Called to Rest Mrs, Adilie Gibson, 45, wife of Mr. Henry Gibson,' died at her home at Cullasaja Monday night about 11 o'clock after an illness of several weeks. Funeral services were held at the Sugarfork Baptist church Tues day afternoon at three o'clock. Mrs. Gibson was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Louis Sorrels of Haywood county. ' She is survived by her husband and several chil dren. Exhibits Lemon Weighing Two Pounds, Five Ounces G. T. Stiles ha sreturned to his home heer after a month's visit with his son, N. H. Stiles, at Haines City, Fla. Mr. Stiles brought back with him a huge lem on, known as the Ponderoso va riety. It weighed two pounds and five ounces and was a perfect piece of fruit, without a single blemish. He said this species was grown as novelty or for one's personal use, but not for commercial pur poses. SOWS ON PEACE PAPER Disarmament Petitions Sent to President Hoover About 500 signatures were placed by Macon county . residents to petitions for world peace and (lis armament by all nations which were circulated recently by a com mittee of women under the chair mansliip of Mrs. F. L. Siler. These petitions, Mrs. Siler -an nounced, have been sent to Presi dent Hoover and will be carried to Geneva by the United States delegate to the international dis armament conference in February. "The castor of all the commun ity," Mrs'. Siler commented, "re sponded, to requests from the com mittee of church women with splen did sermons. " "The Franklin Press has been most generous in aiding the work Many out in the county sent in tchir names to be attached to the petitions. Members of the commit tee were stopped on the streets and asked by various persons fof the privilege of signing, their narnes. "Busy housewives and,tmofners put aside other duties to aUfcnd to this work. Everyone whoassisted in any way is most heartify thank ed. "More names are to be sent from this county as soo; as they are turned in by cwUtn rural com- iauAitiet ind ly the colored fctki. - 11.50 PEH YEAR PurG-Bred Cattle Yield Big Return on Investment, Haywood Farmer Find: (From th Waynesvill Moun . taineer) "You're a fool to borrow $700 to Duy just two cows," is the reply H. Arthur Osborne, of Havwnnil county, received from his banker in 1914 whei.he attempted to bor row monev from the hanker tn i,.. two pure-bred cows in Wisconsin. the sharp discouraging reply did not dampen Mr. Osborne's ambi tion. He in' turn proved to the banker where it was a good in vestment, and got the $700. The two cows were purchased, put on the farm, and in a short time the borrowed money was paid back. Mr. Osborne made the original Investment finance him in buying more pure-bred stock and, now he has a herd of 100, free from In debtedness and by means of add ing $2,000 worth of cattle to the herd he has been able during the 17 years to sell $20,000 worth of cattle from his herd. Not only has the sale of $20,000 worth of cattle been an achieve ment within itself, but he has made the profits from thl herd n fnr all labor on his farm and dairy, wnicn he pointed out was a rather expensive item. Ghost Story Winners In Contest Announced EXPLANATION Of U.t Week'. Gho.tMy.tery The Accusing Ghost On hU wy homeward the doctor had to put an old coun try graveyard, the road timing around one corner of it. In thit corner a tall monument bore the figure of un angel, standing upright and with one arm uplifted. Just a. the doc tor reached thi. point a rift in the shifting cloud of mitt revealed the figure and he . aw in it the figure of the mother, commanding him to go back. ' A. everyone know., in the wood, in the fall of the year the traveller frequently tee., and feel, on hi hand, and face, loose floating thread, of spider', webs. One or two of these thread., chill and clammy with the drop, of vapor collected on them, came In contact with his face at the moment when the figure of the mother revealed it self. The cold, light touch was like the touch of unearthly firig er. and of course in the dark ness he could see nothing so m aubstantial a. the thread, of a spider t web. 'iflM SET FOR JAN. 27 The next quarterly meeting of the Macon County Singing Con vention will be held in the Macon county courthouse on the fifth Sun day of the month, January 31, it was announced this week by J. M. Raby, president of the convention. The music will begin at 9 :30 o'clock in the morning, Mr. Raby said, and there will be plenty of (Continued on page four) . Blind Musician Strange Ernest Cepcrnic, blind musician from Bruton, Ala., and his com panion minstrel, Locke Kelly, a young fellow from Marion, N. C, wandered into Franklin Monday night and treated a crowd at the Scott Griffin hotel to suchN music that would make "Fiddlin' Jim" Corbin stand on his musical ear in envy. Gepcrnic could wield his violin bow .on. the' -back of an ordinary Lcarpenter's saw as well as on his Me' i ti - , i 17 .it.. ... iuinic, wnue rveiiy was no mean accompanist on the guitar. With the hand of the saw'bitween his knees, the tip of the. blade under the control, of his left hand, the blind musician drew the bow back and forth across the smooth edge of the blade, producing notes as clear as ever came from a flute. I Yet this strange, unorthodox music pdtietstd l mtuncholy quality m SINGING MEET Mr. Osborne told .the above in cident at the meeting of newspaper men held in Asheville recently in connecnon with the 5-10 Year Or ganized Farm Movement. Mr, Osborne not only proved that V. it ?