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MACON COUNTY
Macon County has a population of
13,400. Its area is 328,320 acres. The
forest area is approximately 248,732
acres, comprising 75 per cent of the
lotal land area. The total stand of
saw timber is estimated at 485,000,000
board feet Facts . supplied by N. C.
Department Conservation and Indus
try.
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PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT
VOL. XLVII, NO. 33
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY. AUGUST 18. 1932
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NEW ROUTE OF
NO. MAPPED
Many Changes, in Course
Of Present Road !
Proposed
blueprint" POSTED
Any Relocation Protests
Must Be Filed in
30 Days
v A map showing a proposed re
location of highway No. 28 wct
from" Franklin to the foot of the
mountain was posted in the court
house Monday with a written no
tice that any protests to the sug
gested new route should be filed
with the State Highway commis
sion at Raleigh within 30 days.
The proposed relocation leaves
the present route at a number of
-places, most notably as the road
leaves Franklin. Instead of fol
lowing Main street through town,
it leaves Main street' at. the east
ern foot of the town hill and fol
lows Palmer street to its inter
section, with the Georgia road.
From there it runs across a mead
ow arid through a gap .in the rear
of the Nantahala Creamery com
pany's plant, joining the present
road again near the home of Lee
Barnard. There alsotare'a num
ber of other . proposed changes,
the new routing following the pres-
. ent road for only: about half the
distance. .
Open Bid Monday
The Highway commission has
announced" that it will open bids
next Monday on a number of road
. projects, but it has not been learn
ed here whether it is contemplat
ing to let contract at this time
for the grading and surfacing of
No. 28. .'
C. T. Bryson, register of deeds,
telephoned E. B. JeffresS, chair-
man of the highway commission,
Tuesday concerning the proposed
rerouting of No. 28. .Acting in be
half of the county commissioners,
he expressed the hope that the
commission would see fit to follow
the old road as nearly as possible
after it leaves Franklin, Mr. Jef
fress ' informed him that befbre
any definite action is taken fi"e
commission will send a representa
tive to Franklin to talk over the
matter with any interested parties.
Notice Potted . '
The notice posted with the blue
print map in the courthouse said
in part:
"Under . the law the Board of
Commissioners of the county or
the street governing body of my
county seat or principal town im
mediately affected by this change
has the right to file a written
protest to the State Highway coin
mission at R;(?igh within thirty
(30) days from this date. In the
absence of such protest the new
location will be adopted subject to
such slight changes as engineering
problems may make necessary in
'the actual construction of the
work."
A play, "A Fortunate Calamity,"
will be given by the young people
at Well's Grove Baptist church on
Friday night, September 2, for
benefit of the church. A small
admission fee will be charged and
, a slice of cake will be given with
each ticket.
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NEWS SUMMARY
A Survey of State and National Events Concisely
Told in Brief Up-to-Date
News Reports
HOOVER ACCEPTS NOMI
NATION In his formal acceptance of
nomination President Hoover
advocated that states be given
the power to control liquor
. sales as they se fit, but with
federal guarantee of interfer
ence by neighboring states and
With federal restriction against
return of saloons. The accep
tance speech was made in -Washington,
Thursday, -August
11.
Many, Killed and Injured
Automobile wrecks in the state
over i the week-end took a heavy
toll of dead and. injured. The in
fant daughter, of Roy W. Welch,
Gibsonville, was killed early Sun
day in the sideswiping of his ma
chine by that of W. C, Walden.
Joel Rose, 16, and George Coats,
23, were killed and six were in
jured in a headon collision of two
cars near Goldsboro late Saturday
night. Max Fisher, Richmond, Va.,
and H. F. Coate, Westvaco, Texas,
were killed and three hurt in the
wrecking of the machines of James
R. Mobley, Reidsville, five miles
north of Greensboro, Sunday after
noon. Paul Knight, Jacksonville,
Fla., died Sunday itom injuries sus
tained when his car sideswiped a
parked truck near Reidsville and
crashed into a ditch. A. M. Eller,
52, and Calvin Cauble, 75, Rowan
county men, -were killed near Wil
mington, early Monday,, in the
overturning of a truck bearing 21
on a fishing trip. ' At New Bern,
Randolph Brinson, died instantly
Saturday night when he ran in
front of a bakery truck, and James
Hall, 18, was killed Sunday night,
when a roadster, left the highway
and hit' a tree.
