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o ESTABLISHED IN -'.1885 s Oldest North Carolina Newspaper West of Asheville 1 A A DEDICATED TO MACON County and the Welfare of it Good People ; I u l fo VVyVWvVv PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL. XLVII, NO. 16 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 1932 $1.50 PER YEAR : 1 v I ' t : ' : ' ' : : I '. - : Y01GERB0YS LEAVE MAXvELL Transferred to Mountain Orphanage Near Black - Mountain v OLDER B OYS REMAIN Mrs. Hayne Arthur Writes Deploring Closing Of . ' 2' ' Institution ' " A group of the younger boys at the Maxwell Farm. Home,' ordered closed by the Asheville Presbytery, were taken , to Black Mountain Thursday to be placed in the Mountain orphanage. - Older boys at the home, those who are stu dents, at the Franklin high school, will be permitted to remain until the end of the school session be fore being, transferred., , A supper in honor of Rev. and Mrs. Crockett, with the boys of the Maxwell Home as special guests, was given last Saturday evening atthe home, of 'Ir. and Mrs. Charles Waldrpop.-The spread was given' by 'the good people of the community as a token of their esteem for the Crockets and their interest in the Maxwell boys. A letter-by Mrs. ; Hayne Arthur, of the Cartoogechaye community, deploring the decision of the Pres bytery to close Maxwell, appeared in the ."People?- Forum'; of the Asheville Citizen Wednesday. ... Her letter, which voices the attitude of ,many Macon county people, follows: :." - ' Editor of The Citizen The closing of the Maxwell Farm Home by the 'Asheville Presbytery has caused so much high feeling among the typical mountaineers in this section that I, 'as one of the tvoical. wish to exnfess some of this feeling through your paper, J think it needless Jo; say that the -whole community is , pained and some greatly surprised at.final ac tion of the anembers of The Ashe ville Presbytery who have worked so - zealously to bring about the closing of this worthy institution From earliest memories . I have been taught to believe that right -will always prevail but this is - casei where my reason and tny knowledge oTconditions here throw out of balance my -lifelong tram Mr. and Mrs. Slagle gave the land for Maxwell Farm Home to the Asheville Presbytery as a me morial to their little, son. - The Presbytery could not. accept "the property unless k was given with out restrictions. They knew how ever that the wishes of Mn. and Mrs. Slagle were- that the Presby tery was to make a home where worthy unfortunate boys could have Christian training under competent leaders. .They gave in good faith and their gift was accepted in good faith by the Asheville Presbytery at that time. The Asheville Pres bvtery has not kept faith with Mr and Mrs. Slagle, One 'would think that -a sacred wish . would surely be respected -in our churches and among, our most exalted leaders Also our ideals have been shattered and our beliefs and our-faith are left in chaos. Since the news came to us here (where we have prayed and waited for good tidings) that Maxwell was gone Mrs. Slaglelias been in the minds and hearts of everyone. Her case reminds me of a great scene in that . wonderful picture of the Ten Commandments. 1 his scene was where ' a deceitful Son was building a beautiful, building and the mother was watiching with sue infinite pride and joy the building take form and grow., The son ' however, was not using first class ing mother thought the handsoimfl stnirture neanv complete u co. linepfl Thpre was great confusion. Stones were crushed down' upon! each other and debris was thrown everywhere. When confusion clear ed away and the son began look ing things over, In the midst the ruins of his mother's cherished dreaius he, found her lifeless body. J.ife crushed out by the one sh .had trusted. Only one " of Mrs, Slave's faith could stilt smile and " sav my faith looks up to Thee. Mr Crockett and his family too have the full confidence and sym pathy of every one. To many of (ConllticiJ tn fngi Judge Harwood, Daughter Sentenced to Penitentiary After Dramatic Confession Miss Lola Harwood, a former mploye. of the state revenue de partment, and her father, former udge John H. Harwood, of Bry- son City, . have entered upon the service of .their sentences in State's rison, Jialeigh she for the em bezzlement of $4,823 in state funds and he for the mutilation of of ficial records jn her case. Judge Harwood and his daugh ter went on trial in Wake County Superior court at Raleigh lastFri day morning, following a postpone ment from Thursday. A 13-man jury, was selected for. the trial, which the state expected to last 10 days. During the luncheon re cess Judge Harwood broke down and said he could not perjure him self. Wanted To Save Lola "I realize that a defense in Lola's behalf could riot be made without me going on the stand," Harwood told presiding Judge W. A. Devin, whose duty it became to pass judg ment upon a fellow judge." 