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ABOUT MACON COUNTY
Macon County is predominantly
agricultural, but according to a purvey
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, .
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PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT
VOL. XLVII, NO. 39
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, SEPT. 29. 1932
$1.50 PER YEAR
U. C Eirths Tripla Deaths
There were 2,298 deaths and 6,
429 births reported in the state in
August, the birthrate of 2.39 nearly
tripling the death rate of 8.5 per
thousand. Tuberculosis killed 159
aad cancer 123. There were 23
suicide! and 32 homicides. Auto
mobile accidents killed 76, railroad
accidents 17, drowning 25.
South American Wart
More than 125,000 men are en
gaged between the federal forces of
Brazil and' the rebelling state of
Sao Pauto in the most sanguine of
three South American conflicts un
derway. Paragua and Bolivia are
fighting vigorously for possession
fit the Gran Chaco disputed area.
Columbia and Peru are at sword
points over the port' of Leticia,
seized by 300 Peruvians.
Five-Day Week 'Endorsed
, The directors of the U. S. Cham
ber, of Commerce last week ap
proved the five day .work week of
40 hours at a means to decrease
unemployment. The chamber went
on record as against cash payment
of the bonus until 1945. ...
53 Die From Poison Booze
A
Manhattan police face a difficult
problem in arresting the sjdewalk
peddlers of poison whisky told at
five cents a drink. Fifty , have
died from it since August 1.
Strikers Pour Out Milk
Violating federal injunction
against violence, Georgia dairymen
on Monday blocked highways in a
number of instances, and poured
out milk headed by truck into At
lanta. The dairymen are on strike
for higher prices by distributing
firms., ,
Gandhi Ends His Fast
Six days after starting his "fast
unto - death" to force Indian elec
toral reforms, On Monday Mahatma
Gandhi consented to take nourish
ment on news of acceptance by the
British goverjiment of v a compro
mise voting system giving repre-
touchable" by the Indian castes.
Hurricane in Porto Rico
A hurricane swept through Porto
Rico Tuesday, killing more than
200 and injuring more than 1,000.
The great ; wind started shortly
before- midnight, ripped roofs off
houses, and -ruined valuable citrus
and coffee crops.
Wets Oppose McAdoo
Jouett Shouse, president . of the
Association Against the Eighteenth
Amendment, has announced that
his organization will support Tal
lest" Tubbs, Republican candidate
for the Senate in California, against
William Gibbs McAdoo. . The
Women's Organization for Nation
al Prohibition Reform will also
support Tubbs, who is an out and
out Wet
Coolidge Heads Survey
Calvin Coolidge has accepted an
invitation to' head a non-partisan
commission to survey the financial
condition of the railroads and to
recommend remedies for them.'
Garner Mum on Bonus
Speaker Garner, Democratic can
didate for vice-president, .declined
on Tuesday 'to state his position
on the soldier bonus question. He
said he didn't intend to make any
statement about the bonus. Mean
while, one of Governor Roosevelt's
aides said that he believes the
stand of the presidential candidate
would be made known soon.
Pants Robbery
Girl Held in $500 Bond,
jPoy in $700
Ted Stockton and Mrs. Paul
Cheeks alleged girl bandit, were
held In $700 and $500 bond respect
ively by Justice of the Peace
George Carpenter, , charged with
having stolen Matt Daves' trousers
and the $200 that was in them.
A charge of receiving stolen
goods was also preferred by law
yers for the prosecutiott.
Mrs. Cheeks, it was charged,
made the overtures which obtained
admittance to the Daves home.
When they were inside, Mr. Daves
said, they managed to filch the
pair of trousers containing his
bankroll
, Stockton was arrested at Hick
ory Knoll and Mrs. Cheeks was
apprehended at Prentiss.
GARAGE BLAZE
LOSS IS
Westmoreland Loses Tools
And Equipment; No
Insurance Policy
Six thousand dollars . is the esti
mated loss incurred by fire which
destroyed Jim Westmoreland's City
Garage on Palmer Street early Fri
day') morning. There was no in
surance.
