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DEDICATED TO MACON County and the Welfare of its Good People (lm4ui . ' ' "I f I 1 MM1 I I ' f i f ' J 4 , . (- V V V V V v V V . . ( ... . u West of .!"! W gf PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VCL. XLVII, NO. 11 , FRANKLIN, N. C," THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 1932 $1.50 PER YEAR V CMEiI FATAL T0C.111AG1 Truck Overturns Down - Bank ia Jsckscn - County son is ITninjured Large Crowd Attend Funeral at Union Church, w r--' ' " ... Funeral services for Charles W. Teague, 57r of Prentiss, one of Macon county's most outstanding farmers, who was' fatally injured Monday in a highway x accident, ' were held at 11 o'clock Wednes day morning at jUnlon Methodist church. . " ' Ifr, Tcagiic suffered a fracture of the vcrtcrbrae with compression of v the spinal cord when- a truck in "which he was . riding with his son, Elmer, overturned on high way No.' 285, hear Gay, in the Savannah section of Jackson coun ty, Monday morning. Son Uninjured Rimer" Teaeue who escaped in jury, reported that 'the truck .went over an embankment when the wheels slipped on some ice. The truck turned over, twice and went 30 feet down an embankment. M r Teacup was taken to a hos pital in Sylva, but was removed later in the day to Angel Brothers' hospital in Franklin. - His, injury left him paralized f rom - his . neck down. An operation was deemed inadvisable, but the compression of the snine was somewhat relieved. Mr. Teague died about 9 o'clock Tuesday morning. Born in Haywood ." ' kr. Teaeue was born in Hay wood county and came to. Macon ' in 1908. He was a notable suc cess as a farmer and about two years ago was chosen. Master Farmer of the county." Besides running a large (arm, jie also op erated a cannery at Prentiss. At one' time' he had been manager of the cannery here and for a while served as county road supervisor. He was a' member of the Metho dist church. , He is survived by: N His widow. MrSi Cumi McCrack en Teague j five sons, Ned, Wilbur, Elmer, Woodrow and Rafe Teague; two daughters,. Misses Adeline and Marv Teaeue: two brothers the Rev. J. L. Teague, of Franklin, Route 2; and Thomas IT Teague, of Nashville, Tenn.; and five, sis ters Mrs. L. f, wells, canton; Mrs. A. T. Roeers. Prentiss: Mrs. Roherts and Mrs. Andy Johnson of the state of Washington ; and Mrs. Sam Herron, of Chicago. Large Funeral - The furteral was conducted by the Rev. J. C. Umberger, pastor of Union church, and the-- Rev. L. B. Hayes, of Wayncsville, presiding elder of the Waynesville district of the Methodist church, assisted by the Rev. Q. P. Ader pastor of the Franklin Methodist church; the ; Rev. J. A. Flanagan, pastor of the Franklin Presbyterian church, and the Rev. H. C. Freeman, pastor of the Franklin circuit. Nearlv a thousand persons at tended the last rites, many of them coming from Canton. Wayn csville, Weaverville and other com tnunities. .- a Mr. Teagtie's sons served as pall bearers. Franklin Churches To Observe Holy Week Next week there will be a series of services at the various churches in Franklin commem orating the last week of our Lord's earthly life. All the min isters will take, part On Mon day night the service will be held in the Baptist church; Tuesday night, the Episcopal church; Wednesday night, the Methodist church Thursday night, the Presbyterian church. The three-hour service, com memorating the crucifixion, will be held on . Friday (Good Fri day) from 12 o'clock, noon, to 3 p. m. in St. Agnes Episcopal church.. This service will con sist of addresses, prayers and hymns, all setting forth the events of the crucifixion. . The addresses will be given by the naiitors of the Franklin church -cs the Rev. Messers Flanagan,' Freeman, Adar, Eller and Dun can. ' . Everybody is cordially invited to attend. The service will last for three hpurs, but people may coma and go at any time NEWS SUMMARY A Survey of State and National Events Concisely Told in Brief Up-to-D ate News Reports Lindbergh Suspect Held - One dim hope buoyed up po-... i lice investigating the Lindbergh kidnaping - this week ai they pounced upon the only definite clue yet elided in the question ing' of thousands of witnesses. Colonel H. Norman Schwarz kopf made this announcement: . "It was reported in a previous bulletin that the police were looking for " Frank Berg, who was questioned in the attempted kidnaping of Max A. Phillips of Eatontown, Penn. Frank Berg has been located by the' police, and - arrangements aire being made' to