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D 0 ABOUT MACON 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. i i iis 'IVodh i Business Better Smith Makes Peace More Road-Work Park Area Grows PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL. XLVII. NO. 40 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, OCT. 6, 1932 $1.50 PER YEAR f '- . I r" H If f J if - t- - ? . Business is better, thank you . ; . Richmond's Federal Reserve Bank reports "definite improvement in nearly all classes of business in the Carolinas" as the result f increased cotton and tobacco prices ' and enlivened activity in the . cotr ton mills . , . thousands of work ers have been called back to their jobs in Pittsburgh and northern Alabama .steel industries ... Mer chants placingrders find frequent ly that shipments are delayed be cause manufacturers are vswamped The Manufacturers' Record1 reports that the South let construction contracts totaling $47,850,000 last month and is preparing to issue other contracts estimated at $165, 983,000 .. . . Whoopee ! Christmas is' coming. Al Smith, the "Happy Warrior)' met Franklin D. Roosevelt face to face at the New York Demo cratic state l convention Jn Albany Tuesday night for the first time si,nce Smith returned from the Chicago convention sore because of his defeat for the - presidential nomination by his former campaign manager. Smith ' stepped' to the platform, where Roosevelt was seated, grinned, stuck out his hand and said: "How are you, old po tato." It was his way of greeting a warm friend. The crowd roared its approval as the 'two shook hands m t 1 A-N inat nanasnaice. is expecieu w overcome many obstacles which re cently have been worrying party leaders. ' Bids for five road projects, total ing $290,000 -were opened by the highway commission last week and approved Friday. The next letting is October 18, when contracts are expected to be ' awarded for "the surfacing of No. 28 west of Frank lin to Murphy.' The Great Smoky Mountains National Park gained 33,000. acres at Asheville Friday by agreement of the Park commission to pay $600,000 for the holdings of tjie Suncrest Lumber company in Hay wood and Swain - counties. ' The administration has indicated that cotton and tobacco farmers will receive 75 Jer cent extension of time on federal crop loans. A similar moratorium has already been granted wheat farmers. Winning the final game Sunday by the score of 12- to 6, the New York Yanks, American League champions, walked away with the world series in four straight games, leaving the Chicago Cubs, Nation al league .' champs, wondering what it was all about.- Start Series Rainbow Springs Down Cowee in First Game ' Rainbow. Springs and Cowee baseball teams., are playing a three game series for the championship winner in the Macon county league while Rainbow Springs-, finished in second place, in the Ocona-Nan-tahala league. Rainbow Springs, being the only team in Macon county in tne Qcona league, chal lenged the Cowee team for a, play off for the championship. The ' first game of, the scries was played on the Rainbow Springs ground , last ; Saturday afternoon and proved to be a very interest ing affair as, it was carried into eleven innings before the winning run was scored. The scoA ' was tied in the eighth 3 to 3 and the winning run was made jn the eleventh with. one man out, .Rain bow Springs winning by the score 4 to 3. . : The second -game will be played at Cowee next Saturday afternoon at 2:30 if the weather permits.' ' If a third game is necessary it will be played on the Franklin ground the following Saturday. Score by innings AR H "S R. S. 200 000 .010 01 4- 9 -2 Cowee 000 001 020 00 3 13 2 Batteries: Wilson,, Danielson, Swan; W. Duvall, Berry and Bry son. . 1 3 Stores to Close for Jewish Holiday,, f Three Franklin, meganjtfie stores will remain closed MontyV'Ocr. 10, in observance of Yom.KtpW. Jew ish day of atonement. The stores to close will be ' Sanders', Polly's and Mnsp Rlumenthal's. Last Saturday was tdbsrved by jbrankim jews as kosit nasnana, or the Jewish New ""Year's .Day. In the Hebrew calendar this 'year, dat ing from last Saturday,, is number ed 5693, SPEAKITGDATES Jake Fi Newell, Republican Senatorial Candidate, Coming Saturday With the general election only two months off, politics is warm ing up in Macon county, both par ties having scheduled .prominent speakers to address gatherings in the county courthouse. Jake F. Newell, of Charlotte, Re publican nominee for United States senator, is scheduled to speak at the courthouse at 7:30 p. m. Satur day, Oct. 8, it was announced this week by W. J.