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VOL. XL VII
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The Common Enemy
THE GENERAL absence of strikes during the past
year and the wider prevalence of the spirit of co
operation throughout the nation give us pause to con
sider whether this troublous time may not have
brought forth a latent power for good in the Ameri
can people which eventually may outweigh such
temporary cliiiiculty as most ot us nave -experienced
in recent months.
There , is a feeling of mutual respect and con
sideration growing between labor and employer.
Cases where industries have been kept going at a loss
because of the owners' appreciation of their human
responsibilities are numerous. Equally noteworthy
has been the willing acceptance of inevitable wage
reductions on the part of labor. Even the railroad
unions accepted a 10 per cent cut"It was feared
by many that unprosperous times would give bolshe
vistic and anarchistis forces in this country a chance
to p-ain a Hanp-prnns foothold. Their failures to arouse
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the American working man have been more abject
than conspicuous. Instead of opening the door for
un-American political ideas, adversity has bound us
closer together in helpful relationship.
ihe greatest common enemy is not alien propa
ganda, or even armed forces of predatory nations. It
is a thing that lurks in the minds of all of us.
Selfishness is a force potentially more destructive
than all the armaments of the world. It sits at meet
ings of diplomats wherever they may gather. It
will prevent for years to come a concerted move
toward real disarmament.
court house in the land.
who have conquered it in
are those also to whom self-interest is the one and
final factor in deciding any issue.
Selfishness is the evil off-spring of the instinct
of self-preservation! and human nature. It is the
father of graft in every form and the twin brother
of malicious gossip. It produces pretty profits for
the sharp trader and then destroys the trader. It
sometimes warps , the judgment of a church-member
until he seems to think that he can hide his self-seeking
among his bretheren from his God,
.xow, tne instinct 01 sen-preservation is not evil.
Nor is human nature essentially bad. That there is
a balance is evidenced by the presence in our eco
nomic structure of so many really constructive mer
chants, in religious circles of self-sacrificing souls
who shame us all into being better citizens by their
humble and guileless labors.
, ' A merchant may serve his customers and still
make a profit for himself. He must do so if he is
to continue to serve. The man vyho buys produce
for shipment to outside markets creates a profit in
which the seller and the buyer both share. Similar
examples may be found in any business. The trouble,
when trouble appears, is not with trading but with
traders. Religious dissension is not with the fault of
religion but of men. 1
Shrewdness is necessary in the people of Macon
county or of any county. The shrewdjarmer and
merchant create values and combine in trie upbuilding
of our community." It is sharpness, the taking of un
fair advantage, that betrays the selfish-trader. He
creates no values; he simply tries to live off of his
neighbor. Public interest in private dealings is the
boot-strap by which we lift ourselves and civilization
to higher levels.
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The Lindbergh Kidnaping
UNDER the friendly shelter of our Nantahalas, se-
cure in tne tradition 01 our kindly, peaceful, civil
ized living, we may well look down' the valley with
puzzled eyes and wonder what evil thing will come
next from that troubled world below.
Over the blue Hm of nur hnr'nnn wfl cna o
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rassed people. The most famous baby in the world
has been taken-in the night' from his "home, and the
law is impotent. A little blue-eyed, curly-headed boy,
first .son , of the nation's first citizen, is pity and
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It is present in every
There are public servants
their own souls but there
horror to write it in the keeping of persons criminal
ly insane. And all the resources of the great state
of New Jersey, and all the weapons of the Federal
government, and all the desperate, generous efforts
of private citizens, have not been able to return a
little boy to his mother.
-There, focused in the shameful glare of this, one
instance, is an epitome of lawlessness. Incredible
that such a thing could have happened; but it did
happen. - -.
Perhaps, as a signal, the Lindbergh kidnaninsr
will be valuable ; perhaps,
we may learn to mend our ways and our laws, aban
doning those .' laws which are unenforcible and
strengthening those laws which are good.- Let us
take what lean comfort we may in the hope that
the Lindbergh sacrifice shall hot have been in vain.
Editorial
THIS THING OF BORROWING
It is reiterated that the public
must borrow, the farmer musjt bor
row,, the business man must bor
row, the wage earner must borrow.
Doubtless true; but pity 'tis,
'tis true. -
With 'so many borrowing there
must be : a ' good many who arc
conversely in a position, to lend.