'To carry out my purpose would have meant that I would ', have to NEWS SUMMARY A Survey of State and National Events Concisely . - Told in Brief Up-to-Date News Reports Justice" Kill Self "'. ' . Tom Justice, 32, former paper mill employe of Canton, sought by Haywood county officers : for five days for' the murder of Mrs. Alice Cook, his mother-in-law,, shot him self through the head at dawn Wednesday and died two , hours later without regaining conscious ness. After evading officers since Friday, Justice sat down on a bank . i e t' TT'I in tnc yara oi Vinson .naynes, about eight miles from Canton, put a .38 calibre .pistol to his head and - pulled the trigger. Haynes, rushing Into the yard, found the dying man and notified officers. JAMES NOMINATED . Crawford L. James, textile manufacturer of "Marion, . was ' named the Republican candidate)' for congress from the new 11th . district at the C O. P. con vention held in Canton Wed nesday. It took four ballots to select' Mr. James. McKinley Edwards, - Bryson City, . and James . F. Barrett, Brevard, were other Aspirants, for the nomination. Guy HippS, Canton, and CoL'' Charles J. Harris, Dillsboro," were elected . dele gates to the Republican nation' al conwntion in Chicago in , .June. James F. Barrett was named presidential elector. Sain L. Franks, of Franklin, was ' made a member of the state ex ecutive committee. Grove Park Inn Brings $525,000 Grove Park inn, Asheville resort hotel, was jsold under receivership on Monday for $525,000 to a firm representing second mortgage hold ers. The sale is subject to con firmation of the court. . Dedication of Church To The first Sunday tn May will bring4 to pass an . event which has been' long dreamed of land ' hoped for by the members of ' L . Cm Rinlilt rhliwh. Tills I' event will'be the dedication of the church. The church is ex-., tending a cordial invitation to everybody to attend this serv ice. The people from all the churches of the county and all former pastors, members and friends are, urged to be present and make the occasion a Home Coining Day. The Rev. A. J. Smith, of Goldsboro, will preach at the morning service and the Rev. W. W. Marr, of Hickory, will dallve? the ssrmon during the ttnlttt Hcftm .- perjure myself," he continued. "I did wrong. I , am glad I had the courage to determine not to go on the stand and swear falsely. Tears came 'to the formerjurist's eyes as he told how "Lola was the only thing in the world I had to look forward to." . Daughter Weep Miss Harwood. cried profusely while her mother, also weeping, and her father, stoical, attempted to soothe her their only child. Miss. Harwood, who is 26 years old, was charged - with having taken funds from the revenue department while she was employed as a license clerk. Her counsel said she lost the money while playing the stock market with a man to whom she was engaged to be married. R. A. Dotighton, former revenue commissioner and a former chair man of the state highway com-missioiv-made an impassioned ap peal 'for Judge Harwood and his daughter. It was Doughton who recommended to former Governor LA. W. McLean that Harwood be .Continued on page ix) LEGIONNAIRES FAVOR ; BONUS ' Returns from the Legion round-up' meetings held in al most every p'ost in the state, Monday night, indicate that a majority of the posts and the Legion members favor, an im mediate payment of the bonus in cash. ( v , Continue Election Conteit By P&te of nine to eight, the sen ate committee on elections, voted Saturday to continue the fntchard Bailey contest over the senatorial election in North Carolina in 1930, and to ask the senate for funds to make an investigation. GEORGIA SENATOR DIES William J. Harris, ' senator from Georgia since 1918, died Monday at Washington from heart failure. He was Favor U. S. Control of Busses ' , Gradual formation of a federal code 'governing bus and truck trans portation was recommended to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Monday, by