CALLS ECONOMIC CONFER
, ENCE
President Hoover will shortly
sail a conference of buiinese
and industrial leaders to plan
economic rehabilitation with
"united and concerted action on
a broad front throughout the
country."
Clinton Bankers Settle
Charges against six officers and
directors of the Bank of Clinton,
closed June, . 1931, were dropped in
Sampson superior court, Monday,
when Solicitor J. A. Powers an
nounced the six had agreed to pay
$71,000 in property and cash to the
liquidating agent of the bank.
N. C. Bank Resources Drop
Resources of 294 N. C. state
banks decreased by $22,891,128 in
the half-year ending June, 30, with
total resources left at $199,927,812.
Industrial bank resources dropped
$3,770,484 down to a total of $15,-
828,587.
Small N. C. Tobacco Crop
Production of only, 266,560,000
pounds of tobacco this year in
North Carolina is indicated in late
reports to the state statistician.
This compares with 479,526,000
pounds in 1931. Yields per acre
of all crops will average 6.6 per
cent below 1931, the reporting ser
vice indicates.
Cartoofiechaye
Close Game at Highlands
Only one game of baseball was ;
played last Saturday by the teams
of the Macon county baseball!
leasrue. Cartooeechaye went to
Highlands and 'won a hard fought
game by- the score of 12 to 10.
Holly Springs went to Cowee to
play but rain checked the game in
the second inning. , .
Prentiss forfeited a game to the
Mountain Grove boys by not show
ing up at the Holly Springs field;
and Oak Grove failed to make
known their intentions of playing
the West End boys.
Holly Springs played Cowee
Tuesday at Cowee in an 11-inning
game, losing by a score of 3 to 4.
The schedule for Saturday is . as
follows I Cowea at Prentiss, Holly
HELD FOR JURY TAMPER
ING Wiley B. Noland, Haywood
county, was held by the Bun
combe grand jury, Tuesday, on
two bills charging attempts to
bribe jurors in the case in
which Luka Lea was convicted .
of violating state bank laws.
Hindenburg Rebuffs Hitler
Paul Von Hindenburg, German
president, on Saturday refused to
accede to demands of Adolph Hit
ler that he be made chancellor as
result of the recent election which
left Hitler's fascists the strongest
party in the reichstag. Hitler de
clined an offer of the vice-chancellorship.
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N. C. Parent-Teacher Meet
Mrs. John L. Henderson, Hick
ory, presiding over the state Con
gress of Parents and Teachers
opened the 5th annual meeting at
Chapel Hill on Monday.
Salisbury Strike Closes
The strike of 300 employes of the
Salisbury Cotton mills was ended
Monday by a return to work, fol
lowing a two-weeks disagreement
over a recent wage cut. Terms of
settlement were not announced.
Texas Tornado Hits Heavily
With wind velocity of over 70
miles per hour, a tornado struck
the Texas coast near GalvestoHj
Saturday night, and moved south
west causing terrible destruction.
Thirty are known to have been
killed, 200 more injured and huge
propertly loss caused.
Kill. Wife In Accident
Thomas Ramsay, of Rockingham
county, was trying to shoot a weas
el , in his barn Friday. His foot
slipped and. he accidentally dis
charged his gun in his fall. The
load struck Mrs. Ramsay in the
head, causing almost instant death.
Fatal Fall During Fight
Glenn Wykjc, 22, and Jack Hodg
es, both of " Boone, engaged in a
fight on a hotel porch at Blowing
Rock one night last week. Both
fell from the porch on to a rock
ledge, with Wyke's injuries causing
his death on Friday. The two had
quarreled over the favor of a
young woman.
Asks Walker To Explain
Over vigorous protests of coun
sel, . Governor Franklin D. Roose
velt has demanded that Jimmy
Walker, New York mayor, whose
removal is sought, explain all sourc
es of his private income, including
that held bv Russell T. Sherwood,
missing .accountant of a law firm
of which Walker was a member.
Eller Freed Of Murder
Alvin Eller, charged with aiding
in the murder of Gus liounous,
Valdese merchant, was freed of the
charge at Morganton, Friday, by
jury verdict. ,
Murohv Girl Convicted
Maude Nelson, 21, was convicted
at Mtirnhv last week of the mur
der of Mrs. Martha McClure, 35,
and was given 15 to 20 years
Nine Wins
Springs , at West End, Franklin at
Highlands, Cartoogechaye. at Aloun
tain Grove.
