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l V?,o .J C ABOUT MACQN COUNTY Macon County is predominantly agricultural, but according to a survey published by the State Department of Conservation and Development, it has 10 industrial establishments, whose an nual output is valued at $724,474. In dustrial employes number 177 and their wages total $211,282. TI.3 Lcic:! Ehsts . Ihrf U. C. Rcic!j . Zitii 'to. :; -r- 01 it0llaitin Ourmuun LIBERAL - INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE Vol. xlvii, no. 38 FRANKLIN, N. C THURSDAY, SEPT. 22, 1932 $1.50 PER YEAR J : 1 I i J- J : - i . - ! ' 1 i r Gzfc".:i Refuses to Eat Skinny Mahatma Gandhi, India's great little man, ate heartily of -fruit, bread and milk Tuesday, and then, laughing and joking, started his. hunger" strike; which , he de clares will last . until - he dies or until England . revises the Indian clectorial system according to his ideas. Gandhi is' technically a free nun, but he has elected to stay in Jail...'' '..;",;' ir- Garner's Mother Dies . Mrs! Sarah 'Jane Garner, who wanted to live to see her son vice president of the United States, died at her Texas home Tuesday. Her son John, Speaker of the House, arrived Sunday. .'.' Sniith May Talk Al Smith's provocative - silence will end on October 3, friends say, when he , attends the Democratic state convention in N, Y. Al hasn't said anything about politics since .Rcosevilt was nominate. Strikers Quit Striking : ' - About 700 silk mill strikers went back to work in HighPoint-Mon day, buj, 500 are 'still idle. 11 C. 'DeficitTMillica General, highway and agricultural expenditures of the "state all ex ceeded receipts. The. State ended the last fiscal year: with a net def icit of $1,019,322 in; 6perating ex: penses. Expenditures, totalled $53, 327,718 and receipts : were $52,308,- 'irwr' . . Damage of $25,000 or more was done by a September. 15 fire to the library of the Woman's college of the state "university,; :Greensboro,.; The 100,000 books weer not touch', " ed by fire; but suffered an- unde termined damag from water. .Or igin of the fire is" not ; known;; It was discovered at 3 A. laV V; '' Open Road Cisls i Bids were received last week,- b!y ' the state highway commission for J2 road projects totalling 106 miles. Low bids aggregated $427,000.-The funds were part of the federal re lief appropriation. The -commission approved the contracts on Friday and 'announced Bids for $200,000 will be opened September 29 and $900,000 -on October 18. Legion Picks Virginian Louis A. Johnson, Clarksburg, W. Ya, but a native of Roanoke, Va., was picked Thursday by the Amer ican Legion, in national conven tion at "Portland, Ore, as com mander. The Legion voted 1,167 to ' 109 for immediate payment of the bonus. " Mrs. A. S. Blackburn, Ver sailles, Ky., was made president of the national .woman's: auxiliary I to the Legion. Russell Beats, Crisp v ; Georgia's Governor ' Russety last week won the Democratic senator ial nomination over Congressman Charles R. Crisp by a big majority. Leaves Arms Meet .Germany will not ' take part in the forthcoming international dis armament conference, she announc ed last week. It is regarded a fur ther move of. the government to obtain the right to equal arms with other nations. His Pants Stolen Daves Accuses Girl Boy Friend and .Charges of larceny and of re ceiving stolen goods , against Ted Stockton and a girl who gave her name as Mrs. Paul Cheeks -were continued yesterday -by Justice of the Peace George Carpenter until 2 p. m. today. v Stockton and .'Mrs. Cheeks arc accused of having stolen fr6m.be tween $150 and $200 from the home of Matt Daves. Mrs. .Cheeks, it is charged, talked to Mr. Daves and induced him to let them enter the house. Then, it is alleged, the pair stole the money from Mr Daves' trousers. Stockton was arrested by Sheriff Slagle at Hickory Knoll and Mrs. Cheeks was apprehended at Pren tiss. . -.. "t 'During the preliminary hearing yesterday before Justice Carpenter;1 the courtroom was crowded almost to capacity while the lawyersar sued technical points. s'. Mrs, Cheeks, a handsome blonde, was nonchalant during the heart tag, apparently Interested mostly In her chewing gum, ii -iti xr-Jj ci J J tL. L2m sj J SEU5 222 HEAD Macon Farmers Get 2 to 1 Cents Per Pound For Livestock SCRUBS SELL.CHiAP County Agent Sees Better Sires and Pastures Needed Here : Approximately six carloads, or 222 head of Macon count cattle were sold and prices averaging be tween; Vt , to TYtf Cents a pound at the auction held Wednesday at the Franklin depot underythe direction