a committee which has made a five-year study of the subject. Return Kidnaped Girl After a. vain enort through a Catholic priest to cttcct a ransom payment, kidnapers on Sunday abandoned Hilda Brodsky, nine, on a Philadelphia street. She had been kidnaped on Friday in Wilm ington, Del. Southern Railway Deficit Decline in general business and competition of trucks, waterways (Continued on page six) Baptist Be Held May 1 .."The Baptist church here rep resents years of struggles, hopes and dreams on the part of her members and former pastors," commented the present pastor, the Rev. E. R. Eller. "Many have lived and died with the dream yet unfulfilled. . But, as our Master has said, 'One sow eth and another reapeth.' This is the case with those of us who have recently come to en- . - joy the blessings of this splen did church. : We are reaping the blessings of those who hop ed and dreamed in others days. When we as a church dedicate the house of worship to God - for Hit glory, let us also dedt eatt aur lival to His glory." NORVELL SEEKS TO BE SENATOR Murphy Attorney Declares Tax Relief Is Most Imperative Edmund B. Norvell, well known Murphy attorney, has announced his candidacy for the office of'state senator from the 33rd district, sub ject to the Democratic primary in June. The district includes Macon, Cherokee, Graham, Clay and Swain counties. While visiting in Franklin Tues day and Wednesday Mr. Norvr.ll said that if he is, elected to the state senate he will devote his prin cipal attention to tax relief and economy in government. "The people of this district just can't pay our present high taxes," Mr. Norvell said. "We have got to have some relief or many of our farmers "will lose their land." Mr. Norvell said he represented no special interests save those of the v voters and taxpayers of the district and that if he is elected he will go to Raleigh "untrammeled and seeking only td serve the public." Legislative business is nothing new to Mr. Norvell, although he has never been a member of the General Assembly. But for 22 years he was employed as chief clerk of the enrolling department of the legislature, responsible for handling all bills introduced. R. A. Patton of Macon county also is a candidate for state sen ator ""in , the Democratic primary. The, Rev. A. S. Solesbee, also of Macon, has entered the contest for the Republicans. Kelly Bennet, ot Bryson-City, incumbent, has not announced whether he will seek the office again. J. MORRISON HEADSBOARD Made Chairman of Election Body; Registrars Are Appointed J. R, Morrison was. elected chair man of the Macon county board of elections and T. S. Munday, sec retary, at a meeting of the board Saturday. Fred Higdon is the third member of the board. Registrar? and judges for the June primary and the general elec tion to be held in the fall were announced by the board as follows: Franklin : Fred ArnolQ, . regis trar; L. W. Long, and Alfred K Higdon, judges. Millshoal: Logan A. Berry,, reg istrar; Jerry R. Franklin and Ad Kipsland, judges., Elhjay: Wille Henry, registrar; Charles Moore and John Corbin, judges. . Sugar Fork, Alex Shook, regis trar; A. B. Potts and Charlie W. Henderson, judges. Highlands: W. A. Bryson, reg istrar; Koy Fhillips and K. n. Munger, judges. Flats: Oden Penland, registrar; Earl Dryman and Marshall Bur nett, judges. Smith's Bridge, J. M. Cabe, reg istrar; John Norton and R. C. Patterson, judges. Cartoogechaye, Dan Sweatman, registrar; Will Corpening and Bun Kiser, judges. Nantahala No. 1, George W. Stepp, registrar; Charles Jacobs and Odcll Hall, judges, v Nantahala No. 2, J. R. Shields, registrar; Frank Wilson and J. R. Wilkie, judges. Burningtown, Ed Bird, registrar; Robert Parrish and John' Dean, judges. Cowee: Robert Bryson, registrar; Robert Gibson and James H6l brooks, judges. Andrews Woman Knife Victim Mrs. Ed McClure of Andrews died Sunday afternoon from com plications said to have developed from a knife wound inflicted by Maud . Nelson on April 2. Mrs, McClure was 35 years old and isj survived by her husband and seven, children. The Nelson girl was placed in the- Cherokee county jail at Murphy lit dtfkVllt tjf $3,000 Wd. Franklin's Official Health Now Improved ' Franklin's town officials are improving in health, thank you, after concurrent spells of this, that and the other malady. Mayor George Patton, who has been seriously ill for about two months, is still not liis old self but he has recovered suf ficiently