- West, Republican county chairman and candidate for representative in the legislature. The Republicans also are planning a meeting on October 27, , when Clifford O. Frazier, their candi date for governor, "is expected to come here. The latter meeting will be , at 2:30 o'clock . in the after noon. Crawford James of Marion, Republican candidate for congress, also is expected to visit Franklin but the exact date for his appear ance has not been announced. Clyde Hoey, of Shelby, known as one of the state's most force ful orators, is .slated to address a meeting in the courthouse at 8 o'clock next Monday night under the auspices of the Young People's Democratic Club of Macon county. Zeb Weaver, Democratic candidate for re-election to . congress, who spoke here several weeks ago, has been asked to return for another speech on Saturday, October 15. Seven community meetings have been arranged for Friday night by the Young People's Democratic Club. These meetings, to begin at 7:30 or 8 o'clock, will be ad dressed by speakers sent out by the club. The places of the meet ings and the speakers scheduled follow: Cowee, J. J. Mann and E. W. Long; Holly Springs, B. W. John son; Higdonville, Alex Moore and G. A. Jones; Slagle, S. J. Murray and Dr. S. H. Lyle; Maple Springs, J. E. Lancaster and C. T. Bryson; Otto, R. .S. Jones and Dr.'W.' A. Rogers; Iotla, C S Ti.lley and Miss Elizabeth Slagle. Football Games Schedule for Franklin Hi k Team Announced Following is the schedule of games for the Franktin high school football team, , as announced by Coach Smithwick and Bill Hauser, manager : Friday, October 7 Andrews at Franklin. ' v ' Friday, October 1-4 Franklin at Bryson City. Friday, October 21 Franklin at Andrews. r.. Friday, October 28 Franklin at Waynesvilje. Fr Way, . November 11 Franklin at Murphy. 1 Several dates, it will ie noticed, are still open. Coach Smithwick is endeavoring to schedule some at-home games fpr these dates. Thus' far Frafiklin has played only one game,;'at Cullowhee two weeks ago, when the local boys lost 13. to0 ta Western Carolina Teachers college. i. : -- ARE ANNOUNCED Youth Shoots Self in Head; Bullet Barely Misses Girl "Suicide by firing a .38 calibre revolver bullet through his head" was the -decision of Sheriff A. B. Slagle, whc with Coroner C. M. Moore, investigated the circum stances under which Carl Mather son, of Cherokee county, was ; in stantly killed Sunday afternoon. Young Matheit5on, with Miss Al ice Gregory, were visiting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Gus Coth ern just off Highway No. 10 near Topton, They were in a room alone and Miss Gregory was stanch ing in ' front of a mirror powder ing her face when Mathecson took the pistol and its holster off the VTJcJlW Surgeon Gives Blood, Then Aids in Operation, Dr. Edgar Angel volunteered to give a pint oi hi own blood Wednesday morning to a pa tient at, Angel Brothers' hos pital and, alter the trantfiuion waa made, aiiuted hit brother. Dr. Funnan Angel, in an opera tion for the removal of a tu mor. The patient wai Mr. J. P. Trantham, of Copper Hill, Tenn. Her physician there had tent her to the Franklin' hospital after he had given up hope of relieving her condition. A blood transfusion was necessary before an operation cotuld be perform ed. Blood specimens of nearly a score of Franklin persons were tested but failed to match that of the patient Dr. Edgar An gel then tried a specimen of his own blood. It matched. The patient was taken to the opera tion room and given a direct transfusion from Dr. Angel's arm. The young surgeon then arose and proceeded to assist Dr. Furman Angel in the opera tion. Later in the day the operation wias pronounced a suc cess and Mrs. Trantham was re ported to be resting well. . $20,000 MORE G1VENF0REST Clayton -.Pine " Mountain Road To Be -Surfaced With Extra Money . An appropriation of $20,000 has been obtained from federal unem ployment relief funds for -the sur facing of the Clayton-Pine Moun tain road within the. boundaries of the Nantahala National Forest, it has been announced by John Byrne, supervisor . of the forest. This makes a total of $75,000 of federal relief funds made available for im provement of roads and trails in the Nantahala Forest, $55,000 have been appropriated some weeks ago. The Clayton-Pine Mountain .road lies in the Georgia area of the forest, but it connects with the Three-States highway, which leads to Highlands. Details of the "work and "the date when it will- begin are to be an nounced later by Mr. Byrne. A recent survey of work in the Nantahala forest showed approxi mately 87 men were employed on road . and trail improvement pro jects. "T. F." Freight Solicitor Visits Highlands E. H, Terry, special solicitor for the TallulaK Falls Railway, with W. R. Ussery. 