Mr.. Westmoreland lost $1,000
worth of tools, $2,500 in equipment
and $3,500 in unpaid accounts. The
building, which was owned by
Grover Jamison, was valued at $2,-
Several hundred spectators and
scores of volunteer fire fighters
hurried to the fire when Franklin's
big siren lifted its wail at 2:30 a. m.
They found the building covered
with flames- which could not be
controlled, and so turned their at
tention to saving the grocery store
of William Hunnicutt. This build1-
ing is about 10 feet from the ga
rage, and although it was in flames
several times, continuous applica
tions, of water saved it.
Nine automobiles were in the
burning- garage, but no attempt
could be made to save them. None
of them, it was said, was valuable.
No cause of the blaze could be
established. Mr. Westmoreland
thought spontaneous combustion
caused it. Several gas tanks ex
ploded with loud blasts as the fire
progressed, but there were no in
juries. ' ;
Fifty in Reunion
At Cartoogechaye
Fifty or more relatives, neigh
bors and friends gathered on Sun
day at -the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Jef f Enloe on Cartoogechaye in
commemoration of the birthday oi
Aunt , Betty" Watson Shepherd,
who died in August 1931 at her
home; on Iotla. The firs reunion
was held at her home in 1929. It
was decided by those present to
meet next year with Mr. and Mrs.
J. 'W. Porter of Andrews. "
The - out-of-county visitors were
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Porter, Mr.
and Mrs. Harlow Enloe and daugh
ter, Mrs. Olive Ellis and son, John,
and Mary Tatham of Andrews.
Loan Agent to Be
Here Saturday
S. S. Williams, field inspector of
the Crop Production Loan Office
of the Department of Agriculture,
wpl be at the county agent's of
fice, Franklin, on baturday from
9 to 1 to receive payments on loans
and to discuss loans and marketing
of any crops with farmers who
have borrowed from the govern
ment. . .
Since the government refunds un
earned interest, Mr. Williams
points out, it is to the interest of
all who cant-to pay their loans as
early, as possible.
2C3 Converted
At Baptist Revival
Two hundred conversions, 78 bap
tisms and 115 new church members
were reported, at the end of three
weeks' revival services at Cartooge
chaye Baptist church. The Rev.
Andy Bishop of Greenville, S. C,
and the Rev. A. T, Medford of
Rainbow , Springs, conducted the
revival.;
Dragonflies in
Lure Michigan Scientists
' A party of zoologists from the
Museum of Zoology at the Uni
versity of Michigan reached High
lands on Sunday, Sept. 18 and
pitched their tents at Brookside
Camp where they will spend a few
days.' ,
The Party consists of E. B.
Williamson, who is employed by
the University to make collections
throughout the country; Mr. and
Mrs. W. H. Ditzler and daughter
Laura; Mrs. H. K. Gloyd1, Mr. Wil
liamson's secretary, and Mark
Decker, business manager,
Principle collections that have
been made are those of dragon
flies, but they have also collected
miscellaneous insects and herbeto
logical material (including amphi
bians and reptiles). They have
spent the month of August and
September making these collec
tions, going in Georgia and Flori
da and now in this section of
North Carolina. During this time!
they have collected over five thous-
48-Hour Week Set
For Forest Workers
Executives of the Nantahala
National Forest Service were
happy to announce this week
that laborers to be employed
with the new" unemployment re-,
lief funds will work a full 48
hour week instead of 30 hours.
Work is being allocated in
shifts, and each man will get at
least one week's work, and two
if possible. From 20 to 30 cents
an hour is the base pay.
Nantahala has $55,000 to spend
on new roads, trails telephone
lines and improvements. Three
road projects' are now under
way, employing approximately
100 men. Y
COIMY RALLY
BEGIKSFRDAY
14 Macon Communities to
Hear Democratic Party
Speakers Tomorrow
Fourteen speakers in as many
Macon townships tomorrow night
will tell the county why, it ought
to vote the Democratic ticket.
They will all speak under the aus
pices of the Young People's Dem
ocratic club, which is headed by
John W. Edwards, and which will
hold . rallies every week . until the
campaign is concluded.