The avetaee for the ' teams for
the second half of the schedule
follows :
Team Won Lost Avg
rartnnffprhave ........3 0 1000
West End .i.3 0 1000
Cowee w3 0 1000
Holly Springs....'. 2 1 667
Mountain Grove 1. M
Highlands 0 3 000
Prentiss : -.0 3 000
Oak Grove..... .0 3 000
There are three more games on
the schedule after next Saturday's
games. Cowee won the first half
of the schedule by a one-game
margin,
RALLY PLANNED
FOR SATURDAY
young Democrats To Hold
Meeting in Macon
Courthouse .
Felix E. Alley, Jr., prominent
young Waynesville attorney, and
W. R. Francis, also of Waynes
ville, who is the Democratic can
didate for state senator in the 32nd
senatorial district, will be the
speakers at a party rally to be
held in the courthouse at 3 o'clock
Saturday afternoon. .The rally has
been arranged by the Young Peo
ple's Democratic-club of the coun
ty, which has' been very active re
cently in organizing the young
Democratic voters in preparation
for the fall election. .
Mr. Alley and Mr. Francis are
both able speakers and they are ex
pected to attract a large crowd to
the rally Saturday afternoon. That
night they will go to Cowee, along
with members of the Franklin club,
to organize a Young People's
Democratic club for Cowee town
ship. The meeting will take place
in the Cowee schoolhouse at 8
o'clock.
Work Praised
John W. Edwards, president of
the Macon county club, Frank
Norton, treasurer, and Jimmie
Hauser went to Waynesville Tues
day afternoon for a conference with
D. D. Alley, who is chairman of
the Young People's Democratic
clubs in the. 11th congressional
district. Mr. Alley said that the
work, of the Young Democrats in
Macon county had attracted wide
attention, bringing forth a letter
of commendation from Mrs. M.
Evans, vice president of the state
wide organization. Mr. Alley also
endorsed the membership forms be
ing used by the Macon club, which
were drawn up by Mr. Edwards,
and asked permission for their use
by clubs in other counties.
On the request of Mr. Alley, a
number of Macon county Young
Democrats will go to -Bryson City
Friday afternoon to help in the
organization of a Young People's
Democratic club there.
Form Highlands Club
Members of the Franklin club
went to Highlands last Thursday
and held a Democratic rally in the
school house. Mrs. Frank Potts
and Mrs. Charlie Potts were ap
pointed to act as temporary offic
ers until the formation of a High
lands club.
W. S. Davis, one of the leading
citizens of Highlands, made an ex
cellent talk on the advantages that
the Democratic party had for the
average citizen. He painted in viv
id word pictures how the Republic
an party during the Civil war laid
waste to the Southland and told
of how the Republican party was
trying to lay waste to our country
today.
Blackburn W. Johnson, editor of
The Franklin Press, spoke for sev
eral minutes on how the United
States had played a losing game
by keeping the Republican party
in power for the past 12 years. To
prove this he showed how the
country had fallen from a nation
with billions in the treasury to a
nation badly in the "red" and get
ting in debt deeper every day.
Neville Sloan made an appealing
talk for the Democratic party, its
candidates and principles. George
B.jPatton, mayor of Franklin, urg
ed all people, with the interest of
the country at heart to vote the
Democratic ticket in the November
election. Mrs. J. W. C Johnson,
of Franklin, told of how, her fam
ily, r s well as herself,' were for
the Democratic party. Mrs. Frank
Potts, of Highlands, second vice
president of the Macon county
club, also spoke.
Special string music was furnish
ed by Mr. and Mrs. Grace Flem
ing, Mrs. Harry Higgins, Hal Zach
ary, Forest Hoilman, and Harley
Cabe. John W. Edwards was in
charge of the meeting.
Catholic Services To
Be Held Here Sunday
Rev. Father A. J. Rocette, of
St. John's Catholic church, Waynes
ville, will conduct services at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. John B.
Byrne in the Orlando apartments
Sunday morning at 8 :30 o'clock,
2 Arrested bn Charge
Of Entering Postoffice
Carl Brendle, of Iotla, and
Dover Bryson, of West's Mill,
wer arrested about midnight
last Thursday charged with
breaking and entering the Leath
erman postoffice several weeks
ago. The arrest was made by
Deputy Sheriff George Mallonee
on a warrant sworn out by post
office inspectors following an
investigation of several post
office robberies in this county.
