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( 1 i ,jrrr f t t RED CROSS ROLL CALL Starts ) November 11 v 9" "T ill tit f ) O ' 1 -anil Divis to Priccn Mere LzvA Ccr.izr.zJi Turns cn Hcovcr Roosevelt Opthautic If? ijtQljlau&joi Jamntmt PROGRESSIVE ' LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL, XLVII. NO. 43 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, OCT. 27, 1932 $1.50 PER. YEAR II J r In) u n t n 4. DAVIS NOW A CONVICT Wallace B. Davis, the Ashevillc poor boy who became president of the largest financial institution in Western North Carolina, the Cen tral Bank and Trust company, en tered State's prison at Raleigh Thursday to begin serving senten ces Aggregating nine to 13 years for violating the state banking laws.' His appeal to the United States Supreme court was refused review. Davis, a "stocky, bald man of 46, became convict No. 27531. His wife and son, Wallace, Jr., ac companied him to the prison gates. Col. Luke Lea and Luke Lea, Jr., of Tennessee, convicted jointly with Davis in One case charging conspiracy,, have been granted a stay Of sentence pending action of the U. S. Supreme Court on an appeal LANDS CONDEMNED ' The U S. government has in stituted proceedings in federal court '- at Asheville, for condemnation of 5,227.47 acres of land in Chero kee, Graham and "Macon counties to be added .to, the Nantahala Na--tipnal Forest. ' A decree signed by Judge Webb at Shelby provides for the distribution of $16,010.57 among the owners of these lands as fol-l lows : Uuerney . Hood, state com missioner, of bankh, for the closed Merchants and Manufacturers Bank of Andrews, $11,589.29; to John A. Tatham, Lee Watkins' and others, , $462.84; G. E. Lail and wife, $291.54 f C. A. Pace and wife, $280.71; to'. Joe Bell and1 wife, $254.24; to Alexander Moore,. $69.30 W. S.. Sanders, $31.08; Fred Shope, $36; and to Andrews Tanning Ex tract company, $2,145.9J UPHOLDS DEMOCRATTIC RECORD Pointing out that during the" last four years North Carolina has paid off $19,970,000 of its funded debt, Governor 0. Max- Garnder in a political address at Goldsboro Wednesday nipht challenged "our Republican opponents to find a single Republican state whose recor matches that fo the Democratic .administration of this state." t) ENOUNCES HOOVER ! Another progressive Republican "has come out for Roosevelt. This .time it is Senator Bronsoa M. Cut ting of New Mexico, who, though Ihe supported Hoover four years ago, announced in a speech at Denver Wednesday night that he is jcoiiig to vote for the Democratic candidate. He denounced. Hoover as "subservient to anti-public in terests," specifically ' naming the great power interests, ; and lauded Roosevelt as "his own., master." Borah, Norris, Johnson and other Republican progressives already had trrned their support to Roosevelt. ROOSEVELT OPTIMISTIC Back in Albany after a strenu ous trip through the South, Gov ernor Franklin D. Roosfvf(t ex pressed great optimism as to the outcome of the election on Novem ber 8. Ie said everywhere he went he saw unmistakable signi "of ,lhe political tide turning to Democracy. At Sandford, Raleigh and other North Carolina, cities and towns he passed through he greeted by wildly cheering throngs. Governor Gardner, in introducing ihim at Raleigh, asked for a Dem oratic majority of 150,000 votes. HOOVER ACTIVE Intent on retaining his office, President Hoover lias mapped out strenuous whirlwind campaign (that will take him before millions of ' people in the east and mid west. Next Monday he is sched uled to speak at Baltimore, Phil adelphia, Newark 'and New York. Next Thursday he and Mrs. Hoo ver will start a trip that will take them through eight states and be fore 22 audiences in the midwest. Young Democrats Announce Speaking Dates The following meetings are sched uled for the Young People's Dem ocratic clubs of Macon county for this week, all to be held Friday evening, beginning at 7:30 o clock Holly Springs, with Sam J. Mur ray and Miss Elizabeth Slagle as speakers; Elhiay, Blackburn W- Johnson and R. S. Jones as speak ers ; Cowee, Dr. W. A. Rogers and Harley Cabe as speakers Otto, Carl Slagle and John W. Edwards as speakers. Saturday evening, the regular . weekly meeting for the Etna Young People's' Democratic club will be held at 7:30 o'clock, with the fol lowing ipeakerl : Sam J. Murray, Carl Slagle and R. S. Jonei. Monday night, Oct. 31. a muting II to 61 Mi M tin Scaly IchOtl Many Visit School Fair; , Exhibits Praiced by Webb, Leader ;of 5-and-lftProgram A steady stream of people, young and old, town folks and country' folks, , visited