question him." Police are - also seeking the companion of a Welfare Island (New York City prison) inmate who, it is , said, was involved in a kidnaping last fell with four other men. Joe Roma, leader of the Denver gang sus pected in the Lindbergh kidnap ing, was quoted in Denver a saying, when charged with the crime, "It is too ridiculous to be 'denied." Nothing of impor tance has been learned from all ' other leads followed by police. Burns Prove Fatal Eugene Cowan, eft Asheville, 60, nightwatchman,' died in a Tryon hospital Monday from burns whert his clothing caught fire on a con struction camp at Landrum,, S. C, early that day. Hindenburg Is Winner Polling 19,661,736 votes. Presi dent Von Hindenburg held a heavy plurality over Adolf Hit ler, Fascist leader, in Sunday's presidential election in Ger many. Hitler-polled 11,338,571. The nation votes again April 10. School Bus Overturns With 32 dix cnnaren sustained minor hurts' when a school bus overturned east of Statesville, Friday, In in vestigation it was . charged that JBarnct Wooten, passing the bus m ins car cui too snarpiy uacK into l:. - the road and hit a front wheel of fit blocking riot n which four po the bus, causing the driver to lose licemen were shot and 30 agitators control. arrested. HE RAIDS WETS AS RIFLES BARK Chief Henry Has Moon shiners Slug in Him As Memento . - Chief Bob Henry's life was writ ten up in Sunday's Citizen-Times in a way that should give Frank lin considerable pride in its police officer and to which Mr. Henry certainly should not object. The account will come as news to a number of Macon residents and doubtless many of the exploits re counted will bring back memories of former, days to some of the Older citizens who knew of the blockading days before prohibition. From his birth in September, 1847, on the old Riley Henry farm in the Watauga section of Macon county, the story of Mr. Henry s many positions of trust is told, be ginning with his entry into . the federal revenue service. At first liis duties were to weigh materials, proof whisky and sec that it was properly -placed in government warehouses for taxing. In Novem ber, 1903 he was appointed U. S deputy marshal for the western district of North Carolina. In 1907 he became-! deputy collector, of in ternal rewemic for the 5th col lection district. A number of encounters in which Chief Bob figured are reported, Patman Bill Would Give Macon Veterans $167,000 More than $167,000 would be', paid to World War veterans' in Macon county in the redemption of ad justed service certificates if the proposal oi wrignt raiman in . uic house of representatives is passed. Three million six hundred thous and certificates are held by veter ans in the United States, repre sentintc $2,200,000,000. Mr. Patman propoitl to pay this debt in full, Refuse Vote on Liquor The lower house, by 227 to 187, on Monday voted not to consider a state-control pro hibition, amendment, 97 Repub licans and 90 Democrats voting for it..- . . Recall , Japanese Troops ' Part of Japan's expeditionary force to China, numbering about 12,000 men, has been ordered to leave Shanghai for home "in view of the steady improvement in the situation.. . - . Eastman Kills Himself "My work is done, why wait?" said George Eastman, 77, philan thropist and camera magnate, in a note left Monday when he shot and killed himself. Cardozo Takes Court Seat Benjamin N, Cardozo, New York, on Monday took his oath and seat is a J'T'-'n-.e r-.irt jus tire, sue-. cceJir.g OUvct Wcnde!! lfol.-.vs. Die as S.toVa C r V: . : Two men, unidentified, sped to death in a stolen car at Baonifay, Fla., Sunday, the machine crash ing into a bridge and burning up. Kills Self as Wife Looks On William R. Hough, railroad em ploye of Asheville, committed sui cide, Sunday night by firing a pis tol bullet, into his head while his wife looked on. The two had quar reled. . - - 18 Persons Escape Eighteen state prisoners escaped during the last week-end, 11 from the Stokesdale camp in Guilford county where Guard John Steven son was blinded with a can of lye thrown -in. his face; three from Elizabethton, four from Troy. Anti-Jap Protests Riot - A meeting protesting against the invasion of China, in front of the TanailCSe consulate in Chiracrn ?at. ' -. . " "o- urday turned into a four-hour traf- among them one in which two raid a misunderstanding at a still near Chapel Hill. The still had been reported , almost simultaneously to Mr. Henry , in Greensboro and to Mr. W. R. Hendricks " at Raeigh Arriving first at the