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Radio Trust Busted
Auto Deaths
New Voting Record
More Economy Cuts
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VOL, XLVH, NO. 47
FRANKLIN, N. C THURSDAY, NOV. 24, 1932
S1.50 PER YEAR
NEW STATE TREASURER
John P, Stedman last week re
signed his post as state treasuret
to become manager of the Raleigh
regional agricultural credit bank.
Charles M. Johnson, director of
the local government commission,
was at once named treasurer by
Governor Gardner. He will serve
the entire four-year term to which
Stedman was elected on November
,8. W. E. Easterling, who has been
assistant to Johnson, was tempo
rarily named to succeed him on the
local government commission.
BREAK UP RADIO TRUST
Intercorporate agreements and
cross-licensing of radio patents be
tween the General Electric com
pany, the ' Westinghouse company,
and the Radio Corporation of
America, were forbidden in a de
cree of the U. S. Court, of Dela
ware, Monday, The combination
was termed restraint of competi
tion in , the radio industry.
AUTOS KILLED 67
Automobile accidents killed 67
and wounded 455 in North Caro
lina in October, the motor vehicle
i .... i.. rc xu . i.1 1.:n,l
uurcattrcporia. xji -tiiciw-iuiicu,
32 were -pedestrians, eight were
children playing in streets, 7 were
hit and run , victims.
RECORD VOTE IN N. C.
A record vote of over 712,000
ballots was cast in North Carolina
oh November 8 with Franklin D.
Roosevelt, president-elect, leading
the Democratic ticket with a 298,
672 margin over Hoover,' state
icL-pt mainritipe " ran cri Tier dnwn to
the low of 261,768 for Reynolds
over Newell for the long senate
term. .
PLAN $550,000,000 SLASH
President Hoover's .cabinet is
agreed on a $550,000,000 slash in
the federal budge for the next
fiscal year, it was 'announced Sat
urday. . It is estimated that a
deficit s accumulating at a rate of
$5,000 per minute.
IDAHO WINS GRANGE MEET
The National Grange, in session
at Winston-alenvjortzMondayjse-lected
Idaho as state of next meet
ing. 'Over 2,100 members were in
itiated in the seventh degree Sat
urday. Memorial services were
held Sunday. National Master T.
J. Taber, Governor. Max Gardner,
ence Poe were among the speakers.
DEDICATE MEMORIAL
Under the buffeting of a heavy
rain and wind, a large crowd as
sembled at Kitty Hawk on" Satur
day for the dedication of the great
granite pylon erected to mark the
site of the first airplane flight of
Orville and Wilbur Wright. Sec
retary of War Patrick J. Hurley
made the speech of acceptance,
Ruth Nichols, woman flier, unveiled
the pylon. Present was " Orville
Wright. , 1 .:.'"'"'
HONOR GERM
A granite memorial honoring 18
Xierman -sailors-who died -at Ashe
villc as prisoners of war in .1918,
was dedicatedjit Asheville Sunday,
bythc"AineTicart- Legib"n'::,po5FGCTS!
man Ambassador F. W. Von Pritt
witz was the speaker.
TWO KILLED IN CAR CRASHES
Helen Schenks, 19, was killed
and two men badly hurt in an auto
mobile collission at Canton, early
Siindav. On Saturday afternoon
Felix B. Logan, 66, Chimney, Rock,
was instantly killed when his car
skidded ' and crashed into a tele
phone pole on highway 20.
PATROLMAN IS RUN DOWN
After a 10-mile chase a negro
rum runner was hailed at Taylors
villerSunday by Patrolman Carlylc
Ingle. Ingle halted his motorcycle
in front of the car. The negro
drove his liquor,-laden machine full
tilt into the motorcycle and drag
ged it 100 feet, leaving the patrol
man badly hurt. The negro escap
ed into "the woods and was at once
sought by a large posse. .