Why should not more people be
in a -position to lend, and fewer
in a position necessitating them
to borrow? There, are many rea
sons. Some of them are found in
immediate misfortune; more of
them are in cold and cruel truth
to be found in the habitual' im
providence of most people.
The grasshopper state of mind in
which the majority of the, human
race live accounts for a very large
part of the misery of the wbrld..
If there, is so much borrowing
being done, it proves that a con
siderable number of people are in
ordinary times laying by something.
The grasshopper sails beautifully
through the air; the ant crawls
humbly on the ground, but he stays
put better.- Stop being a grass
hopper and join the ants NEW
BERRY.. (S.' C.) OBSERVER. '
The Shooting,
Of Ella May Wiggins
Being a Ballad of the Famous Cotton Mill
Strike at Gastonia, N. C.
(Reprinted from O. J. Coffin's
column, "Shucks and Nubbins," in
the March 8 issue of the Greens
boro Daily News).
SAGA OF ELLA MAY WIGGINS
They stopped off the spinnin'
and shet down the warps,
So all the folks could take a look
at Ella May's corpse.
Twas a sad, sad, day and
many a man did weep,
As they looked on Ella's face
in its last and final sleep.
Her children were a mournin'
and a cryin out their eyes, .
Fer their maw who had done went
to her home up in the skies.
"I'm rcturnin' to the mountains,"
as often Ella said,
But she'll never see the mountains
(cr poor Ella May is dead.
Now folks. I'll tell the story of how
I seen poor Ella die, v
And maybe you'll forgive nic
if. I sometimes stop to cry.
The folks in town had beat us up
almost beyond belief,
And when the cops rushed up on us
we, killed the police chief.
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Nobody knowed who done it
but 'round us bullets sang,
An' folks were all a shoutin'
by God we'll lynch this gang.
So all the strikeV boys
was languishin' in jail, .
'Cause we couldn't raise the money
to git 'em out on bail. , ....
The leaders called a rally
to give the boys Some cheer,
An' fore the day. was over,
thet raHy cost us dear.
The vig'lancc committee said,
"no speakin' we'll abide,
If we have to put some bullets
in them dirty Roosians' hides."
The strikers from Bcsmer City
were all loaded in a truck,
And blood now stains the seat where
Ella' May was struck.
We were a-comin' down the road
and the driver he did swear.
When a car filled full of vigilant
crashed into us there.
Both sides were all excited
and let some bullets fly,
An' I looked 'round just in time
to tee poof Ella die.
in a revulsion of disgust,
Clipping
GUARANTEEING DEPOSITS
Twenty years or so-ago William
Jennings Bryan . proposed that all
deposits in banks should be pro
tected by the government. The
great bankers sneered at the idea
and no attempt was ever made to
give -this protection to national
banks. Two or three small States
tried the experiment on ' what
proved to be unsound principles.
The time has now arrived when
thoughtful men all over the country
feel that the future of banks and
safety to depositors alike require
that Uncle Sam adopt a sound sys
tem of guaranteeing bank deposits.
States may-follow when they are
able to afford perfect protection.
But Uncle Sam . should lead, and
the first step has, been taken in
a well-considered bill introduced by
Mr. ' Steagall, chairman of the
House Committee on Banking,
Study may improve some of its
provisions, but the: time has come
when government guarantee of
bank deposits is essential. This
Congress will cover itself with
glory if it enacts such a measure
It will give the confidence in banks
that will put an end to hoarding
as nothing else will do. RALEIGH
NEWS AND OBSERVER.
A stray- ball had caught, her
an' she gave a sudden start,
As the leaden , slug smashed
into poor Ella's heart.
Then ever'thing was quiet -arid
ever'thing was still, '
Fer the man who had shot her
really hadn't come to kill.
I watched thet man his body shrank
an his face was awful still,
"My God," he said "that I would
live ' .
to see the day I'd kill.""
But tfiey had a scrumptious burial
an all the folks thet came,
Comforted the mourners sayin'
"Ella looks just the same."
Said leaders! "we'll take her kids
and shout out till it rings,"
But the town folks took the kids
an' put 'em at Barium Springs.
Ella had had four husbands
an' each she had loved dear.
But when the poor gal got tumped
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nary one of 'em was near. - .
And now the strike is over
and people has most forgot,
Of the death of two poor people
they don't kttr, like as not.
They can't get up much feeliii
twixt the owner and the hand,
But maybejt'9 just because
they both can't understand.