of Fred Sloan, county agent. Some of the fatter beefs brought as high as 4 cents and there were instances where cattle sold as low I as 1 cent. ' Prices paid to ; facon , county farmers varied widely from Chicago livestock . quotations 'yesterday. Heifers from 550 to' 850 pounds brought 6 to Y cents; cows, 3Ji to 4Ji ; beef bulls from 3 to 5 cents. But as. one breeder, remark ed,' "This is a long way from Chi- i '' NmJ Better Sure v County Agent Sloan, who weigh ed the cattle as the;,sellers brought them up for inspection, said that the low prices offered proved con clusively Macon county's imperative need of pure bred sires and better pasturage. He "said ' that if the breed had been- better and the cat tle fatter, they would have brought V to 2 cents; pound more -Several farmers, disappointed by the low prices, - drove their herds home without making a sale, The Buyer Among the purchasers were the White Provision Co., of Atlanta, whichv took a carload, paying $582.- 37; A. V. Johnson, of Moultrie, Ga., who took a car at $462; and Swift & Co, also of Moultrie, which took a car. . Approximately one carload was shipped to Haywood county cattle men, who planned to fatten the cat tle during the winter and sell them at a higher prjee next year. M. L. Dowdle of Franklin purchased a car; R. M. Shook and C. G. Garn er, both of Franklin, took 15 head; Frank Floor of Demorest, Ga., took 15, and" Sam Franks of" Franklin was also a purchaser. . Fiv Couples ' Wed in Clayton Five Franklin couples were mar ried in Clayton, Ga, over the Week end. They were: Miss Hazeh Vinson to John B. Carpenter, on Saturday. Miss Emma Hyatt to Clyde Mc- Clam, on Saturday. Miss Geneva Tallent to Doyle Rayland, on Monday: Miss Buena Cabe to Sam Hall, on Monday. Miss Dovie Gladwell to Charles Williams, on Friday. CATTLE AUGTIO Hand-made Buckskin Shoes His Answer BY SARAH-HICKS HINES Cal Sneed of Shortoff Mountain has thumbed his nose at depression with a pair of hand-made buck-skin shoes. These comfortable shoes are not only hand-tanned, and hand-sewn,' but they are fastened to the soles with hand carved soft maple pegs and the work was done, with, home-made tools. Even the last . upon which the shoes were made wa' carved by hand some forty-five years ago. The brogans are made of deer skin, .given an Indian tan, soaked in water for the sake of flexibility. The buck which laid down his life, for the take of these shoes, was slain" the year, of the Armistice In jhese mountains'by Fayette Speed ot this town. Thexbeautiful buck skin ,hai- been Kept atkthese years r - . . I 1 tor me express purpose ot matting a par; of shoes, explained the vet eran shoemakerj The Inside of the shoes are - made comfortable with silo in soles of cow hide with the hair right , ildi up, v Th uppiri Old Men Angrily" Decline Invitation to Be Drowned; Defend Patriarchal Wisdom " The 'two editors of The Press, whose combined years are 58, have been, ducking down side alleys ever since that editorial entitled "Drown the Olcf Men!" appeared. It' seems there are any number of vigorous seventy an.d eighty year olds who took umbrage that such mere pups of 30 and 28 should blame them for all the evils of the world and consign them, therefore, to sum mary drownings in sacks. Blackburn W. ' Johnson, the 30 year-old .one, was "assailed by sev eral septuagenerians fa the court house last - Saturday. Cameron Shipp, the mere pup of 28, left town and is said to be frying to grow a beard. Numbers of letters on the "Drown the Old Men)" editorial have been; received,' but .the most entertain ing is a scorching epistle from T. Harbison of Highlands. Says Old Man Harbison: ' "On last Thursday I took break fast at Gatlinburg, Tenn, and sup IWEE'S NINE COPS PENNANT Cartoogechaye Bows 8 to 3, hndmg- Hopes or County Series. . The game of last Saturday after: noon at Franklin - between Car toogechaye and Cowee ended . all hopes ; of a - county series r when Cowee- won by the score of 8 to 3. This game had its thrills r Har ry Bryson, of Cowee, knocked a home run. A batting record is claimed for Bryssri this season he hasn't fanned at the bat for the seasen. Cowee is the winner of the pen nant fo'r 1932. The Cowee boys won the first half of the schedule by a one-game win from West End, after the Holly Springs boys had beaten them. They won the second half of the schedule by the Saturday game. But Cowee has had to fight all the way to win the championship; for though. they won both the first and second half of the schedule, they earned the pen nant by a one, game margin. . Plan Nexr Year's Game Plans are being made to organize a , league for the coming year. Many changes will be made in the rules, from experience gained this year. 