SENATOR JONES DIES
Wccley L.: Jones, 69, senator
from Washington and Republican
chairman of appropriations, died at
Seattle, Saturday. 1 He was defeated
on November 8 for reelection,
JAPAN ANSWERS REPORT
Japan on Monday filed with the
League of Nations her answer to
the Lvtton report on Manchuria in
which she maintained her plea of
self-defense and denied violations
of treaty rights. She denied she
is the power behind "the newly
formd Manchurian ; republic,
niiriT i Antrum
UV1L UUIMI
HAS 57 CASES
November Court Term
Opens With Judge
Sink Presiding
FEW CRIMINAL CASES
Courthouse, County Home
And Jail Found in
'Apple Pie'Orer
The criminal docket disposed of
in rapid fire order, Macon county
superior court, which convened
Monday for a two weeks mixed
session, began the trial Wednes
day morning of civil cases, of
which there were 57 listed on the
calendar.
There were no outstanding cases
on the criminal - docket and this
was disposed of early Tuesday
afternoon in time for Judge H.
Hoyle Sink :togoganning-sif iter
Macon county , birds.
Grand Jury Report
The grand jury, with F. S, Moore
as foreman, found little fault with
anything or anybody and filed the
most agreeable report submitted
in many a court session.
"We find ho minors without gen
eral or testamentary guardians,"
the report stated, "but we find a
large per cent of guardians that
haven't made their proper report.
"We have examined the county
home and find it in as fair con
dition as the equipment will allow.
The inmates say they are well car
ed for.
"We have examined the offices
in the courthouse and find same
in good condition.
"We find the toilets in the court
house in fair condition and have
visited the jail and find it in good
condition,"-----
V Courthouse Clam
When Judge Sink was presiding
over the last ternvof ourt here
he took occasion to complain about
the lack of cleanliness in the court
house, declaring that the courtroom
itself smelled like a cuspidor. A
short time later the county com
missioners employed Ferdy Higdon
asjanilor. FerdxJtakesuhisjob
as seriously as any judge and when
Judge Sink arrived to hold the first
week of. the November term the
courthouse was spic and span. The
walls and floors had been scrubbed,
the stoves polished and shiny, new
cuspidors adorned the aisles.
Judfo Hill Coming
judge Sink is scheduled to hold
court in Haywood county next week
and Judge Frank Hill, of Murphy,
recently appointed to fill the va
cancy created by the death of
Judge Cameron Mac Rae, is to
come here for the second week.
On Tuesday Judge Sink sentenced
Dewey Dixon, convicted of assault
with a deadly weapon, to six
months on the roads
The criminal case attracting the
most interest was that of Willard
Dean and r Jioyd - JklcGaha, charg-l
ed with affray.- Dean plead
guilty to simple assault and was
given a suspended sentence of 30
days. McGaha let his case go to
the jury. He was found guilty and
sentenced to 12 months on' the
roads, the sentence to be suspend
ed on payment of the costs and
during good behavior.
Col. Robins m
Few Days bef ore Discovery
Colonel Raymond Robins, nation
ally known dry leader who spent
more than two months at Whittier,
where he was known as "Reynolds
Rogers," a mining engineer, visited
Franklin last Tuesday, just a few
days before his real identity was
established. J
Colonel Robins, who was said to
be suffering-from amnesia (loss
memory, was positively identified
last Friday by a nephew, John C
Dreier, of New York, who went
to Whittier to investigate reports
that a stranger there who called
himself "Reynolds Rogers" looked
like Colonel Robins. It was
letter from a 13-year-old boy, Carl
Bvrd Fisher, to friends of tol
Robins, tjiat put authorities on the
right track in their search for the
missing dry leader, who disappear
ed on Sept. 3 while he was on his
way to fill a luncheon appointment
with President Hoover at the White
Hi-tut.
In in automobile driven by Din
Railroad Likely To Remain
In Operation if Shippers
Cooperate, Says Brewer
If shippers and freight consig
nees in Franklin and other towns
served by the Tallulah Falls Rail
way carry out their contracts to
use the railroad as far as possible
in preference to motor carriers,
there is little liklihood of the In
terstate Commerce Commision giv
ing its approval to abandonment of
the line, according to H. L. Brew
er, assistant to the receiver of the
"T. F." '
This opinion was expressed by
Mr. Brewer at , a meeting in the
courthouse here Tuesday night of
persons interested in the continued
operation of the railroad.