The speakers are:
Dr. S. H. Lyle at Pine Grove;
R. ' S. Jones at Patton's school
house ; Cameron Shipp at the court
house in Franklin; Gilmore Jones
at Clarke's chapel; Howard Valen
tine at Salem; Elizabeth .Slagle
at Mountain View; Alec Moore
at Maple Springs; Frank I. Mur
ray at Union; C. S. Tilley at Ot
to; C. Tom Bryson at Burning
town; Sam J. Murray at Cowee;
Blackburn W. Johnson at Slagle;
Dr. W. A. Rogers at Holly Springs
and J. J. Mann at Hickory Knoll.
To the 250 membership in Macon
county, has been recently added
the names of Mrr and Mrs. A. H.
Graham. Mr. Graham is the Dem
ocratic candidate for Lieutenant
Governor. Needlework Guild
Requests Donations
The Franklin branch of the
Needlework Guild of America will
hold their annual collection of new
garments on Oct. 18 at the Kelly
Gift Shop. Sweaters and hose are
especially desired.
All garments will be distributed
through the Red Cross, as was
done last year. Clothes will be
sent to needy families in all parts
of Macon county.
The only requirement to member
ship in the Guild is the gift of two
new garments annually.
Smith Reunion
Held at Stiles
More than 50 members of the
Smith family and scores of guests
met at the first reunion of the
family at Stiles last Sunday. The
oldest member of the family was
Margaret Briggs of Bryson. City,
aged 79; next oldest was J.' J.
Smith of Burningtown.
The day was spent with songs,
prayers and sermons. Dinner was
served to all who came.
Highlands
and dragon flies and ninety spe
cies, including one species new to
science.
Mr. Williamson says that they
have been very successful here at
Ijlighlands when the weather has
permitted. He has found very good
specimen of dragon flies here. He
says of Highlands that there is the
most interesting and rich flora that
is to be found anywhere
Mr. Williamson and Mr. Ditzler
have been to South America five
times and, to Venezuela once mak
ing various collections for the Uni
versity. The largest dragon fly in
the world is at ttys zoological mus
eum. . They exchange, specimens
with those of other countries.
Mr. Williamson also has a very
large iris farm at Bluffton, Ind.,
and he has cross breeded these
flowers until he has over one thous
and varieties which he ships all
over the world.
Mrs. Gloyd is making a collection
of snakes for her husband who
teaches at the University.
HOLD SERVICES
FOR ill BRYSON
Confederate Veteran Dies
After 3 Weeks' Illness
At Daughter's Home
Funeral services for James Ken
nedy Bryson, 88, one of the few
Civil War veterans who remained
in - Macon county, were held Sun
day afternoon in the Sugar Fork
Baptist church. Interment was in
the Sugar Fork cemetery. Mr.
Bryson died at the home of his
daughter, Mrs. John M. Moore, ih
Franklin, Friday afternoon, at 6:45,
after three weeks' illness. .
The services were conductedby
the Rev. J. A. Bryson of Colurdbia,
Mo,, a son of the deceased, who
was assisted by the Revs. E. R.
Eller, A. S. Solesbee and W. T.
Potts, all of Macon . county.
Mr. Bryson was born near what
is now ' the Culiasaja post office,
and on the farm adjoining the one
which is still in possession of the
family. For the last 10 years he
and his wife have lived in the
homes qf their daughters, Mrs. N.
L. Jollay, of Culiasaja, and Mrs.
John M. Moore, of Franklin. Since
the death of Mrs. Jollay a few
yeap ago they have lived in
Franklin.
Sixty-two years ago Mr. Bryson.
was married to Margaret Higdon,
by whom he is survived, now 85
years old ,a daughter of Major
William Higdori, of Ellijay. . Nine
children were born to this union ;
other descendants include 29 grand
children and nine great grandchil
dren. 50 MUm in a Day
When only 17 years of age Mr.