-' t H. ARTHUR OSBORNE he was far from being a "fool farmer, but more of a successful financier, instead. Mr. Osborne was rccentlv rWic) regional committee chairman for tne 5-10 Year Program. Winners Asked To Call For Prizes Not Later Than Saturday - v The judges in "guess-the-ghost" contest which has been running in The Franklin Press have wound up their arduous task with the un- founcement of the following win ners of prizes for the best solu tions to the .last three mysteries in the series of 12: Genett Thomas, "Ghosts' Sense of Decorum." John W. Edwards. "The Fonr- Thousand-Year-Old Ghost." Mrs. H. T. Horslev. "The Accus ing Ghost." The ghost story contest started off with a bang, scores of solu tions being submitted for the first few storks. Then some of the contestants began to lose interest. Had a single one of them submit ted reasonable answers for all 12 of the stories, he or she would be eligible to a $10 grand prize; but not one of the contestants, sent in solutions for all of the stories. Hence, no grand prize can be awarded. Prizes of $2.50, totalling $30 in all, have been awarded for the most plausible explanation for each of the mysteries. The winners an nounced above are reauested to call at the Press office before Sat urday night to receive their awards. 2 Franklin Students on Honor Roll at W. C.T.C. C. Ross Zachary, senior at West ern Carolina Teachers College made the Beta honor roll for the fall quarter. Mr. Zachary is presi dent of the Alpha Phi Sigma, na tional honorary scholastic fratern ity.' Miss Mary Louise Slaulc. o Franklin, also made the Beta honor roll for the fall quarter. Produces from Saw ferent from that produced on any other instrument. When Gepernic played . "Nellie Gray," it almost made the tears come to one's eyes, and he made "My Old Kentucky Home" seem like lost paradise, y Yet, with his violin, he could put as much pep as anyone could wish in "The Girl I Left Behind Me," while Locke Kelly strummed out "Turkey in the Straw" as . a guitar accompaniment. The pair knew a good many of the mountain pieces; but, strange to say, they had never heard "Sotir wood Mountain." Gepernic makes his living wander ing about hte. country playing his violin and . his saw. He said he had traveled from California to North Carolina in the past year. He picked up young Kelly at Mar ion about six weeks ago. They stopped heer only for a night and then headed South for Bruton. jtrrr 1 ' ' "" lllUl. I.MI, ,m OURRAY 1IEAD3 VIWYDRIVE Will Lead Democratic Fund Campaign In Macon ! NO CANDIDATES OUT Political Pot Slow Coming to Boil Hereabouts " The first rumblinea of the 10.12 political camnaiens reached Frank lin this week with the announce ment in the state papers Monday morning of the appointment of county managers in North Carolina for the Democratic VirWv Pimrf Campaign. Frank I. Murray, clerk of court and generally recognized as the Democratic leader nf thia county, was- designated to head the victory und drive m Macon. Appointment of the countv cam paign managers was announced at Greenftoro by C. L. Shuping, chair man of the North Carolina Victory Fund committee. M r. Shaping has been a fitruro in Democratic circles ever since he ANNOUNCEMENT The Franklin Press hes a definite policy of printing NEWS free and charging space rates for advertising or propaganda This policy will be adhered to strictly in the approaching po litical campaigns. Political events, of course, are news and will be reported as such to the best of our ability, in an impartial manner. How ever, -many communications sent to newspaper! by candidates for political office, or by their friend or enemies, is not news but propaganda. In such cases, the communications will be re garded as ftd4tsiBB- ed for accordingly, CASH IN ADVANCE. In such instances, the matter will be designated as "Advertising." But, under no circumstance,, will this news paper carry ny article or ad vertisement tending to be li belous or even derogatory in a personal nature, unless such ar ticle or advertisement is "priv ileged," under a strict interpreta tion of the law.' If The Franklin Press feels called upon to express opinions concerning political matter, it will do so in its : editorial col umn and not in its new ar ticles. . managed JosiahNLiam Bailey's m.K.rno;oi JiiTT i.i 1, Bailey was defeated for governor by,-Angus Wilton McLean, Mr. Shuping gained recognition as one of the best campaign directors the state has produced in recent years. A leader for the" Republicans in this county has not yet becjiri nounced. .-,-. : ' f . w Politics Moves Slowly The fact is. Macon folks have been so busy trying to scrape up money to pay their taxes that they - haven t had time to take stock of the political situation. There have Deen tew signs, oesides street corn er gossip, to indicate that this . is ' one of those major election years. Candidates for county offices seem to be about as slow as presidential candidates in coming out with def inite announcements. But tin. doesn't mean that the jobs wilt go begging. Opening of bids on rural mail routes brought out more candidates this year, and at prices far below actual costs, than usually are entered for every job in the courthouse, It seems that there are plenty of prospective candidates, but each is watching the other, like. boys going in swimming, before taking the plunge. They want to see the other fflllfw hit-ti cold water fit UTien J Afe notice, ther be enough candiif' to print a ballot!'' Judge Mchac Over Civifvv With Judge Cameron of Asheville, '-presidhr county superior court! Monday morning for a s term of three JKepAs. s cases listed, the cafWs the longest that has corne before the court for more than a year. Judge McRae dismissed the jury Wednesday afternoon, and the court"" devoted its attention Thursday to x hearing divorce casesV injunctions and other matters in which a juy it not required. ; - "''.' ' nir -, A ii a ' ,, ' ' "' I ' .' 1