The two young men were given
a hearing before a United States
commissioner at Bryson City
last Friday morning and bound
over to the November term of
U. S. Distrjct court at Bryson
City. They were released after
the hearing under $1,000 bond
each.
VAYAH REFUGE
OPEN SATURDAY
Fishing To Be Allowed for
One Day Only; Permit
Costs $1
Streams, on the" Daniel Boone
and Wayah Bald game refuges in
Western North Carolina will be
open for brief seasons this week
end, C. M. Mease, of Black Moun
tain, state refuge supervisor, an
nounced Wednesday.
The Wayah Bald refuge in Ma
con county will be open one day
only, Saturday. This refuge has
six miles of fishing streams.
Fishing will be permitted Friday
and Saturday on the Daniel Boone
refuge in Avery and Caldwell
counties, near Edgemont. This
refuge has approximately 22 miles
of fishing streams.
A permit costing $1 a day per
person will be required, in addition
to the regulation state and county
licenses, as required by law for
resident and nfw-resident fisher
men. These permits can be ob
tained from the wardens at then
stations on the two refuges.
Masonic Lecture Series
Is Given at Highlands
P. C. Stott of Wndel, N. C,
one of the assistant grand lectur
ers of the grand lodge of North
Carolina, A. F. and A. M., arrived
Wednesday afternoon of last week
and began a week's series of lec
tures at the local Masonic lodge.
These lectures are being well at
tended. On August 18, John H.
Anderson of Raleigh, grand secre
tary, is expected here for a group
meeting of several of the lodges
in the 42nd district.
Quarterly Conference
To Be Held on Sunday
The quarterly conference of the
Franklin circuit of the Methodist
church will be held at " Clark's
thapel at 11 o'clock next Sunday
morning, it was announced Tuesday
by the Rev. H. C. Freeman, pastor
of the circuit. The Rev. L. B.
Hayes, presiding elder of the
Waynesville district, will have
charge of the conference. All
church officials of the. Franklin
circuit are urged to attend. At
8 o'clock Sunday night Rev. Mr.
Hayes will assist in revival services
at the Iotla Methodist church.
On Friday, "August 12, a daugh
ter was born to Mr. and MrsvWill
Moore at their home at Bethel.
Expert Coming To Teach
Best Methods of Canning
Miss Elizabeth Kelly, chairman
of the Macon county chapter of
the Red Cross and co-chairman of
the Macon county 5-10 ' program,
and Fred S. Sloan, county farm
agent, have asked the state to
send Macon county a home agent
to conduct a canning school in the
county. The state authorities con
sented and will send the home
demonstration agent from Iredell
county here at the first of next
week for a four-days school.
The four days will be uied for
the btnefit ( ill the women of
Old Levy
Found Suf f i cient
y commissioners
Special Levies for Extended Term in Franklin and
Highlands Remain Same; Some Changes
Made in Other Districts
$400 APPROPRIATED FOR STATE AND
COUNTY FOREST FIRE-FIGHTING WORK
County's Total Property Valuation Shows Shrinkage;
Budget for 1932-1933 now before Local ;
Government Commission
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Macon county's tax rate will remain the same this year as. last.
The county commissioners met in called session at the courthouse
last Friday morning and levied a county-wide tax of $1.21. It had
been feared for a while that Macon, like many other counties in the
state, would have to increase its rata on account of shrinkage in valua
tion and slow tax collections; but the commissioners found that through
a. reduction in debt service charges they could maintain the same levy.
The county-wide levy is split up
as follows:
State school fund ...$.16
Local school fund .15
General fund ' 15
Special fund 10
Debt service 65
TOTAL ...... ....... .$1.21
Debt Levy Drops '
The debt service levy, which goes
to the county sinking fund for the
retirement of bonds and the pay
ment of interest, is six cents less
than last year, while the aggregate
county and state school funds are
sue cents more -
The special and general funds re
main the same. The special fund
is for courts, jail, paupers and the
cooperative county and state fire
fighting service. Four hundred dol
lars has been appropriated for the
forest fire work," instead of $600 as
last year. At the first meeting of
the board this month it was voted
to abandon this work, but on re
consideration the commissioners de
cided1 that it would be better to
continue it on a smaller appropria
tion. The levy of 15 cents for the gen
eral fund, which covers the coun
ty's administrative expenses, is the
limit set by statute.