Bryson volunteered and . entered
the service of the Southern Con
federacy and served until near the
end of the conflict, when ill health
forced his retirement. He and sev
eral companions who volunteered
at! the same time walked and ran
50 miles from their homes in Ma
con county through the mountains
Superintendent of Schools
After the close of the Civil War,
Mr. Bryson entered school and
prepared himself to teach. He was
largely self-educated, and spent
most of his active life as a teacher
in Macon and Jackson counties.
He served as superintendent of
schools at one time in Macon coun
ty, and also as recorder' of deeds
in Macon county. For many years
he was a justice of the peace, m
which capacity he usually settled
most cases without resort to law
and made no charge except when
the parties insisted upon going to
law. He was not a lawyer, but was
well versed in the law and his ad
vice was sought by many friends.
Besides his widow the following
survive :- a brother, Madison Bry
sqn, of Culiasaja; a sister, Mrs.
Luvina Wright, of Darrington,
Wash.; four daughters, Mrs. Jennie
Henry, of Ventura, Cal., Mrs. Delia
Briggs, of Baconton, Ga. Mrs. Mary
Collins of Knoxville, Tenn., Mrs.
John M. Moore, of Franklin; two
sons, J. W. Bryson, of Rome, ba.,
the Rev. J. A. Bryson of Columbia,
Mo. Three daughters had pre
viously died: Mrs. Nellie Shook,
Mrs. Addie Jollay, Miss Alberta
Bryson. With the exception of J.
W. Bryson and Mrs. Henry, all
surviving children attended the fun
eral. Pallbearers "were J. L. Higdon, L.
H. Higdon, George Dean, Joe Ash
ear, Elias Ammons, John M.Moore.
Bereans Plan to Build
Own Class Room 1
The Berean Class of the Frank
lin Baptist church has' increased
its attendance to such an extent
that plans were made this week
for the building of a laYge room
in the church basement to accom
modate the larger meetings.
A committee is this week solicit
ing subscriptions from class mem
bers. Any one else who w9iies to
donate is assured of the class ap
oreciation.
A new class of young men from
17 to 24 is to be organized Sunday
from members of the Berean class,
with George Dean as teacher. The
Bereans will elect a president on
Sunday to succeed to the office
made vacant by the resignation' of
Mr. Dean.
Mrs. R. S. Richardson and daugh
ter, Miss Vivian Richardson, have
returned to their home af Gilkey,
after spending several weeks here
with Mrs. C. L. Pendergrass and
Mrs. H, W. Cabe, daughters of
Mrs. Richardson.
15-Yea-01d Boy Killed
While Squirrel Hunting;
Accident, Claims Friend
Fifteen-year-old Carl' Fore, who
formerly lived, with his family, at
Culiasaja, .was killed by a shotgun
on a squirrel hunt with, rams
Jones, also 15, in tre Wilkie fields,
near East LaPorte, last Saturday
afternoon.
Carl was the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Horace Fore. His death, ac
cording to Parrts Jones, was ac
cidental, but Deputy Sheriff Mason
said that Carl, before he died,
answered "yes" by nodding his
head to the question, "Did Jones
shoot you?" He died at the Com
munity hospital, Sylva, four hours
FIRE FIGHTERS
T0H0LDSCH00L
Byrne to Direct Camp of
Rangers and Guards
At Press Haven
John B. Byrne of Franklin, su
pervisor of Nantahala National
Forest, wiiTihstruct a group of
foresters in the most modern meth
ods of fire fighting at the annual
training camp beginning October 7
at Press Haven, on Rabun Lake,
Ga.
Rangers and guards from Pis
gah, Cherokee and Smoky Moun
tain National Parks will attend as
well as the state district forester
of South Carolina. More than 40
firefighters are expected in all.
J. H. Stone will assist Super
visor Byrne.
This training school has been
held every year for about the past
ten years, just before the fall fire
season. It includes the regular or
ganization and all fire control or
ganizations of the forest service.
The work takes up the greater part
of two days and includes training
in telephone line construction and
maintenance as well as fire sup
pression work and detection.