to get about a little. Sunday his friends were glad to see him riding abofut town in an automobile. - Police Chief Bob Henry fell victim to influenza and was con fined to bed for a week, but he's out again and apparently as stout and active as ever. George Dean, town clerk, is able to be in his office now after nearly a week's illness with tonsiliti. He hopes to be strong enough in a few days to launch a drive to collect de linquent town taxes. . TWO CONVICTED IN FIRE CASES Suspended Sentences Given Wiley Zachary and . Harry Edwards Tried in separate rases, Wiley Zachary and Harry Edwards were convicted in Macon county super ior court Wednesday of setting fire to their woods without notify ing neighbors and taking proper precautions to prevent the flames from spreading to adjoining prop erty. Each ' was sentenced by Judge A.. M. Stack to 90 days on the roads, sentence to be suspended on payment of a $50 fine and costs provided they abided in the future by the state forest fire law. Mr. Zachary was accused of set ting fire to his property on Tri mont without notifying headquar ters of the Nantahala National For est, which adjoins his property near the ridge. Forest officials reported that the fire spread to government land and burned over a small area before it was brought under control. Edwards was charged with set ting out a fire on Iotla. Aquone Girl Held As Witness Against Woman The probation officer of the juv enile court of Dearborn, Mich., is holding Hazel Maybelle Totherow, 15,- daughter of, G. T. Totherow, farmer, of Aquone, as witness in connection with the arrest of Mrs. Eva Byrd Barenkoff, 22, according to a telegram received by the father. The message was sent to Mr. Totherow in care of Professor M. D, Billings, of Franklin. The mes sage also asked Mr. Totherow if he would bear the expense of his daughter's trip home alter the trial of Mrs. Marenkoff. The message answers the ques tion of the whereabouts of the Totherow girl. The father expect cd his daughter home several days ago, and when she did not arnv he communicated with Dearborn police, askifig them to , find out where she was. The girl was missing for a week before the father learned that she was in Dearborn, where, according to advices . received from police there, she was taken by Mrs Marenkoff on promises of obtain ing work for her. She and Mrs, Marenkoff left Andrews a number of days ago. '. Chief Asks Cooperation To Cut . A request tfaat residents of Franklin report all street lights which are not burning was made Wednesday by Police Chief R. F. Henry. Chief Henry believes that if the public will cooperate with him in this matter the town will have better street lighting service and a smaller electric light bill each month. He re ported finding IS street lights not bjurning on a recent tour of inspection. The town hat a contract with th Nflrthw.it Cafe'lfta UtlU Belton Waldroop, Held for Murder, And 2 Others Flee GRAND JURY'S REPORT FILED Prisoners Make Complaint Of Insufficient Food And Dirty Beds A complaint by some'bf the pris oners in the county jail that they were insufficiently fed and that their bed clothing was unclean was contained in the report of the grand jury for the April term of superior court which was handed to Judge A. M Stack, presiding, Wednesday by J. R. Morrison, foreman of the jury. The grand jury's report also con tained a recommeridtion for im provement of the sanitary condi tions of the men's toilet in the courthouse. Judge's Charge Judge Stack, in addressing, the grand jury at the opening of court Monday morning, called especial at tention to the increasing number of highway accidents and the widespread disregard of the pro hibition laws. He said that it was high time that all good people give thein active support to the en enforcement of the law. Reckless driving, and drunken driving have become so common, the jurist said, that automobile fatalities in North Carolina now average two a day. "The tragedy of 'the whole thing," he continued, "is the indifference of good people. They seem to care little as long as it is the other fellow who's hurt or killed. It is time the good people of this coun try organize to support the law. The gangsters and criminals are organized." Judge Stack also urged that the school board have its attorney in vestigate forfeited bonds to the end that these might be collected and applied on the school fund. . Grand Jury's Report Following is the report of the grand jury: "Hon. A. M. Stack, judge pre siding:' : "The grand jury for the April term of criminal court submit the following report. "We have considered all bills coming before us, and disposed of all matters except five bills con tinued for lack of evidence. '.'We find all the justices of the peace for Maion county have made a satisfactory report since last term of criminal court. "We find only five administrators and executors who have failed to I make a report, and they have been! notified to file report immediately. "We know of no minors without general or testementary guardians. "Grand jurors visited offices tn courthouse and found records well kept. We recommend that some improvements be made on the men's toilet as it is not in a sanitary condition. "Grand jurors visited the jail, and some prisoners complained they did not nave sufficient food, also that some of the, beds need wash ing as we found pillows very dirty. "Grand jurors visited the County Home, and found everything in (Continued on page six) Town Light Bill ities under which it pays a cer tain sum for a minimum num ber of street lights and so muck more for each additional light. Chief Henry said there are, about 80 street lights in town and that 70 of these lights cost the town $151 per month, other lights being charged for at the rate of $2 each per month. Chief Henry pointed out that the town needs every dollar it can save and expressed the hope that every resident would take an interest la Mportint "di" Unit UtMi. Saw Through. Bars on Win- dow Of Cell on Second Floor BLOODHOUNDS FAIL7 Four Other Prisoners in Cell Refuse To Join In Escape Belton Waldroop, 17, indicted for murder, and two other prisoners escaped from the Macon county jail about 9 o'clock Wednesday night after sawing through the iron bars of a window in their cell otv the second floor. Three other pris oners in the cell refused to join in the escape.' Those who fled with Waldroop were Bede Mack, of the Nanta hala section; who had been found guilty of receiving stolen goods in connection with a housebreaking and larceny case, and Roy Mason, of the Nantahala section, who was under sentence of six months on the roads for hog-stealing. Escape Discovered Jailor Edwards discovered their escape when he went to the cell on the southwest corner of the second floor to make up their beds for the night. The other prisoners remaining in the cell told them that Waldroop, Mack and, Mason had fled only a few minutes be fore. " The bars in the window had pre viously been cut and welded back together. It was a "comparatively easy job to saw them at one end with a hack saw arid break them where they had been welded. About two feet from the window is the wall of an old wooden barn. The prisoners escaped by elbowing themselves down through this crev ice. Bloodhounds Fail Bloodhounds were brought here from Brevard in an attempt to trace the escaped trio, but the dogs soon lost then trail. Thursday morning the men were still at large and there were few clues a to their whereabouts. The Waldroop youth was charged with the fatal stabbing of his half, uncle, James Burch, 23, at, their home on Cartoogechaye in January. Burch died two days after he was taken to the hospital. it was reportea mat waiaroop and Burch quarreled over a minor matter and that Burch struck his nephew with a razor strap. Wal droop then took a Barlow knife from his pocket and stabbed Burch in thej back while they were scuf fling. 1 Trial Begun Trial of Waldroop began in su perior court Wednesday but Judge A. M. Stack continued the case until Thursday in order that more witnesses could be brought into court. Those who weer in the cell with Waldroop, Mason and Mack who did not take advantage of the op portunity to escape were Bill Angel, held under a suspended sentence for carrying concealed weapons un til he could pay fine and costs; John Cole, sentenced for one year for a criminal operation; Newt Browning, serving sentence for drunkenness, and Ralph Fowler, held under a suspended sentence of four months until payment of costs and fine in a prohibition case. Probe Consul's Slaying , Italian officials are aiding- the police of Springfield, 111., in prob ing the Saturday night murder of Consul John M. Picco, cut down by shotgun fire from three assail ants. ' Deadly Quake In China Details are just trickling into the outer world concerning a deadly earthquake on April 6, which kill ed several thousands in the Hupeh provincj of China, in th Vangtzi