scene, Mr. Henry and his party decided to wait for the operators of the still to show up. Hendricks arrived about 2 o'clock with a small force and upon being challenged by Hen ry opened fire. The fight which followed resulted in a number of the members of both parties being wounded, including Chief Bob. Pos sibly his closesL call came while on the way to raid a still operated by Code Lane, Wibern and Zonna Nance. They shot and killed both his horses and as he approached their home he" was shot from am bush, the bullet striking just above the heart, janging down through the lungs and lodging under the skin ' at the lower point of the shoulder blade. It was' never re moved and Chief Bob. 'complains that he can feel it occasionally even now. Altogether Mr. Henry is credited with destroying ovevr" 2,500 stills. Two Men Convicted of Game Law Violation Wendell Moore and Ray Cor bin, tried Saturday before S. J. Murray, justice of the peace, were Convicted of taking fish out of seasonon posted property and sen tenced to . serve 20 days in jail. Judgment was suspended, upon pay ment of costs. , now; as a means of inflating the depressed currency. "He argued in congress that this course would hasten the end of the depression by putting more money into cir culation. - - North Carolina's share of the bonus would be $9,736,083,60. The average veteran, Mr. Patman said, has borrowed 50 per cent of his certificate, the limit allewid by law GRIGGS REVIVAL TOEKDSUNDAY Services Held Over Week As Macon Responds To Revival 3 MEETINGS SUNDAY Rev. Eller Announces Big General Meeting at 3 In Afternoon Braving the biting winds of the recent semi-blizzard, residents of Macon county have responded so actively to revival services at the Baptist church under the lie v. W. L. Griggs and John Kermit Black burn that it has been decided to continue the services through next Sunday. "We are deeply grateful for the wonderful spirit of the pastors and people of our sister towns," said the Rev. Eugene R. Eller, pastor of the church, in announcing the continuance of the revival. ; Pastor Praises ' People Mr. Eller declared Mhat jt was a sincere tribute indeed on the part of people in the rural com munities, who had to brave snow and cold to attend. " The Rev. Mr. Griggs and Mr. Rlaekburn will hold three services Sundav. the first at 10 a. m. The i second, a general meeting, to which the public is cordially invited, will be held at 3 p. m., and the third at 7:45 p.' m. Prayer services will be held, jn the church basement at 7:15 each evening. The Sunday school and members of the B. Y. P. U. will' meet at the usual hours. Urges Attendance "It is a happy privilege," Mr. Eller commented, "for Macon coun ty to hear Mr. Griggs, this fine son who has gone out and ' made good and is blessing the world with his life. His friends through out the county are urged to lay everything aside and come with us during the closing days of the meeting and help to make it a great success for God's glory. "Many, souls have been saved but We are eager for more. 'Christ is not willing that one should perish, but that all might be saved.'". MURRAY CALLS ON DEMOCRATS Plans Meeting Soon to Launch Democratic Victory Drive Frank I. Murray, chairman of the Democratic Victory Drive, has announced that a meeting will be held about April 18 to launch the Democratic campaign, in Macon county. Efforts are being made to ob tain an outside speaker suitable for the occasion. Formal announce ment will be made later by George B, Patton, chairman of the Demo cratic county committee. . Township meetings will be an nounced soon by the following township chairmen : Millshoal, . Wayne McCracken ; Ellijay, Will; Henry; Sugarfork, James Moss; Highlands, Charlie Potts; Flats, Ray Dryman; Smith Bridge, John Norton ; Cartooge chaye, Earl Harrison;. Nantahala No. 1, Luther Jacobs; Nantahala No. 2, Walter Morgan; Burning t wn, Furman Anderson ; Covvee, Will Rickman; Franklin, J. S. Por ter.: TAX LISTERS ARE ASSIGNED Tax listers for Macon county have been appointed by the county commissioners as follows : Franklin township, Frank Flem- ming and Jim Mann; Mill Shoal township, Jim .Raby; Ellijay town ship, D. J. Moses; Sugar. Fork township, Charles Henderson ; High lands township, Frank Potts; Flats township, Earl Dryman ; Smith Bridge township, V. C. Ledbetter; Cartoogechaye, Bob Southards ; Nantahala township, Craig Steppe; Eurningtown township, Furman An derson ; Cowee township, Robert T. Bryson. Listing will begin early in April, with dates and places to be