'A call meeting has been set fof Tuesday evening, Sept. 27, at the courthouse at Franklin. At this meeting all communities thatTwant to get in the league must.be rep resented. A president for the com ing 'season will be elected. By reorganizing at this time for 1933 the season will open , earlier, and there will be more games. -The meeting has been called to open at 7:30 p. m. to Hard Times iwere finished with oak-ooze tan When finished, Mr. Speed laced the shoes with ground hog thongs, oiled them with butter and put them on. .' ' '" . Shoe-making is not a new occu pation for Mr. Speed, but simply an old industry which he has re sourcefully fallen back onl Many years ago when Highlands was but a clearing in the' forest, he made shoes for many of the hardy pion eers. During one winter he made as many as 104 pairs of these comfortable,, strong brogans. Some times cash was paid .for this foot wear, and sometimes a pig or chicken was lett or sewing was done in payment. Some of the men who enjpyed the comfort of these shttes recalled by Mr. Speed are Jim and Robert Houston,. Alec Edwaras, all of,, this community When interviewed Mr. Speed was wearing the buck-skm Shoes which looked so flexible and comfortable that a gentleman "in - the party (Continued on paf five) per at ., Dillsboro, N. C. In the meantime I hiked from Newfound Gap to the top of Clingman's Dome and back without drinking a drop of water or eating any din ner. , I was not in the least tired, hungry or thirsty, '. yet . according to one of your suggestions it would have been better for the world if I had been drowned in a sack twenty years ago. Perhaps so,' but, why-? I. pick two other men whose ages are practically the same . as mine, Nicholas Murray Butler and Charles Evans Hughes. These men are a few days older than I am but our ages tare, so nearly the same 'that we would have been much interested to learn just how you would explain and illustrate the advantage or benefit to the world had Charley, -Nick and your i humble servant . been drowned in a sack twenty years ago. I dare say it would not be hard to . find a number of persons .' (Continued "on page six) 'SANDY GRAHAM SLAPS POLITICS Candidate Says U. S. Needs Better Governing, Le it Office-Qrabbing "1 want to preach better govern ment, instead of-, politics," A. H. ("Sandy") Graham, Democratic candidate for. Lieutenant" Governor, told a large audience in the court house Saturday afternoon. "Govern ment for the past twelve years has been run in the interests of big business Ninety per cent of the wealth has fallen into, the hands of four per cent of the people. Of ficials have promoted selfish aims rather than the good of the peo ple, and in many instances, with Chicago as a black example, we have rackets instead of govern ment." More interest by the people in their government, Mr. Graham said, is the antidote tor this state ot affairs. "I had rather see a man or wo man vote the Republican ticket than not vote at all," he said. "The government, needs the voice of the people." " G. O. P. Save it Face . Hitting at the G. O. P., Mr. Graham said that Herbert Hoover got the nomination simply because not to haVe given it to; him would have been to admit the Republican party's failure. "Andrew Mellon was Secretary of the Ireasury tor many years while he was still in private busi ness," he declared. "He got en acted a return law on income tax, and then companies he was inter ested in received a. rebate, of more than $48,000,000. , , Mr. and Mrs. Graham have be come honor members of the Young People's Democratic Club of Macon county, which now l as about 300 members.. - The speaker was introduced by Blackburn W. Johnson, editor and publisher of The Franklin Press, who predicted that he would ne day become Governor of North Carolina. , , 1,., . Bell on Mission Life Abundant Director Not Sure of Return The Rev. Robert B. H. Bell, di rector of the Life Abundant Center at Rogers Hall, left Franklin this week to begin a series of mission services in Asheville. ureensboro, Cordele, Columbus, Charleston, Bal timore and Bloomington, Ind. Mrs. Bell, who is still in Franklin, will join him in a tew weeks. Ihe Center will remain open under the direction of Mrs. Clyde Chase ' of West Palm Seach, . who during the summer has acted as hostess and director of diet. "A good season has be& enjoyed at RogVrs Hall, but Mr. ?ell was not certain when he-lefi that he Would rf turn to Franklin next