'T. F." agent at Dillard, Ga., and Homer Deal of Dillard, Ga., were in Highlands last Friday looking after the in terests of the railroad. Mr.VTerry is very much encouraged by the interest manifested by the' public generally in behalf of his company. He said the freight and passenger service has shown a steady in crease since August 1. The people are becoming aroused with interest in the railroad and realize 'what it means to this section. Mayor George Patton of Frank lin was elected permanent secretary of the newly-organized Twentieth Judical District Bar Association at a meeting in Waynesville recently. mantel and put it on. She said he played, with the pistol and stood in front of the mirror with the gun pointed at himself. She ad vised him to put 'the gun down. Matherson stepped ', away from the mirror as she finished powder ing her face. Then she heard a report of the revolver and felt something pass, through her hair. The bullet, after passing through Matherson's head, - went through Miss Gregory's hair and was found inbedded in the wall. f Matherson, 19, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joel Matherson. He was reported - to ' have threatened to commit suicide before. Pll A 11 LLAr&A M 11 - 11 JTlllllld JURORS DRAWN FORNEXTCOURT Difficulty Experienced In Making List for November Term After spending about eight hours at the task, the Macon county com missioners completed the jury list for the November term of su perior court shortly before noon Tuesday. The drawing began Mon day afternoon and continued the next day. The difficulty in making up the list, it was explained, was principal ly due to the fact that very few persons had paid their 1931 taxes. Another factor was the law ex empting from jury service anyone who has served during the two preceding years. Court terms' have been so numerous in Macon dur ing the past two years, several special terms having been neces sary, that this provision presents a real obstacle. The November term is scheduled to convene Monday, Nov. .21, with Judge H. Hoyle Sink presiding. Judge Sink held the last term of court here. . The November session will be for two weeks with both criminal and civil cases on the docket. Following is the jury list as fin ally drawn: 1 T. T. Reeves, Route 3; 2 J. M. Smith, Rainbow Springs; 3 B. M. Hughes, West's Mill; 4 J. M. Williams, Franklin; 5 J. E. Lakey, Etna; 6 R. C Sutton, Route 2; 7 G. R. Conley, Route 1; 8 Gil mer Setscr, Route "1; 9 Henry Waldroop, Route 1; 10 Fred Arn old, Franklin; 11 Harold Moore, Route 1; 12 J. S. Waldroop, Prentiss; 13 W. R. Gibson, Leath erman; 14 J. C. Byrd, Stiles; 15 -W. L. Ledford, Otto; 16-T. W. Kiser, Franklin; 17 J. A. Carver, Leatherman; 18 Grady Jones, Iot la; 19 E. V. Amnions, Franklin; 20 Z. V." McKinncy, Highlands; 21 E. A. Watkins, Cullasaja; 22 H. A. Williams, Route 3; 23 S. H. Crunkleton, Highlands; 24 J. W. Hastings, Franklin; 25 H. C. Mill er, Scaly; 26 Fred S. Moore, Gneiss; 27 J. F. Wooten, Culla saja; 28-Z. V. Shields, Flats; 29 Ed McCoy, Etna; 30 Frank L. Cabe, Route 4; 31 Stinson Nealy, Highlands; 32 D. I. Miller, Scaly; 330. C. Bryant, Franklin; 34 J. N. Houston. Iotla; 35J. L. Mc Mahan, Nantahala; 36 Dock San ders, Route 4; 37 Colie Guest, Jr., Route 4; 38 P. O. Watkins, Cullasaja; 39 Bud Ledford, Route 1; 40 Earl B. Henson, Prentiss; 41 J. R. Holbrook, West's Mill; 42 T. A. Tallent, Cullasaja; 43 A. R. Higdon, Franklin ; AA J. M. Corbin, Ellijay; 45 John W. Grib ble, Route 3; 46 T. M. Keener, Highlands; 47 Robert C. Rickman, West's Mill; 48 H. O. Penland, Scaly; 49 R. C. Green, Frank lin; 5(V-C. S. Dills, Route 1; 51 W. T. Jennings, Cullasaja; 52 A. F. Gregory, Gneiss; 53 W. M. Queen, West's Mill; 54 J. M. Williams, Franklin. Surfacing No. 28 Link Betweh Highlands and Gneiss Closed . Highway No. 28 between High lands and the Jackson county line which has been closed for the past 10 days for resurfacing with tar and Tennessee slate, was reopened to traffic last Friday. The same type of surfacing is now being placed , on the stretch of No. 28 between Highlands and the end of the concrete paving at Gneiss, ne cessitating a detour of traffic be tween Highlands and Franklin. The highway from the Georgia South Carolina line to Mountain Rest, S. C, has been closed for several days for resurfacing with tar and graver. This is a con siderable handicap to freight, mail and the traveling public, as the mail as well as much" heavy freight is hauled over this road. Traffic which usually goes over this road is now detoured from Walhalla and Seneca, S. C, via Westmins ter, S, C, and Clayton and Dill ard, Ga., to Highlands and points north, . Work on the Mountain Rest road is expected to be fin ished within a few days. Negroes Driven off Streets; Franldin Ministerial Group Deplores 'Spirit of Violence, Taking cognizance of distur bances in Franklin last Thursday and