Men say muT folks are rotten
an' mean down to the core,
But if you see your chillern starve,
wouldnt you ask for more?,
The owners say they can't pay more
the workers can t live on less
It seems like God should take
hand
to clear us of this mess. .
S. A. J.
" MUSE'S CORNER
THE BLESSED SEQUENCE
The Christ in His Love trod the
Sorrowful Way ;
Then the slow, dumb throes of- the
world's rebirth,
Looking to the light of a happier
day,
The fulness of Life to all people
on earth.
-MARY CHafW SMim
By Percy Crosby
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LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
FOR REGISTER DEEDS
I hereby announce my candidacy
for nomination for the -office of
Register of De ds of Macon Coun
ty, subject ta the action of the
Republican. Party; "
C. B. STOCKTON.
M10-2tp M17;
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina,
Macon County. .
The undersigned, will on the 18th
day of April 1932, at the cfiurt
house door in the town of Frank
lin, North Carolina, between the
legal hours "of sale, sell to ' the
highest 'bidder for cash, the follow
ing described real estate, towit :
Being the lands described in a
deed from Oliver Ray and wife,
Alice Ray, to B. C. Pruett and
wife, Laura Pruett, of date the
3rd day of March 1930, and being
the lands described in a deed-from
D. C, Stockton and wife, to Oliver
Ray, of date th? day of July
1928, and of record in Deed Book
0-4, at page 458, Office of the
Register of - Deeds for Macon
County, North Carolina. , .
This sale is made under and by
virtue of a power of sale contained
in a deed of trust, made to then
undersigned by the said B. C.
Pruett and wife, Laura Pruett, to
secure the sum of Four Hundred
and Seventy Five ($475.00), Dollars,
default having been made in the
payment of the indebtedness se
cured by said deed of trust
This the 16th day of March 1932.
J. FRANK RAY, Trustee.
Ml7-4tc-HLB-A7 -
ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE
Having qualified as administrator
of Mrs. A. F. - Lenoir, deceased,
late of Macon County, N. C this
is to notify all persons having
claims against the estate of said
deceased to exhibit them to , the
undersigned on or before the 8th
day of March, 1933, or this notice
will be plead in bar of their re
covery. All persons indebted to
said estate will please make im
mediate settlement. This 8th day
of March, 1932.
W. B. LENOIR. Administrator,
M104tp-M31
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina,
Macon County. "
WHEREAS, power of sale was
vested in the undersigned trustee
by deed of trust executed by A.
J. West and wife, Gertrude West,
dated May 21 1931, and recorded
in the office of the Register of
Deeds for Macon County in Book
No. 1, at page 142 of the Macon
County Building and Loan records;
and default having been made in
the payment of the indebtedness
secured "thereby, and the holder of
the indebtedness having demanded
that the undersigned trustee exer
cise the power of sale in him
vested ; .
I will, therefore, by virtue of
the power of sale in said deed of
trust contained, on Monday, the
11th day o' April, 1932, at 12:00
o'clock noorl, sell at the courthouse
door in ' Franklin. North Carolina.
at public miction to the highest
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
bidder for cash the following de
scribed property:
Lots Nos. 1, 2, 3, 22, 23 and 24
in Block No. 2 in a fact of land
known as Lyman Fields, as sur
veyed and mapped by W. B. MF
Guire. , Reference ij hereby made
to Book 1-3, page 56 and 57 for
fuller and more particular descrip
tion of the lands and lots , here
conveyed. .
Also nine shares, class Cvof tne
25th 'Series of the capital stock
of the Macon County Building and
Loan Association in the name of
A. J. West. .vv-
-This the 8th day of March, 1932.
R. S. JONES, Trustee.
M10-4tc-J&JPM31 . .
