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mil ?r;V'i h:h?n) v C7 out H kj JM . ? N ,A 1 TV "H RED CROSS "ff' ri 1 ROLL CALL fTUJ November 11 r ill I Kim Afvj p TYiis Vcoh More Relief Funds Hitlerites Lose Favor Gold Standard Road BidsCX k-'d '8Hp Hjtglilmtiia iHarmtum PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL i - INDEPENDENT VOL. XLVII, NO. 45 FRANKLIN, N,. C, THURSDAY, NOV. 10, 1932 $1.50 PER YEAR APPROVE 11 HIGHWAY BIDS , Low bids totalling $622,837 for 11 highway projects were approved by the state highway commission on Friday. The letting brought the total construction financed through federal unemployment funds to $3, 529,873.' The next letting will be on November 29. '' DEMOCRAT MONEY POURS IN Total receipts, of $1,427,118 since June 1 were reported by the na tional Democratic committee to the clerk of theyjiouse on Friday. The campaign expenditures . in . that time were $1,261,412. - -.-' AUTO-TRAIN CRASH KILLS 5 An automobile stalled on the railroad tracks at Greensdale near Richmond, Va., last week, and five women occupants were killed, a passenger train striking the car and carrying it 200 yards down the track. MAIL RELIEF ALLOTMENT An allotment of $186,500 in fed eral relief funds was mailed by the state' organization to the 100 coun ties on; Saturday. So- far $350,000 of the $815,000 made availableby the Reconstructiion Finance cor poration, has been sent to the counties. . METHdDIST CONFERENCE MEETS i , The 43rd annual session of the Western North Carolina conference of the Methodist Episcopal church is in progress at Centenary church, Winston-Salem,' this week, .opening on Wednesday morning with Bish op Edwin D. Mouzon presiding. $811,503 FOR ORPHANAGES Thirty orphanages in North Caro lina have received $530,477 and 15 in South Carolina $281,026 from the Duke endowment fund in the last four years, a total of $811,503, re ported. Dr. W. S. Rankin, director of hospital and orphanage work for the endowment. FAVOR RETURN TO GOLD Monetary experts preparing ground for teh world economic conference reached last week at G e neva a tin animou s agreeme n t that a return to the gold standard by all nations who have left it, is to be desired as a measure of in ternational economic stability. niirp FRFFS PRISONERS Freedom for more than 5,000 Italians serving sentences of less than five years was granted in a decree announced! by Mussolini on Sunday. Longer terms were cut short. Political prisoners were not affected by the decrees. GERMAN FASCISTS LOSE In the fifth national German election this 'year, the Fascists, or National Socialists, of Adolf Hitler had nearly a third of the 35,000,000 votes cast Sunday, but their vote was smaller than in the July 31 clcctiion. Communists showed the biggest gain. "The Fascists, Social ists and Communists control 70 per cent of the . Reichstag scats and all dppose the government of Chancellor- Franz -Von-Fapen.- : -. - niDTio rcriDirs ken tlmi'l John II. Curtis, sentenced to a year in prison at Flemingtbn, N. J., for obstructing justice in the Lindbergh kidnapping case by per petrating a hoax in claiming he was in contact with the kidnapers, wason Monday permitted to pay a $1,000 fine and go free, his sen tence' ebing suspended. Deer Hunting Pisgah Preserve To Be Open For Three Days Don Young, district forestranger, has announced that applications for hunting , deer on the Pisgah game preserve may be obtained, from him at his office in Franklin. . Four hundred hunters will be al lowed to hunt on 13.000 acres of the preserve December 5, 6 and 7 with a bag limit of one deer, either buck or doe, for each hunter. Only rifles of non-automatic type of not less than 25-20 caliber ana non-automatic shotguns not less than 16 gauge shooting single ball cartridges will be allowed. No dogs are allowed on the preserve. Neither state nor county hunt ing licenses will be required and any resident of the United States over 16 years old may file an ap plication for the deer hunting priv ileges. Applications must be re ceived in Asheville by November 17, when a public drawing of ap plications will be "held to determine who . the hunters will be. BEMOOMIS CO B $375 IS QUOTA FOR RED CROSS Annual Membership Roll Call To Be Launched Armistice Day MORE FLOUR COMES Lancaster, New Chairman, Issues Instructions On Distribution With a quota' of $375 to be raised, the Macon' county" chapter of the American Red Cross will launch its annual membership roll call Friday, November 11, Armistice Day.; - John B. .Byrne has been appointed to direct the roll call in Franklin and Mrs., Carl Slagle will be in charge of the . membership drive in the rural districts. It is planned to have special pro grams in all of the schools of the county with speakers assigned to outline the work of the national relief , organization. Mr. Byrne said he hoped the county's quota would be raised by Saturday night. Solicitors Named Solicitors have been appointed, he said, to cover the area within the town limits of Franklin Friday morning. Fifty cents