the second annual school fair at tfte Franklin graded school Saturday morning and after noon. Scores of exhibits of farm and home - economics products all the work - of students brought commendation rom the visitors.". The fair was sponsored by the vocational agriculture class, of. which Larl , M eacham is .instructor, and the home economics class with Miss Rosalie Morrow as teacher. The exhibits were arranged by the students in these classes under the supervision of their teachers'. r Among the visitors at the fair was Bruce Webb, of Ashevillei di rector of, the; Five and Ten Year Farm program in Western ' North Carolina. - --' ... ' PriM Work : ; "It was the finest thing of its kind l- have een," Mr. Webb re marked. "One; cannot help but feel that Western,;North Carolina agri culture is going to come into a better day. The exhibits put on by these students would be a credit to Sny full-fledged farmer." E. V. Vestal,, county farm agent of Jackson -county.was the judge of the agriculture class exhibits. Prizes awarded follow Best pro- ific corn, first prize, $1.50, Wilmer McConnell; second prizj, pair over alls, Robert Waldroop; and third prize, .75 cents, Rogers Ammohs. The only prize awarded in yellow "iff i- turn, wmtii was id cems, was given George- Wurst. The prizes won in the Irish potato division : First prizes $1.50, Erwin 'Norton;' and second prize, a hammer, won by John Bryson. Sweet potatoes: First prize, a pocket knife, George Mc- PH01SY IS EXPANDING Cullowhee Exchange Ac- . quired By Western Carolina Co. The Western iCarolina Telephone company,, with headquarters in Franklin, has purchased the Cul lowhee Telephone company and plans to spend several thousand dollars in. virtually rebuilding the exchange, according to George J. Johnston, manager. The considera tion involved wa"S iroi announced. Funds already have been ap- propriatd,, Mr. Johnston stated, for improving the Cullowhee system. Much, new equipment, including a dial system, will be installed, de sinned to give Cullowhee, terminus of a direct line from Sylva, one of the most liiiodcrn telephone plants in Western North Carolina. ,The Cullowhee' lines will be an important link in the Western Carolina Telephone company's sys tem, tying in with its lines from Sylva to Cullowhee and from Cul lowhee to Cashiers, High Hampton and Fairfield. The company now is. engaged in replacing old poles in and near Franklin and is buildiirg a new line to Cullasaja. Clark's Chapel To Be Held Sunday Morning The new. Clark's Chapel Metho dist' church, a handsome stone edi fice said ' to ' be the finest rural church in Western North Carolina, will be dedicated Sunday morning, it has. been announced by. H. C. Freeman, pastor of the Franklin circuit, who serves the church. . The church, modern in every re spect, is the only stone church in Macon, county. It has been built of native materials as far as pos sible. The 'structure has an audi torium of ample capacity for the community which it iervei, five large class rooms,' a! furnace room and a social hall as large as the auditorium, The cost of the church has teen estimated at $12,500, of which $2,750 wai contriubted by the Duke Foun dation. The balance was given by friends of the church and people ol the Community in the form of etih, labor and mittrlali. Clure. Wheat : First prize, belt, Earnest Bennett. Stock beets: First prize, 'neck-tie, John Bryson; andsecondj'prize, haircut, Sexton Vinson. Farm plans : , First prize, $1.50, Edwin Young; second prize, Sweater, Dwight ; Wilson; third prize, $1, Fred Gray. General farm exhibit : First ' prize $1.50, John Bryson; second prize, $1, Carlos Rogers. Educational booth : First prize, V 75 -cents for the best hay, went to Fjr'ank Williams; second prize, . 50 cents, best soil display prize, was awarded, to Earnest Bejinett ; - third prize, 50 cents, for hay, went, to Woodrow' Dowdle; fourth prize, 50 cents, for corn was won by Paul Gibson. Sweepstakes, first prize; ' $1, Wiley Bryson ; sec ond prize," 50 cents, was won by Rex Meadows. Soy beans: First prize, $125, Roy Southards; second prize, 75 -cents,' Jim Patton.