Special District Taxes
The commissioners also received
and approved the school district
taxes proposed by the county board
of education. These taxes are lev
ied to meet the cost of extended
school terms. -Following is the
report of the county school board,
including the district levies adopted
by the county commissioners:
"To the County Board of Com
missioners of Macon County :
"Gentlemen:
"The county board of education
of Macon county requests the levy
for the several local tax districts
in the county Jor the year 1932-33
to be made as fallows:'
"1. Franklin, 35 cents on $100
valuation and $1.05 poll.
"2. Iotla, 20 cents on $100 valua
tion and $ .60 poll.
"3. Union, 17 cents on $100 val
uation and $ .51 poll.
, "4. Higdonvillc, 20 " cents on
$100 valuation and $ .60 poll.
"5. Pine Grove, 17 cents on $100
valuation and $ .51 poll
o. nignianus cents on iw Charles A. Raby, deceased mera-va.!-atlw
,and $l01 1)0,1 " . 'ber of that camp, at 3 o'clock Sua-
V.. AiuiDerry, a) cents on iuu,d.v afternoon at the Snow Hill
valuation and $ .60 poll
"8. . Otto, 20 cents on $100 valua
tion and $ .60 poll. .
the county. On Monday, August
22, the school will be held in the
Holly Springs section; on Tuesday,
August 23, Iotla ommunity will get
the school; on Wednesday, August
24, the Otto section will be visited;
and on Thursday,' August 25, the
Cartoogechaye section will have
the benefit of getting the school.
. All the women of the county are
urged to attend at least one day
of the school. Lessons in canning
all kinds of fruits and vegetables
will be given. About two hundred
cam a day will be filled.
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of $1.21
"9. Slagle, 17 cents on $100 val
uation and $ .51 poll.
"10. Aquone, 17 cents on $100
valuation and $ .51 poll.
"11. Beecher, 15 cents on $181
valuation and $ .45 poll.
County-Wide Capital Outlay
"The budget of the county board
of education shows a balance of
$2,178.75 due this fund which is
thought to be sufficient to take
care of any absolute need whiasi
may arise.
Debt Service
"The net amount due the state
and on school bonds of Macoa
county for the year is $11,095; of
this $78 is due from the Chapel
(colored) district, and $396 from
the Highlands district, leaving the
net amount to be raised by a coua1
ty levy of $10,621.00.
"Respectfully, 1
(Signed) "S. H. Lyle, Chairmaa
County Board of Education.
"M. D. Billings, Secretary
County Board of Educatioa."
The extended term levies arc the
same as last year-in Franklin and
Highlands. The Iotla rate increas
ed six cents; it dropped five cents
in Union; increased five cents ia
Higdonville; dropped 13 cents ia
Pine Grove ; increased five cents
in Higdonville; dropped 13 cents in
Pine Grove; increased five cent
in Mulberry and Otto ; decreased
six cents in the Slagle school dis-5
trict; increased tlf-ee cents in
Aquone. and one cent in Beecher.
In Franklin township there is an
extra levy of 20 cents for scbol
bonds and interest.
In Franklin! township there is
an extra levy of 20 cents for school
bonds and interest.
Exact figures on the county's
valuation are not yet available,
but it is understood that the total
has decreased slightly since last
year, when it was about $7,008,000.
The budget for the current fis
cal year has been drawn, ljut it
has not been made public pendiag
final approval of the local govara
ment commission at Raleigh. ,
Memorial to C. A. Raby
To Be Unveiled Sunday
Balsam Camp No. 631, Woodmen
of the World, located a Balsam,
N C ' will unveil a ninniiinent ta
Methodist cemetery at West's MiH.
The public is cordially invited to
attend and all Woodmen are re
quested to be present and take a
part in the ceremonies. All mem
bers are urged to bring as many,
flowers as possible.
' Wayah Camp No. 889, of Frank
lin, is expected to have a part in
the program, and all members of
the Franklin camp are urged to
get i together and make plans for
the Sunday exercises..
Some prominent speaker or min
ister will be on the program for
the afternoon.
Bryson Family Reunion
To Be Held August 21
The annual Bryson family re
union will be held at the home of
Mrs. J. L. Bryson at West's Mill.
Sunday, August 21.
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