of each membership goes to the national organization to finance the purchase of supplies of food and clothing for distribu tiontO our communities- and - for medical supplies needed in emer gencies. Th balance remains " inj the hands ot the Alacon county chapter for local relief. Member ships are $1, $5, $10 and $25. It is essential if the dire need now existingnhroughout-the-counrryHs td be relieved that those in posi tions . of relative comfort and se curity make the effort either to take out the larger memberships or donate whatever amount they can in addition to a dollar membership. Solicitors are generally donating their time and effort and who w.ill cover both residential and business districts "of the town are; Mrs. S. L. Franks, Mrs. "J. S. Conlev, Mrs. W, T. Moore, Mrs: W. R. Rogers, Mrs J G Siler, Jr, Mrs. Harry Higgins .Mrs. V. N. Sloan. Mrs. Blackburn W. Johnson. Mrs. Rebie S. Tessier, Mrs. Claude Rus-sct,-Mf ST R'-TrHofsleyJ.-Stfrt.' B.McCollum "and "Mrs! J, TC Byrne. Lo ncaster Cha:rm an J. E. Lancaster has been 'ap pointed "xounty "chairman xf - the Red Cross "succeeding Miss FJiza-: beth Kelly, -who resigned on ac count of ill health. After announcing that a new car load of flour has been received for distribution by the Red Cross is this county, Mr. Lancaster sent letters to the leaders of commun ity relief committees which have been handling the flour asking thm to use teh utmost care in the selection, ofianiiliesvhich aret0 rceive this assistance. , Following, is a copy of Mr. Lan (Continued on page four) Milk Sickness Not Caused By Snakeroot, Farmer Says 'Evidence indicating tha,t milk sickness does not result from cows eating white snakeroot, as is com-; monly believed, is set forth by D. Jr Moses,' of Higdonville, in a let ter, to The Press, If . this weed were the; cause of milksickness, he "stated, the strange malady, often times1 fatal, probably would be far more "prevalent in Macon county than it is, for white snakeroot is quite common in many places in this county where cows are grazed. "For some years past, until last fall, I -was quite sure that the cause of 'milksick' had been discovered, the plant known as white snakeroot- is quite common in many places in this county where cows are grazed. "For some years past, until last fall, I was quite sure that the !7 7T VPTTTI F Elected in Democratic Landslide FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT AND JOHN NANCE GARNER Roosevelt and Garner Win In Democratic Landslide REVJilR. DUNCAN PLANSJtllSSION Rev. George Floyd Rogers To Preach at Two . Services A one-week mission will be con ducted afSf.--Agries Episcopal church,, starting Sunday night, it has been announced by the .rector, the Rev. Norvin C. Duncan, who has just returned to Franklin after conducting two missions jn the eastern part of the state; The Rev, George Floyd .Rogers, rector of Trinity Episcopal church of Asheville, known as one of the most forceful preachers in Western-North Carolina, will assist Mr. Duncan with the mission. Services will be held each -night at 7:30 o'clock, Mr. Duncan an nounced. The rector will preach each evening through next Wed nesday and Rev. Mr. Rogers will preach Thursday and Friday even ings. ... "The first part of the mission," Mr. Duncan said, "wilLconsidev Christ looking toward the world ; the second - part- will -consider the, world looking toward Christ. Ev erybody is cordially invited to at tend." ' At 11 o'clock Sunday morning Rev. Mr. Duncan will conduct a Holy Communion service at the Church of the Incarnation, High lands. STEVE PORTER IMPROVED Steve . Porter, manager of the Standard Oil service station on the square, was reported Wednesday to be recovering from an attack of pericarditis, which has confined him to his home since last Satur day. '..'. cause of 'milksick' had been dis covered, the plant known as white snakeroot being responsible for this disease,". Mr. Moses said. "I will describe certain cases of milk sickness which have occurred in my " knowledge in Macon and Jackson counties. Some years back, up the creek from where I live, a child became sick. v' Neighbors told the parents, that the child had 'milksick.' It was known to be around where these people lived. The father told them it was not 'milksick' and lie would prove it to them. So He drank some cream. The child died and the father nearly died. "A man in Jackson county had a smalt place in his pasture fenced off as it was known that 'milksick (Continued on pagf four) 9 G. O. P. Loses Control of Both Houses of Congress . Approximately 40,000,000 of vot ers ! throughout the United States went to the polls Tuesday and elected Franklin D. Roosevelt for pre si din t. and h is running mate, John' N. Garner, for vice president by one of the greatest . landslides of clectorial votesiathe histaryj3f the United States. . The voters, restless for a change, gave to Roosevelt a, victory which not only conferred upon him the honor of president, but also elect ed to support him a house of representatives -and a senate