Friday nights, when Negroes were driven off the , streets of Franklin by bands of young white taen and boys following the arrest of three Negro women on disorder ly conduct charges, the Franklin Ministerial association Monday adopted a resolution expressing "sorrow that the spirit of violence should mar the harmony and the good name of our community." "We have lawsVto punish wrong doers and to protect the innocent," the resolution stated "and they should be administered without re gard to race or creed." Deplore Violence Following is the resolution draft ed by the Ministrial Association, which numbers as members the pastors of all the churches in Franklin; ; "Whereas it has come to our attention that there has been some friction in our community between the white and colored people, and manifestation of spirit and con duct which is foreign to the mind and spirit of Christ, we, the mem bers of . the Franklin Ministerial association, do express our regret and sorrow that the spirit of viol ence should mar the harmony, and the good name of our community, and call upon the members of our churches to exercise Christian love, patience and forbearance. Each say the prayer taught us by our Bles sed Lord, "Our Father who art in CAMER YOUTH HURT Hi WRECK 3 Other Boys Escape Se rious Injury When Car Overturns Jack Canasler, Jr., of Iotla, is in the Lyle hospital here suffering from injuries received Sunday af ternoon in an automobile accident near Andrews. Cansler was injured about the head and shoulders when the car in which he was riding turned over. Von Neal, of Aquone, said to have been driving the car, Don Shields and Redge Neal of Iotla, other passengers, received minor bruises and lacerations. Young Cansler was reported Wednesday to be recovering. Mrs. J. F. Brown, who is liv ing with her son, George, on Bon ny Crest, is reported to be suf fering from a broken arm and in juries to her back as the result of a fall last Friday afternoon.. Macon Inventor Develops Revolutionary Type of Auto V Thomas Carter, Macon county inventor, rolled into Franklin last Thursday afternoon in an automo bile which he believes will revolu tionize the automotive world. It was only a rough, homemade work ing model, a strange looking con traption, but it embraces princi ples which its inventor is confident will become embodied in future automobiles. The principle features of Carter's machine are four-wheel drive, four wheel brakes, four-wheel steering and , a novel system of friction drive. He claims that when the finishing touches are made on this automobile it will get 35 miles per gallon of gas, or better, provide safer travel at high speeds, prolong the life of the motor by at, least u,uuu mues ana atiora easier steering, greater speed and more safety. This unusual automobile is rev olutionary, to say the least. It has eight forward gears and a reverse. Power is transmitted from a friction wheej on the en gine shaft to a large flat disc under the driver's feet. The shaft is movable and the speed is regu lasted by the position of the fric heaven." We should not forget that every child of every race has the right to approach God as Fath er. God has acknowledged His Fatherhood, and acts consistently with it, but we humans have not acknowledged and acted upon the implications of a brotherhood of man. God has, done His part, but peace and happiness can never come to this world until the chil dren make real the brotherhood of man. "It is unfair to blame the Negroes as a whole for the offences of their worst members., We should not like to be judged as a race by the offences of our worst members. We have laws to punish wrong doers, and to protect the innocent, and they should be .administered without .regard to race or creed. ' Urge Christian Attitude "Bearing in mind the ' law of Christ that the strong shall bear the burdens of the weak we call upon the Christian people of the community to exercise Christian love toward all mankind, and to lend a helping hand in bringing a better and richer life to all our people; especially is it the duty of the white people to manifest the deepest of Christian love to: ward the colored members of the one body, and while each race may live its life in one sense apart, their relationships must be based on mutual love and forbearance. 