an flounced later, Sires Like This Outlawed II m Scrub Sires Doomed, Says Franklin Livestock Man Carlot Poultry Sale To Be Held Monday A cooperative carlot poultry sale will be held at the depot in Franklin Monday and at Ot to, Tuesday, it was announced Wednesday by Fred S. Sloan, county farm demonstration agent. Mr. Sloan said the fol lowing prices would be paid: Heavy hens 12c Leghorn hens 10c Frys 20c Stags 12c Roosters 6c Ducks 10c Turkeys . . . . i 15c Eggs (clean) lOc-doz WILL EXPLAIN V FARM CENSUS Parker Coming To Address Meeting Here on Saturday Frank Parker, agricultural statis tician in charge of the crop report ing service at Raleigh, will attend a meeting at the Macon, coimty courthouse at 4:30 p. m, Saturday and disruss , the ' need, uses and value of crop estimates, it was an nounced Tuesday by C. T. Bryson, register of" deeds and supervisor of tax listing for-, the county. County commissioners, school au thorities, tax listers, farm leaders and interested taxpayers were urged to attend the meeting. "Of the 1,847 farm operator's ,, in Macon county," 'Mr. Parker asked in a communication to The Press, "how many arc actual owners? Any way, each land owner is due to report to his tax lister the num ber of acres of each crop that he will probably grow in 1932. "No; this is nothing new. It has been' being done since 1918. Most counties are reporting these sur veys for practically all of their farms. This is probably, news to non-farm owners. The federal farm census was secured , from farm operators (mostly tenants). A Ma con county farm survey is asked of the owners. Which of these probably affords the best in forma tion ? ' "More than 200,000 farm owners made reports for each of 1929, 1930 and 1931. These showed acreages that are amazingly good. The cost of these surveys is extremely little due" to the commissioners using the tax listing machinery. While con sidcrable inconvenience . is ex perienced by those waiting to list their taxables, yet the need ana value of this farm inventory is too great to the farming interests to be overlooked. "Farmers should observe the ful lowing: "(1) List taxes early. "(2) Be prepared to report each crop acreage and numbers of ma ture livestock. "(3) Go prepared to wait your turn; if you go late in the day or on Saturdays. Italy and France Armed To Teeth, Italy and Fiance are armed to the teeth' and are steadily increas ing their military strength, despite international movements for the re duction of armaments and the out lawing of war, according to Cam eron Shipp, New -York newspaper man now visiting in Franklin. Mr. 'A Franks Points Path To Higher Breeding Standards A campaign to obtain member ships in the Western North Caro lina Mutual Purebred Sire associa tion is being started by County Chairman Sam L. Franks togeth er with all of the community chair men under the Organized Farm Program. Memberships are one dollar each and will be solicited from merchants as well as. farm ers. The money will be used by the association for the purchase of purebred sires which will be placed in various communities where they will do the most good. Mr. Franks informs The Press that in Bun combe county a large proportion of funds raised for this purpose came from memberships taken by merchants and other citizens not directly concerned in farming but who recognized their . dependence upon the prosperity of the farmer. It is possible that much more mon ey may, be spent for sires to be placed in Macon county than is raised from memberships sold here. Literally everyone should give this move their whole hearted support, Mr', pranks states, as the elimina tion of inferior sires and raising the grade of all farm stock is one of the most vital factors of the 5-10 Year Program. v Not Enough Purebred There are 34 registered Guernsey bulls in the county and about 18 beef-type sires. Mr. Franks main tains that there should be at least 50 dairy type bulls and 50 beef type :even to meet present needs. The success of the present move ment will go far in assuring a rais ed standard for pure bred stock in the county. The Western North Carolina Mu tual Purebred Sire association has been incorporated by a group of people actively interested in stock raising in this section of the state tor the purpose ot aiding in the eitori to rid tne country ot scruD ff.. .... .i. sires. It is stated to be a mutual, non-profit corporation formed by members of the regional council of the 5-10 Year Organized Farm Program. Its purpose is to raise funds to be lent to farmers