con trollcd by Di-mocrats. The senate was clinched by a majority of at least 20 for the Democrats while at the same time approximately two-thirds of the membership of 435 in the house was elected', by the Democrats. Sweeping' Victory Of 35 governors who were elect ed in the Tuesday's balloting only six were Republicans and of those already in office only four are Republicans, leaving 38 of the gov ernors' chairs to be occupied by Democrats. Such widespread con trol by the Democratic party has been unequaled for. decades. , ' The Republican casualty list in the jsenate -included nch-iuca. as Smootr Watson, Moses, Bingham, Jones men who -arc -t-hough-b to Jki ahitoSt.4Hlciauble, , Legal Beer Likely Of the newly elected members to the house and the senate a large majority arc in favor of immediate repeal of the 18th Amendment and iinmediatelegalization of beer, and since Roosevelt and Garner were elected on this platform, drastic action toward prohibition seems im minent. . Wednesday., the returns gave Franklin Roosevelt 17,248,82 votes to 12,588,841 for Hoover , with Hoover carrying only a mere hand ful of 59 electoral votes lo 472 for Roosevelt, Hoover led in only six states, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Connecticut, Delaware and Pennsylvania, and in these he had only "a small margin of victory. As ecarly as 12:30 a. m. Wednes day Hoover conceded defeat and sent a message of congratulation to Gov. Roosevelt in which he promised to cooperate with him in every way - possible.-: (Latest Tabulated Return by States Will Be Found On Back Page) Miss Elizabeth Kelly Removed to Home Miss Elizabeth Kelly; who under went a serious, operation at Angel Brothers' hospital two weeks ago, was removed to her home on Main street Monday morning. It was re ported that she was much improved. When she is able to go out her sister, Mrs. Lassie Kelly Cunning ham plans to take her to Florida for the winter. WIN LANDSLIDE STATE & NATION DEMOCRATS WIN IN STATE RACES Ehringhaus and Reynolds Swamp Republican Opponents WEAVER REELECTED Huge Majorities Piled up In Great Democratic Landslide With nearly all precincts in North Carolina reported late YVed nesday the Democrats of the State had presented a smaller ediition of the landslide which carried Frank lin D. Roosevelt into the Presi dent's office. Perhaps the' most interesting race in the state that, between Robert R. Reynolds, wet; Democrat and Jake F. Newell, dry Republican, Was won by Reynolds wkh a ma jority of about 185,000. J. C. B. Ehringhaus, Democratic candidate for governor rode the wave of victory into office over Clifford Frazier by a margin of 205,000 votes. The Demo-: lie victory was so overwhelmingly great that election officials have been slow in return ing" other resultsv on state races but enough have been sent in Jo assure a seat, in congress for Zeb ulon Weaver from the Eleventh Congressional District, and to elect all Democrats to state offices. Available returns of the vote on proposed constitutional amendments were not extensive enough to make any conclusion as -to the outcome, although those already in show a slight leaning toward the proposed amendments. t Church Report Franklin Circuit Churches Contribute $3,871 The six Methodist churches of the Franklin circuit have contribut ed $3,871 for all branches of church work during the present conference year, according . to a report made, public "this week by the Rev. H, G Freeman, pastor .of the circuit. The 'records --of the .individual churches were given as follows: Bethel: $310 -apportioned -on -salaries, $263 paid ; $140 paid to all other objects. v Clark's chapel : $245 apportioned on salaries, $145 paid; $2,575 paid to all other objects. lotla : $290 apportioned on sal aries, $202 paid; $100 paid to all other objects. Oakdale : $35 apportioned on sal aries, $24 paid; $10 paid to all other objects. Snow Hill : $2M ' .portioned on salaries, $200 paid: $121 'paid to all other objects. .... Salem : $130 apportioned on sal aries, $66 paid; $25 paid to all other objects. Cowee Mail Changes Pants And Political Allegiance The county's best election story comes from down in Cowee township.-;". ' W. (' Barker and Jim Clark were scouring the countryside ' to round up Democratic" Voters and get them to the polls. They came upon a man warking in a field. "Voted yet?" Barker inquired.' "No," the man replied, "I ain't fit to go to the polls." He pointed to the torn, ragged pants he was wearing. "These are the worst times I ever saw. I've always voted the Republican ticket, but 111 never vote it again as long . as there's breath . in my body." To Mr. Barker, who is one of the staunchest Democrats in the county, it was an opportunity to do soma , good missionary, work. Full Democratic Ticket Elected In County Race Voters Decline To Take Seriously Republican Charges Democrats W. J. WEST SNOWED UNDER BY C, L. INGRAM Roosevelt and Garner Carry County by 816 Majority; Ellij ay Township Goes Democratic; Patton Elected Senator Refusing to take seriously unsupported Republican charges of ir regularities and extravagancies in the courthouse, Macon county voters Tuesday swept -the full Democratic county ticket into office. ' Sheriff A. B. Slagle,.. despite insinuations against the cpnduct of his duties by his opponent R. M. 