- For ttjre best project record book Car los. Bryson won first prize, which was 50 cnts. GirU' Prizes Mrs. Jess Sloan and Mrs. W, B. McGuire were judges of the home economics class exhibits. Fruits and vegetables :, First . prize, ash stand, Blanche Southards; second prize, 10 pounds buck-wbejtt flour, Edna Holland. Sewing: First priz a compact, Annie Bell Mashburn; second prize, pair - of silk hose, Mary Bryant. Crochet and em broidering: First prize, one year's subscription to The Franklin Press, Jarvis Ledford ; second prize, $1, each, Grace Conley and Eloise Shcrill. Pickles and relish ; first prize, $125, Agnes Raby; second prize, pair silk hose, Jenie Don aldson. Preserves, jellies and mar malade : First ' prize, $1.25, Mary Bryant; . second prize, sweater, Oliatta Potts. N In the prizes offered for labora tory exhibits, all were to remain the property of. the class and the laboratory. Clothing: First prize, $1.50; Grace Conley ; second prize, 75 cents, Eloise Sherrilk Jellies and marmalade ; Prfst prize China plat ter, Lucy Gray, second prize, China bowls, Mary Bryant and Maybclle Crisp. Fruits and vegetables: First prize, $1, Lois Wells, Burnicc Pcn dergrass, Annie Bell Mashburn' and Jarvis Ledford; second prize, 25 pounds of flpur, janie Donaldson and Ruby Blaine. The prizes were made possible by a gift of $25 given by the Macon county commissioners and by the following business houses of Frank lin: " E. K. Cunningham and company gave a boy's tie and a pair of silk hose, Bryant Furniture .company an ash tray, Macon Coilnty Supply company, a hammer ; Sanders' Store, a sweater; Trotter's, a belt; M. Blumenthal, girl's sweater; Jess and Mary's Shop, a pair silk hose; City Barber Shop, hair cut; The Frank lin Tress, two one-year subscrip tions to the Press; Joseph Ashear, pair overalls; Franklin Hardware company, a ' pocket knife ; Perry's Drug Store, a compact; -and Mc- Clure-Brown Mill, 25 pounds of buckwheat flour. The Nantahala Creamery com pany had a fine display of cream ery butter, the same make of but ter that won the blue ribbon at the state fair, at Raleigh, last week. Dedication Thc Rev. L. B. Hayes, presiding elder of the Wayncsville district, will preach the dedication sermon. The public is invited to attend the service. At 2:30 o'clock in the afternoon the fourth quarterly conference of the Franklin circuit will be held at the Iotla Methodist church with Rev. Mr. Hayes presiding. Reports from various officers on the work of. the past year will be read and officers elected for the ensuing year. ' Officials of all the churches in the circuit are urged to be pres ent, as well as all who desire to attend the service. A sale of pure bred Hereford beef cattle has been scheduled by Madison county farmers for Friday, Nov, U, It Marshall, HOI ANSWERS SCHOOL CRITICS Says Salaries cf Teachers And Principals Set -By State SAYS COSTREDUCED Declares Establishment of New High School Is , Impractical In a statement made public this week, presumably , in answer to political criticisms, G. L. Houk, principal of the Franklin schools, declared the salaries of public school teachers and principals arc regulated by a state-wide schedule and that all of these salaries are paid By the state and hot by the county for the six-mon tins term. . .Although Mr. Houk mentioned no names and made no references to local political contests, Jis state ment bears unmistakable political significance. 'Evidently in answer to campaign promises of W. J. West, Republican candidate for county representative in the Legis lature, that if elected he will en deavor to establish high schools in" rural sections of the county, Mr. Hom1; pointed out that "there are not enough students in any school district in Macon county, with the exception of the Franklin and Highlands districts, to allow a standard high school to be oper ated." Pie also explained that the cost of any new school buildings "would have to come out of the taxpayers' pockets and would like wise -make it impractical and bur densome." Following is Mr. Houk's state ment in full: ' Since there have been so many changes in the method of opera tion and financing the schools of North Carolina during the past few years that some " people may not completely understand and even may be misinformed about, it oc curs to me that a statement cov ering the major features of the system of operation and financing as tliey nrav apply to the citizen and taxpayer, whether hcbe a patron of schools or not, might be worth while. The principal cost of . schools is the cost of salaries. All salaries of principals, my own included, and teachers in the schools of Macon county are fixed by the state?wide uniform minimum salary scheJuh which has been adopted for every county in the state by the general assembly. This sched ule of salaries, which is uniform for the state which must be adopted by every county board of educa tion, and used as a basis for the teachers in every school, is based on experience and training. For principals it is based on spccitie' training