The school for this year will
have most of its activities in the
woods near . the camp, while in
former schools the work was Bear
divided between indoor and outdoor
work.
Mr. Byrne says that this school
furnishes th foresters a means of
getting together in a social meet
ing as well as the training. The
social feature is fine on many of
the boys, who have been stationed
off on some, lonely mountain tpp
or out of way location watching
for fires, as they see so very little
of the rest of the organization.
The Press Society of Georgia has
given the foresters permission to
use their cabins at Press Haven.
McDowell Club
To Meet Saturday
This season's first meeting of the
1915 McDowell Music Club will be
held Saturday afternoon at 3
o'clock at the home of Mrs. Noryin
C. Duncan on Church street. Miss
Edwina Dalrymple will be hostess
and the subject for discussion will
be ancient hymns, with Mrs. H.
T. Horsley as leader.
Aged Write to
"Drown Old
That hoary controversy, Youth
vs Age, which began in the dawn
of history when the first troglodyte
upstart told his caveman grand
pappy that he didn't know how to
suck dinosaur eggs, continued to
flare in Macon county this week,
with aged stalwarts continuing to
resent youth's suggestion to drown
some ancient ones in sacks.
Stanley H. Wright, consulting
engineer of Asheville, who isn't so
old, at that, was reminded of some
verses in "Alice in Wonderland,"
which, he says, explain our Quixotic
effort. Everyone who has read the
famous Alice recalls the lines be
ginning: "You are old, Father William," the
young man said,
"And your hair is exceedingly
white;
"And yet you incessantly stand on
your head
"Do you think at your age it is
right?"
T. G. Harbison, who upheld the
old men's hands in a good letter
after the shooting, the charge from
a shotgun having torn away the
lower part of his face.
Young Jones was arrested and
brought to Sylva by Deputy Sher
iff Mason. He is being held in
jail during the investigation. He
said that he was hunting near Carl
when he heard .a gun shot. Then,
he said, Carl cried: "Why did this
have to happen?" Both boys were
carrying shotguns.
Funeral services for Carl were
held Sunday afternoon at the Su
garfork Baptist church. The Rev.
W. T. Potts of Highlands con
ducted the services.
J. A. PARRISH
IS DEAD AT 63
Burningtown Farmer Dies
After Two Years
Illness
James A. Parrish, prominent
farmer of the Burningtown com
munity, died Monday at 5 a. m.,
succumbing to attacks of heart
disease and Brights disease which
had troubled him for two years.
He was j&3 years old.
Funeral services were conducted
by the Rev. James Vincent, assis
ted by the Rev. A. S. Solesbee at
the Iotla Baptist church Tuesday
morning at U o'clock. Pallbearers
were James Hauser, Ted Ramsey,
Ervin Patton, Redge Neal, John
Hauser, and Lawrence Ramsey.
Mr. Parrisn . survived by his
wife, Mrs. Catherine Roane Par
rish, five daughters: Mrs. Monroe
Hooper, of Tuckasiegee; Mrs.
Homer Younce of Haines City,
Fla., Miss Florence Parrish and
Miss Nannie and Miss Annie Par
rish; by three sons; Robert, Wil
liam and Terrill; by two brothers,
William Parrish of Otto and Neal
Parrish of California; a sister, Mrs.
Gordie Bradley of Washington; and
by-his father, George Parrish, of
Rose Creek.
Indians to Perform
Ritual Dances
The Indian fair at Cherokee, N.
C, near the border of the Great
Smoky Mountain National Park,
will engross the attention of both
visitors and residents in the high
lands of Western North Carolina
during the brilliant Indian Summer
days of early October, The fair,
which will be held October 4, 5, 6
and 7, will be a featured event of
the colorful autumnal season.
The ancient dances, the tribal
ball games, archery and blowgun
contests of the Cherokee nation
will add to the color of the four
day celebration. New highways
built into and through the Great
Smoky Mountains, this year, will
provide easy means of access to
the Cherokee Indian lands.
Grover Jamison, who has been
confined to his bed for several
weeks with illness, at his home on
Palmer street, i is slowly improving!