'Coffey, was reelected by a majority of 1,343,. the largest' ever given any candidate for elective office in the history of the county. FRANKLIN BOY BECOMES HERO Tony' Welch Rescues Old Man and Woman from Swollen Stream " Robert Welch, son of Mr. and .Mrs. Floyd Welch, known to every body in Franklin as good-natured, su.iling 'Tony," has made a hero of himself down at Socoro, N. M,, where he is studying at the New Mexico School of Mines. "Tony" is a modest youth and nothing" was heard of his heroism until a fellow student sent a thrill ing account of his deett to The Press. It seehis that "Tony" brav ed the swirling waters of a swollen stream to rescue a woman and an old man from a stranded auto mobile. Describes Rescue "A party of us hoys from the School of Mines," writes "Tony's" friend, Steve McCulloch, of Hax tun, Colo., "was returning' from a trip in the southern part of" the State when we- encountered a swol len arroye, which is quite common here when ve have -a "hard rain. In the middle of the stream a car was stranded with a lady and an elderly gentleman in it. " With' the. rush and ever increasing velocity of the water, it looked as "though at any minute the car would " be washed down stream. ... Defies Danger "Although there were 40 or 50 people standing around, our party was the- only one that sensed the danger . the two people were in. Immediately we all pulled off our clothes and - with' the aid of a rope we fashioned a human chain. In this . way. we managed .to reach a small island from which we lassoed the spare tire on the stranded car. (Continued on page four) "Well," he ventured, "if. 1 lend you niy pants will you, go vote the Democratic ticket." "I sure will," answered the o'ther fellow, whose name Mr.' Barker declined out of pure neighborline'ss to reveal. "But there s new twins up at the house and my wife can't go." - But Mr. Barker is a justice of the peace and he got an absentee from the man's wife. Then he went .out into the brush, removed his pants and stood shivvering for half an hour or so while Mr. Clark took the former Republican to the noils to cast his first Democratic vote." "It was right cold waiting there iiv the brush in mv underclothes, Barker remarked later,, "but it was worth it." to Office Discounting accusations of W. J. West, Republican candidate for representative, that his opponent, former Sheriff C. L. Ingram, 'be longed to "a Capone gang" along with .other Democratic leaders in the county, the voters snowed him under, giving Ingram a majority of 809. C Tom Bryson was reelected register of deeds by a majority of 949 over G B.- Stockton,- who had charged extravagance in the regis ter of deeds office. Democratic Board The next board of county com missioners, according to complete but unofficial returns, will be com posed "of Walter Gibson, Gus Leach and E. W. Long, all Democrats. On the presidential ticket the county gave Roosevelt and Garner a plurality of 816 over Hoover and Curtis. Thomas, the Socialist can didate, polled 30 voles. Complete Returns With all 12 Macon county pre cincts reported, the vote stood;! For president: Roosevelt Hoover 2,307, Thomas 30. For governor : Ehringhaus 3,201, Frazier 2,331. For U. S. . senator: Reynolds 3,135, Newell 2,387. For congressman : Weaver 3,19, James 2,346. For state senate : R. A. Patton, Democrat, 2,906, J, C. Herbert, Re publican, "2,449. ". """ " Representative: C. L. Ingram, 1 lemocrat, 3139. JW. J West, Re- publican, 2330. Sheriff: A.. B. Slagle, Democrat, 3472, R. 'M: Coffey. Republican, 2029. : Register of deeds: C. T. Bry son, Democrat, 3232; C. 15. Stock ton, Republican 2283. Surveyor: John H. Dalton, Dem ocrat, 3095, Mack Franks, Republic an, 2,283. . Coroner: C. M. Moore, Dem ocrat, 3,084, Jim Corbin, Republic an, 2,268. County commissioners : Walter Gibson, " "3087 T Gus" Leeach,"2S98 ; and E. W. Long, 2870 all Dem ocrats ; and the Rev: A. S. Soles bee 2,305; John H. Dean, 2,429; . and Robert Rogers, 2,591, all Re publicans. Majoritiesfor- all Democratic: candidates for state offices ran in the neighborhood of 800. Patton Wins Patton was elected state senator by an unofficial majority for the district of more" than 1,000.. The constitutional 7 amendments proved unpopular ... in this , county, , only one of them receiving a ma jority; This was No. : 3 to protect insurance fr widows and children . against creditors of insured, The vote on this was 1,540 for,' 766 against. The other proposed amendments weer all defeated by large majorities. Ellijay towonship wa(s reported to have gone Democratic for the first time in history. Few Absentees Cast y More than 5,500 ballots were ; cast in the county, the . heaviest vote in Macon's history. Although exact figures for the whole county (Continued on page four)