for and experience in the actual work of operating schools and in addition the number of teachers under his jurisdiction and, therefore, his responsibility. This salary schedule t fixes the salaries of both teacher and principal. Discretion in the matter is re moved from the board of educa tion in every county who are lega ly required to follow this sched ule in the preparation of their budgets and contracts. Paid by State Money to pay these salaries does not come, like it once did, out of taxes raised from the levy on property of the taxpayers of Macon county. Every penny which goes toward the payment of EV ERY, school salary in Macon county for the six months term (Continued on page six) Sing Songs Sunday Many Singers Expected For Convention ' The Macon County Quarterly Singing convention will be held in the county courthouse next Sun day, instead of Nov. 30, as mis takably 'reported in last week's is sue of The Press. j One of the features of the day's program will be a class for old- fashioned Christian harmony quar tets, it has been announced by J M. Raby, president of the Macon singers association. Singers' and choirs from South Carolina, Georgia and a number of Western North Carolina counties are. expected to take part in the convention, as well as singers from all sections of Macon. The singing it scheduled to start at 10 o'ele ' in the morning. At the Helm In www v. Cartoogechaye To Hold ; Community FairNov. il WEAVER RAPS G.O. TARIFF Tells Highlanders Nation's Wealth Has Dropped 150 Billions The nation's wealth has declined 150 billion dollars during the last four years of Republican admin istration and more than 10,000 banks have failed, Congressman Zet Weaver, of Ashevillc, told a crowd gathered in the Highlands school house Tuesday night. Mr. Weaver was introduced by William Potts; a member of the Younn People's Democratic- club of High lands. Since 1929, Mr. Weaver con: tinued, bank clearings have drop ped from 700 billion dollars a year to less than -100 billions. When the speaker mentioned the names of Mellon and Mills, the guiding hands of the government's fiscal affairs under Hoover, the crowd interrupted with loud boos. He pointed out that the, wealth of the Mellon family is estimated at eight billion dollars,, more than twice the assessed valuation of all of 'North Carolina. Explaining how hih tariffs work to the detriment of the farmer and to the advantage of special inter ests, he said that a certain type of reaper manufactured in the United States is sold within this country for $250, while the same company sells the same piece of machinery for $150 in South America, where it has to compete with manufac turers of other countries A 'What Is It?' At Large in "What is it?" is the question on everybody's lips. It howls or laughs like a hyena; some say it is a hyena, for didn't one escape a few weeks ago at Marion. But, although nearly everyone has heard it, few have seen it. First it was reported last week in the Iotla section. A few chick ens may have been missed, but as yet The Press has not heard of i any greater depradations by this strange, howling animal that has stricken terror into several Macon county communities, fc "Since reported on Iotla, this ter rible animal has been . heard screeching or screaming its weird noise . in almost every section of the county and . even in Franklin. It must be a fast traveler, else there are several of the beasts, for, strange to say, it has been reported at different and distant commun ities at virtually the same time. Robert Cunningham says the animal chased him within thi town Time of Need! Agricultural Exhibits and Several Speeches on Program A community fair for the Car toogechaye section will be held at Slagle school on November 11, Ar mistice Day, under the supervision of the school's Parent-Teacher as sociation and the community's "Five and Ten Year Farm Pro- gram" committee. Laddie Craw ford is chairman of the "Five and Ten" group and J. J. Mann is chairman of the Parent-Teacher association. ' ' Contests will be held Iti live stock, cattle, hogs, sheep, poultry, all sorts of farm products, canned goods, butter, kitchen products and household handiwork. The program follows : 9 a. m. Entries to be placed on exhibition. 10 a. m. Devotional exercises, conducted by Rev. S. R. Crockett. 10:15 a. m. An address by R. p. Sisk on the work of the Red Cross. 10:30 a. m. An address by Rev. ' C. Duncan on "What the Red Cross Means Today." 