Excoriate
Men" Editorial
last week comments in part:.
"In your editorial 'When We
Were Very Young" you say that
most old men would give a great
deal to start over again. Is that
not admitting that most men make
mistakes before they are fifty?
. . . There never was a time when
old age, unhampered by youth, con
trolled the destinies of the human
race."
Score a technical touche for Mr.
Harbison, to whom we wish con
tinued years of vigor and happi
ness. The Rev. Norvin C. Duncan of
St. Agnes Episcopal church, writes
a serious article on Youth vs Age,
giving seven reasons why old men
should not be drowned, Reason No.
2 is that young men are too se
rious. Following Mr. Duncan's let
ter is one from H. D. Dean of
Stiles. Says Mr: Duncan :
The youthful editors of The
Press ' have made bold to declare
that all old men -should be drown
(Continued on paft wo)
BOYS WILL VIE
IN SCHOOL FAIR
Franklin High Students
Prepare Agricultural
Exhibit for Oct. 15
V1EACHAM CITES AIMS
Quality, Not Quantity, to
Be Goal, Vocational
Instructor Says
Members of vocational agricul
ture and home economic classes of
the Franklin High School will hold
an exhibition of their projects at
the school on October 15, E. H.
Meacham, instructor of the agricul
ture class, announced yesterday.
"The exhibitions will be open to
the public from 10 a. m. to 4 p. m.
E. V. Vestal, Jackson county agent,
will judge the exhibits.
This is the. second of a series of
annual fairs sponsored by the vo
cational class. Great interest has
been shown by the boys.
Quality Products
"The main purpose of this fair,"
Mr. Meacham said, "will be to show
products of quality rather than of
quantity. The entrants are limited
to vocational students. All displays
must have been raised and prepar
ed for exhibition by students . of
either the agriculture class or of
the home economics class. There
are 21 boys in the second year
agriculture class, and each boy
has at least one product to show,
while some pviH have several ex
hibits. Nine students in the third
year class will have exhibits, and
there will be a number of exhibits
from members of the first year
class."
Boys in Charg
Following is a list of the de
partments of the;' fair, with the
name of the boy who will have
charge of each :
Field Crops, Harold Stewart.
Horticulture, Frank Williams.
Education, Woodrow Dowdle.
Swine, Paul Gibson.
General Farming Exhibit, Carlos
Rogers.
Garden Products, John Bryson.
Miss Rosalie Morrow will have
rYi i rrrp nf tinm. pvinnmtrc
The home economics department
will show work done by the girls
at home as well as at school, and
will feature an exhibit of canned
goods.
9 Escape Fire
Move to Garage, . Home
Goes up in Flames
Charlie Adams and his family of
nine, including a grandmother,
packed up their meagre trappings .
on Monday and moved into a one
car garage for the winter. Early
Tuesday morning, they heard the
weird call of Franklin's fire siren
as their former home, the pine
board shack owned by T. B. En
loe, just off Highway 28 near the
Happy Top community, went up in
flames.
Franklin's amateur firefighters
manned their truck and reached the
fire only a few minutes after it
had started, but the frame house
was ablaze from lintel to cornice,
shooting flames like a bonfire. It
was consumed in a few minutes.
Anxious neighbors wondered what
had become of thev Adams family
as they watched the fire. Not un
til Wednesday morning did they
find the family of nine, snug and
safe in their garage. They might
easily have been trapped in their
former dwelling.
Baby Climbs Tower,
Says It Was Grand
Emulating the rangers under his
father, two-and-a-half year-old
Philip Marion - Byrne, son of John
M. Byrne, Supervisor of Nantaha
la National Forest, climbed the
highest thing he could find and
surveyed the land.
His choice was the 35-foot water
tower near his home on Harrison
Avenue. He reached the top and
swung a leg over the railing.
To his distraught mother, who
pleaded with him from the ground,
he lisped: "It's grand."
A carpenter was sent up after
him, but he refused to be carried
down. He descended the ladder
himself, with the carpenter pre
ceding, ready to catch him if he
fell. . ' . A ,