for the purchase of purebred sires of beef stock, dairy cattle, hogs, goats, sheep and poultry or to own and distribute such sires to the best advantage. Its purpose is directly in line with the objective of the 5-10 Year Program. Among the. incorporators are mentioned H. Ar thur Osborne of Canton and Sam L. Fr'anks of Franklin. "Sire-Ring" Plan It is proposed to work out the plan by the creation of "sire rings.". These are - formed by se curing in advance service fees from neighborhood farmers using a grade or scrub sire at present and add ing the total amount collected -to that received from the sale of the scrub for beef, making enough to buy a purebred. The former own er of the grade has a purebred in its place and his neighbors have the use of a high grade animal. Selection of the breed or type of sire to be purchased is to be left to the community in . which it is to. be placed. :. Says Traveler Shipp toured Europe last summer, spending most of his time in Rome, where he was a guest of George Page, cousin of the late Ambassa dor Thomas Nelson Page. "The fortunes of Italy and France are based on wars," Mr. Shipp (Continued on page four) COUNHLOAN GROUP NAMED Cabe Heads Committee To Act on Loan Applications CROP L1E1NREQUIRED County Agent Receives Necessary Blank Forms .Macon county farmers wishing to apply for loans from the $50, 000,000 crop loan .fund established recently under the Reconstruction Finance act can now do so by fil ing applications with Fred S. Sloan, , farm demonstration agent, whose office is in the courthouse. Mr. Sloan announced this week the. committee he had nominated to handle the applications. He. also said he had received a quantity of blank forms on which all ap plications must be made. Disapproves Loans Mr. Sloan said he personally dis approved of crop loans being made in this county but that he would be glad to assist farmers in filling out their applications. These first will be Submitted to the county committee and then, if approved, forwarded to the crop ' loan of fice in Washington for final ac tion. , Macon county's committee, as nominated by Mr. Sloan, consists of Henry W. Cabe, chairman, C. W. Henderson and Lawrence Ram sey. Crop Lien Required Loans will be. made on promisory notes, not to exceed $400, maturing November 30, 1932, and bearing 5 1-2 pe'r cent interest. The gov-, crnment also wilL require an ab solute first lien on all the crops growing or to be grown in 1932 by the farmer . obtaining a loan. No other security will be required. The government reserves the right to" make pajTnent of the loan in installments, the amount of the installments to be determined by the secretary of agriculture. While loans up to $400 are au- . thorized, it is' generally believed that most of the loans approved will be in much smaller amounts, probably in the neighborhood . of $75 or. $100 for farmers in this county. Loans for crop produc tion in counties where fertilizer is not commonly used will be made at rates per acre based on the ap ing parties came in conflict through (Continued on page four) Bound to Superior Court On Forest Fire Charge At a hearing before Magistrate Murray on March 14 Henry Gib son was bound over to superior court charppd willi illfoallv epftino woods afire Rond was set at $200 Bonded For Appearance Charged With Stealing Mrs. Ray Nichols, Nantahala township, charged with stealing chickens from Lee Baldwin, has been "placed under $200 bond for appearance Saturday before Mag istrate R. R. Wikle. CORRECTION An error was made in last week's Press in reporting the death of the two-year-old child of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Gibson of Leatherman. The child, was a boy, and not gin, as l tic fress reported. Snow Clouds Repulse Pioneering Amphibian Faltering in the face of snow clouds in the northwest, a twin- motored Sikorsky amphibian-that droned over Franklin about 10 o'clock Monday 'morning re versed its ' course and turned stjutb. toward the haven of At lanta. This is the first time, it is believed, that an amphibian has ever ventured over the moun tains of Western North Caro lina. Scores of residents in the streets of Franklin turned their eyes skyward as the big ship thundered toward the Cowees. Planet of the type seen here Monday land and take off from land or water with equal ease. Powered with two 425-horsepow-er motors, they can attain a speed of 110 miles per hour and can accommodate ten .passen gers. A forced landing co(uld be achieved in this part of the country on Lake Emory.