11:00 a. m. Announcement of judges' decision and Red Cross Roll Call. Noon Dinner will be served tn the grounds. Everyone in the community i? urged to . attend" the fair and to submit entries in the various con tests. Those attending are urged to bring well filled lunch baskets. During the afternoon there will be games and contests of dif ferent" kinds far the boys of the community. Reported Macon County limits one night. Dr. W. H. Hig gins reported he saw it Monday morning while - squirrel hunting on the old camp ground. "I saw it lying down in the brush just in front of me," said Dr. Higgins. "At first I thought it was a police dog. Then it oc curred to me that it might be a young deer. Then it hopped up and started running in great leaps and 1 knew it wasn't a police dog, a deer or a bob cat. It looked dif ferent from anything I had ever seen, I fired on it at a distance of about 50 yards and saw the hair fly, but the squirrel shot didn't stop him. ( "Bull," say some, "there's nothing to all of this talk about a hyena. "There may have been an old cat or police dog roaming around. Or maybey it's just some boys trying to scare somebody. Be that as it may, "What is it?" is still the question of the day and even politics can't obscure it until it it iniwirtd. WORK ON ROUTE KO. 28 DELAYED Low Bids Submitted Last Thursday Rejected by " Commission BIDS REQUESTED November 3 Set for Open ing of Revised Propos-, als on Road Work Work on regrading and surfac ing highway No. 28 west of Frank lin has been delayed by the State Highway Commission pending the opening of new bids on November Bids were received by the com mission last Thursday on. these, and a number of other projects' to be undertaken with federal emergency relief funds, but were rejected as too high. .. .. Low Bids Announce! Low bids for the Macon county projects totaled $158,756, divided as follows: 9.08 miles of traffic bound Mac Adam surfacing on route' 28, Frank lin to the foot of the Nantahala mountains, C. Y. Thomason, of Greenwood, S. C, $89,532; structure, Hobbs-Peabody company, Charlotte, $11,564.90. 6.49 miles of traffic bound Mac Adam on route 28, from the end of the above project to the present surfacing at Rainbow Springs, C. Y. Thomason, $57,660.60. Thomason also was low bidder for grading and surfacing of an un paved link of No. 28 in Clay coun ty. This . concern was employed last year on the grading and sur facing of the approach to the new bridge over the Little Tennessee river. New Bid Asked The bids were rejected on all of these projects and also on sev eral others. The highway commis sion then advertised for new bids to be received until 10 a. m, Thursday, Nov. 3. The lettings will be subject to the provisions of the emergency relief and construction act, whichprovides - for the - em ployment of local .unskilled labor as far as possible and sets a minimum wage of 20 cents an hour-for "Un skilled help and 30 cents an hour for skilled workers. The Political Pot Offer of Joint Campaign ; Not Accepted W. J. West, Republican county chairman and nominee for represen tative, had failed Thursday to ac cept' an invitation extended by the county Democratic committee for a joint speaking campaign of the county candidates of both parties. The proposal for the joint cam paign was made Monday by Albert Ramsey, chairman of the Demo cratic committee, after he had con sulted several of that party's can- didates and members of the com mittee. Meanwhile the candidates are pursuing separate campaigns. Friday night C. L. Ingram, Sher iff A. B. Slagle and C. Tom Bry son, Democratic candidates for rep resentative, sheriff and register of deeds, respectively, arc scheduled to speak at the Kyle school ; Saturday night at Liberty school; Monday at Iotla school, Tuesday, at Cowec school ; Wednesday at Burning town school; Thursday at Pine Grove; Friday, at Otto school; and Saturday, at the courthouse. All of the speakings are to be gin at 7:30. The Democratic can didates already have appeared at Etna, Highlands and Tellico The Republican candidates have not announced their schedule of speakings, but it is understood that they are planning to appear in every township in the county be fore the election on November 8. THOMAS IN N. C. In a one-day campaign ! with speeches at Winston-Salem, High Point, Greensboro and "' Raleigh, Norman Thomas, Socialist candi date for president, brought his mes sage to North Carolina on Satur day. He was heard by four large crowds. ASKS CANCELLATION The United States was asked to cancel or greatly reduce the war debts owed by European- nations, in an address by Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator, in a, Sunday speteh it Turin.