year. HOLD PARLEYS ONPOVERPLAN Tentative Agreement with Utilities' Reached By Council SHOWDOWN OCT. 1 Plant Will Come Back on Townif Empire Fails To Pay Bonds , A series' of conferences between officials of the Town of Franklin and representatives of the interests which control the Northwest Caro lina Utilities, Inc., operators of the local plant, ended Wednesday afternoon in a tentative agree ment .under which ; . Receivers for the Empire Public Service Corporation, holding cor poration controlling utilities plants in various sections of the, country, will pay $13,250 principal and in terest due the Central Hanover Bank and Trust company, of New York, on October 1, on bonds issued by the town of Franklin. . Authorize Law Suit ' The Town of Franklin authorizes legal action to collect $50,000 froz en in the Standard Trust Bank of Cleveland, Ohio,- from the bank's bonding company, attorneys' fees not to exceed $4,000 to be paid out of the amount recovered. This $50,000 is held in a joint account for the Town of Franklin and the Empire Public Service Corporation as a surety bond guaranteeing ful fillment of the original contract for the sale , of. Franklin's municipal power plant to Jupollo PublicSer vice jcompany., JupoJlp transferred the property to the Empire in terests, which control the .North west Carolina Utilities. Should the Empire reject the tentative agreement and fail to meet the bond payments due Oc tober 1, the local power plant will automatically revert to the town, which also could claim the surety bond held by the Central Hanover Bank in New York and the insol vent Standard Trust Bank of Qeve- land. To Invest Deposit The Town of Franklin authorizes the payment of $391.43 to Harold T. Clark, Cleveland attorney, as half of the fee charged by Mr. Clark for his services in obtain ing a part settlement of the frozen surety bond in the Standard Trust Bank of Cleveland. Shortly after the bank failed last December Mayor George Patton and Georgge Dean, town clerk, went to Cleve land and with the assistance of Mr. Clark, succeeded in getting $23,375 from the bank, which was then deposited in the Central Han over Bank of New .York. The total of the surety deposit in Geveland was $73,375, amounting to one-fourth of the bonds out standing on Franklin's 'power pro ject. Refuses Contract The town of Franklin authorizes the Central Hanover Bank, trustee, to invest the surety deposit it now (Continued on page aix) Dog Kills Seventeen Sheep; Two Mules Die In Barn Fire A sheep-killing cur invaded the pasture of Sheriff A. B. Slagle, six miles west of Franklin, Sunday night and satisfied ' his lust for blqpd' by slashing the throats of 17 fat sheep. Another sheep was found in the morning with a brok en leg and had to be killed. No one heard the bleatings that must have come from the murdered sheep, and the Sheriff was able to find no clues to aid him in trac ing the owner of the dog. He has about 55 head of sheep in ,two pas tures on his farm, where he has a caretaker in-charge. Any kind of dog big enough may become a sheep killer. In rare instances, such dogs .will gorge thernselves on the carcases of sheep they have killed, but in most cases, they kill for the mere pleasure of laying something, running from sheep to sheep, slashing at their throats. Gomproimse Plan Adopted by Board; 28 On Palmer St Ministers Ask Stores Close During Services A resolution requesting that owners of all places of business in Franklin close their doors during church hours off Sundays was passed 1 by . the Franklin Ministerial Association at a meeting in the Methodist church Thursday morning of last week. , Ministers present were J. A. Flanagan, N. C. Duncan, O. P. Ader and E. R. Eller. V This action was taken, a mem-' ber of the association said; at the 'request of numbers of em ployees who would like to at tend church but have been pre vented on account of working hours. Special messages on temper ance will be preached in the local churches soon, the associa tion agreed. $127,000 ASKED TOMDCOUOTY 800 Needy Families Here, Says Angel in Petition For Federal Help Estimating that there are nearly 800 needy families in Macon coun ty, Dr. Furman Angel, in filling out a questionnaire recently sent him by the Reconstruction Finance Corporation set up by the federal government, filed a request for an allocation of $127,000 for relief work throughout the county. He said that) approximately $40 a month would be needed by each family for the months of September, October, November and December. The needs of this county were discussed by Dr. Angel