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE
. SALE
UNDER AND ' BY VIRTUE OF
THE POWER OF SALE contained
in that certain deed of trust made
by J. H, Stockton and wife, Mil
dred Stockton, to Carolina. Mort
gage Company, Trustee, dated April
15, 1927, and recorded in Book 30
at Page 399, iiv the Office of the
Register of Deeds of Macon Coun
ty, North Carolina, default having
been made in the payment, of the
notes thereby secured-and the hold
er thereof having "directed that the
deed of trust be foreclosed, the
undersigned Trustee will offer for
sale at the court house door in
the City .of Franklin, North Caro
lint, at twelve o'clock noon on
Wednesday, the 23rd day of March,
1932, and will sell to the highest
bidder for cash a certain lot or
parcel of land in or near the City
of. Franklin, Franklin Township,
Countyof Macon, State of North
Carolina, and more particularly de
scribed as follows:
Lying and being in the Town of
Franklin and bounded on the North
by, the lands of C. T. Blaine; on
the East and South by the lands
of J- H. Stockton; and on the
West by Harrison Avenue and be
ginning at an iron stake pn Harri
son Avenue, the N. W. corner, of
said lot and 917 feet Northwardly
from the intersection of Harrison
Avenue and Love Street and runs
thence S. 13 degrees 15' E. 91 feet
with Harrison Avenue to a stake f
thence S. 29 degrees 10' E. 34 feet
with Harrison Avenue to a stake;
thence N. 77 degrees 45' E. 210 feet
to, a stake; thence N; 3 degrees
50 W; 124 feet to a stake; thence
S. 77 degrees 45' W. 246 feet to
the beginning
The above described property
being a part of the same lands con
veyed to J. H. Stockton by ' deed
irom t. i. liiamc and wife, Min
nie Blaine, dated April !, 1926, and
filed for registcration on the 12th
doy of April, 1926,'-tn the office of
Register of Deeds, County of Ma
con, State-of North Carolina, re
corded in Book M-4, Page 368.
This, the 17th day of February.
1932.
CAROLINA MORTGAGE COM
PANY, Trustee. F254ttCMM17
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NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina,
Macon County.
WHEREAS, POWER OF SALE
was vested tn the undersigned trus
tee by deed of trust from Charles
8,'Pitfy and w!fo to RV S. Joftes,
rr Life
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTS
Trustee, dated May ,10, 1929, and .
recorded in Book So. 31, page 177
of Mortgages and Deeds of Trust
in the office of the Register of
Deeds for Macon County ; and
whereas, default was made in the
payment secured thereby, i :
I will, by virtue of the power of
sale by said deed of trust , in me
vested, sell at the court house door
in Franklin, ' North , Carolina, at
twelve o'clock noon on Thursday,
the 31st day of March, 1932, to
the highest bidder for cash the fol
lowing described land : -
Lots Nos. 56 and 57 in tract of
land known as the Otto A, Love
sub-division of the town of Frank
lin asdescribed and recorded in
Book W-3, pages 323 of the records
of the Register of Deeds of . Macon
County, North Carolina.
This the 29th dav of February,
1932
R. S. JONES, Trustee,
M3-4tcJ&J M24
ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE .
j Having qualified as administratrix
of D. G. C; Johnson, deceased, late
of Macon County, N. C, this , is
to notify all persons having claims
against the estate of said deceased
to exhibit them to the undersigned
on or before the 27th day of Feb.,'
1933, or this notice will be plead
in bar of their recovery. AIL per
sons indebted to said estate will
please make immediate settlement.
This 27th day of Feb., 1932
ADA JOHNSON, Administratrix.
M3 4tp M24 - - s
NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina, -Macon
County. '
WHEREAS," power of , sale w:w
vested in the undersigned trustee
by deed of trust from C. B, Woody
Maude Woody Bredlove, Emmajine
Wcrody and Manliff Woody, dat
ed August 20, 1929, and register
ed m the office of the Register,
of Deeds for Macon County in
Book No. 32, page 107, to secure
the payment of Five Hundred
($500.) Dollars; and whereas; de-.
fault has been made in the pay
ment of said sum and the owner
of said indebtedness having de
manded the said trustee to exer
cise the power of sale ! ir ' him
vested; . . . ; - .
I will, therefore, by virtue of the
power of sale by said deed of
trust in me vested, on Monday,
April 11, 1932, at 12:00 Noon, sell,
at the courthouse door in Franklin,
North Carolina, at public auction
to the highest bidder for .cash the
following described property:
The lands described in State
Grant No. 1642 to C. B. Woody,
assignee, containing "26 acres and
10 rods, and recorded m the office
of the register of deeds for Ma
con County in Bonk FF, page 301.
Also the land described in a
deed from C. B. Woody and wife,
Ruetnma Arcclla Woody to Maude
and Emmaline Woody, said deed
being recorded in tlm nta't
. , , ji till;
register of depi (nr -tn r
ty in Book N-4, page 325, which
deed and record reference is here
by made for full and complete de
scription. , ...
This the 8th day 'of March, 1932
4y R.- S. JONES, Trustee