'Let this mind be in' you which wnf also in Christ Jesus.'" CLUB SPONSORS CROPJPECT Rotarians To Supply Boys With Seeds for Winter Cover Crops The Franklin Rotary club voted Wednesday to sponsor a project to demonstrate the advantages of planting winter cover and soil im provement crops in Macon county. The club appropriated $25 with which to buy Austrian winter peas and hairy vetch. Twenty boys, representing at least 10 different communities in the county, will be chosen from the vocational agri culture class of the Franklin high school to ' carry out the project. Each boy selected will be given 10 pounds of Austrian winter peas and seven pounds of vetch. With these he will be required to plant one acre of ground, using , besides the seed given him one bushel of rye supplied by himself. Fred S. Sloan, county demon stration agent, will have supervis ion over the project. tion wheel on the disc, which is disengaged by lowering when the clutch is depressed. Power, is transmitted from this disc to the front and rear wheels by means of a composition belt working on pulley wheels. Carter amazed a downtown crowd by turning ( his car around in less space than-required by a T-model Ford. Front and rear axels move under the guidance of the steering wheel. This feature also gives the car a greater flexi bility, so that it can travel over extremely rough ground, and makes it possible for it to travel as fast around .curves as on a straight stretch of rOad. . Patent applications have been filed by Carter on all new fea tures of his machine. Carter, who is 44 years old, is married and has five children, lives several miles east of Frank lin on Route 4. He has been working on various inventions for the past 15 years, during which time he has obtaiaed patents on an automatic battery filler for looms, novel automobile steering gears and shock absorbers and sev eral inventions to improve textile machinery. UTILITIES FIRI.l KEEPS PROJECT Property Won't Revert ta Town for Another Year ; At Least COUNCIL IS RELIEVED New Main Street Parking Ordinance Effective Next Monday Receivers for the Empire Public Service corporation have decided to retain the Franklin electric pow er system, operated through a sub sidiary, the Northwest Carolina Utilities, Inc., thereby obviating for another year at least the likeli hood of the property, together with outstanding obligations, com ing back on the town. The town council at its regular monthly meeting Monday night was in formed by a notice from the Cen tral Hanover Bank of New York City that the Empire Corporation had paid $13,250 due October 1 in principal and interest on bonds is sued by the town to build the power plant. . This relieved the council of con siderable worry, as- representatives of the utilities companies had threatened to skip the bond pay ments and let the property revert to the town unless certain con siderations were granted. This would have made the town liable for the remainder of the outstand ing bonds with only $23,000 avail' able for meeting the bond pay ments due October 1 and for op erating capital. This sum was the amount recovered out of a surety bond of $73,000 after the failure of the Cleveland, Ohio, bank in which it was deposited. The remaining $50,000 is still frozen in this bank. The next bond payments will not become due until October 1, 1933. Parking Ordinance The curb parking ordinance adopted by the town council sev eral weeks ago is to become ef fective next Monday under pro visions of an amendment adopted at the meeting Monday night. Po lice Chief R. F. Henry was in structed to proceed with marking off parking spaces parallel with, the curbings on Main street. The council ordered a postpone ment of 30 days in the adver tisement and sale of land for de linquent 1930 and 1931 taxes. Land on which taxes have not been paid for 1927, 1928 and 1929 already bay been advertised and will be sold next Monday. Back From Europe Misses Elliott and Hugher Return to Highlands Thi rup rharlnttp R and Es ther H. Elliott and Miss M. E. Hugher have returned to f their home in Highlands after a six-j months tour of Europe, where thej- France. - 'i' The people of Europe, burdened with heavy taxes and confronted with heavy war debts and repara tions, are strained to the "break ing point." They pointed out that Italv. with an area of onlv 701.862 square miles, has 42,000,000 in habitants to support, and France, not as large in area as Teas, ha 50,000,000 people. Instead of helping these coun tries to pay back their debt by lowering tariffs and. buying goods from them, the returned travelers added, the United States has raised the tariff wall higher and insisted at the same time that Europe pay her debts. Europe asks "How can it be done?" School Fair Postponed Until October 22 The school fair scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 15, by the vocation al agriculture and home economics classes of the Franklin high school has been postponed until Saturday, Oct. 22, it was announced yesterday by E. H. Meacham, instructor of the agriculture class. He explained' that the postponement was made necessary because of a conflict with a district teachers' meeting to b held in Asheville on October 15.