with of ficials of the R. F. C. in Washing ton last week-end. These officials told him, the. Franklin' physician reported, that many sections' were under-estimating their needs rather than asking too much. Distribution of R. F. C. relief funds in North Carolina will be handled by Dr. Fred Morrison, director of relief, and the State Department of Public Welfare. Arnold Resigns As Registrar The resignation of Fred M. Ar nold, registrar of Franklin township, has been accepted by the Board of Elections. Mr. Arnold, in tender ing his resignation, said he was compelled to do so on account of pressing business. Lawrence Ram sey of Iotja was appointed to suc ceed- htm. Once a dog has enjoyed the taste of- fresh blood, he - is dangerous from then on. A visitor at Sheriff Slagle's office Wednesday recalled the peculiar case of a hound that deserted, a fox hunt when close on the heels of the varmiti dashed in to "a1 sheep pasture, killed several sheep, and then took up the trail of the fox. MuU Burnd la Barn Fire of unknown origin Wednes day night destroyed the log barn of G. C.(Stamey, who lives on the Georgia road, near Morrison church. Mr. Stamey and his family, as sisted by Sheriff Slagle, fought the fire ! as best they could, but one mule was burned tp death and an other so severely injured that it died later. ' ; The latter, mule, dispjaying more sense than horses are credited with, maSe pitiful efforts to get out of the barn It stumbled through the burning doorway and collapied. Both Sides Agree on Plan For No. 285 to Run Through Main St. ' NEW TRAFFIC LAW Pass Ordinance Prohibit ing Parking in Middle ' Of the Street " The Palmer street anrf Main street factions of the town council compromised their differences Mon day night and adopted by unani mous .vote a resolution approving the present routing of Highway No. 285 over Main street and the pro posed routing of Highway No. 28 over Palmer street and an exten sion through the gap in the rear, of the Nantahala Creamery. The council also passed an ordi nance providing for the parking of automobiles on the sides instead of in the center of Main street. The. compromise brought an am icable end to what had appeared would be the worst controversy in which the- town of Franklin has been embroiled since the dispute i t r . i. over municipal operation oi uic power piani. ine agreement wu brought about largely through the efforts of I. E. Lancaster. . Grading ml Surfacing Local differences haying been tttlAi1 it i fttirmorht lilrlv that til State Highway Commission, when it lets contract next month for the surfacing of No. 28 west of Frank lin, will also include the grading and surfacing of this highway through Franklin. Chairman E. B. Jeffress of the commission has announced that he plans to let a contract on this project, between October 10 and 20. The work, to be financed with money from the federal emergency1' relief ' fund, is expected to give employment to i i e , i IIUIIU1CU9 Ul lULdl JI1CI1. Parking Ordinance At the same meeting, the council passed an ordinance putting an end- to parking in the middle of Mam street and making other traffic reg ulations. The ordinance is as follows : Section One. That Section One of the Ordinance for June 6, 1927, relative to parking on Main Street be amended to read as follows: "That no car shall be parked on Main Street between a point on East Main Street directly in front of Alex Moore's front gate and a point directly in front of the fine between the present T. J. Johnston and Sam L. Franks or Wurst lot on West Main Street except on the side of the Street as- indicated by a mark or line shown thereon. No car shall be parked on that part of Main Street which runs (Continued on page six) John Dryman Dies Prominent Scaly Citizen Succumbs at 76 John M. Dryman 76, of Scaly, died Friday morning, Sept. 16. Funeral services were held Sat urday afternoon at the Scaly Meth odist church' with the Rev. Mr. Hovis, pastor of the Highlands Methodist cHurch, having charge of the services." v v Mr. Dryman Is survived- by one daughter. Mrs. Mary Tones of At lanta, Ga., and. four sons, the Rev, Fred O. Dryman, pastor of the Methodist church at Clyde, Hay wood county, .Earl and Ray, of Scaly, and Rby 'of " Greenville, S. C; six brotler James of Frank lin, George, UianiL jind, Jake, of Otto; Ed ofuWalhalla, '9.' C, and Charles, of J&enta? WWj'' ' Mr. Drymanaabrommeat citizen of Scaly "and: jvas a devoted member and workef -jp the church The building of the Methodist church was partly due to his efforts.
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