On the other hand, Mr. Brewer
stated, there is little hope for the
line's existence if the communities
served by it fail to give their ful
lest cooperation.
The meeting was called by Jack
Stribling, member of the local rail
road continuation committeej fol
lowing jumors and , reports that
certain individuals and business
concerns were violating their con
tracts to use the railroad. Sig
natures to these contracts obtained
during the summer, 'shortly after
J. F. Gray, receiver of the Tallulah
Falls Railway company, filed ap
plication in federal ourt at Gaines
ville for right to begin abandon
ment proceedings before the In
terstate Commerce Commission.
Mr. Brewer expressed the opinion
that, inasmuch as a 60-day ex-
League Meeting
County Baseball Group To
Elect Officers
A meeting of the Macon county
baseball league has been called by
John W. Edwards, secretary, for
2:30 o'clock Saturday afternoon in
the courthouse.
The purpose of t'.ie meeting, Mr.
Edwards stated, -1st to--elect -officers
for the ensuing year, to revise the
rules jind lay plans for next season.
Poultry Sale Nets Macon
Farmers $278.17 '
Macon county" poultry growers
received $278.17 for 2,926 pounds
of poultry at the cooperative sales
held in Franklin and Otto last
week under the supervision of F.
S. Sloan, county farm demonstra
tion agent. Sales consisted mostly
of heavy broilers, hens and roost
ers. '
FRENCH PREMIER ESCAPES
Two dynamite explosions tore up
the railroad tracks near Nantes,
France, on Sunday, a few minutes
before-the special train of Premier
Herriot was due to pass. Track
guards heard the blasts and stop
ped lhe special. Seven suspects
were arrested.
HITLER OFFERED POST
Frank Von Papen, in face of
united Reichstag opposition, resign
ed as chancellor of the German
government last week. On Mon
day President Hindenburg offered
the state's leadership to Adolph
Hitler, chief of the Fascists, but
i Hitler is loath to accept.
FVanldin
DeHart, Bryson City taxi driver,
and accompanied by two other
men. Keynoias Kogcrs came
through Franklin last Tuesday
morning on his way to Georgia,
where he wanted to prospect for
minerals. About 2:30 o'clock in
the afternoon the group came back
to Franklin and stopped at Clouse's
restaurant on the square-f or. Junch.
There Col. Robins inspected some
mineral specimens shown him by
J. P. Clouse, proprietor of the res
taurant, and manifested particular
interest in some asbestos mined on
Charlie Mincey's place on Ellijay.
After lunch he visited the old mine
on Mr, Mincey's farm,
Col. Robins was dressed in blue
overalls, a yellow cap and had a
long beard., He carried a small
prospector's hammer tied to his
leg. ,
Colonel Robins is now in an
Asheville hospital, where he is re
ported to be slowly regaining his
memory.
tension of time for a hearing on
this petition had expired, it would
be necessary for Mr. Gray to re
quest another hearing before any
further action looking toward dis
continuance could be taken.- He
and other speakers expressed- the
hope, however, that this would not
be necessary.
The railroad reduced its operat
ing losses this year $23,000 as com
pared to the losses for the "Same
period of last year, Mr. Brewer
stated. He estimated that coopera
tion of shippers -in using the "T.
F." in preference to trucks would
amount to an increase in business
for the railroad of about $2QjQQ0
this year. , 1
R. M. Spalding, assistant super
intendent of the Great Atlantic
and Pacific Tea company in this
district, informed the meeting that
the A & P is willing to give its
full cooperation in the movement
to save the railroad and will abide
byitscontf act "toTise " it"asfar
as possible if others who signed
the contracts manifest a like at
titude. .;
Other speakers at the meeting iar
eluded F. M. Reeves, cashier of
the" First National Bank of Cop
nelia, Ga., S. M. Ledford, supei?
intendent of schools in Rafaua
county, Ga., and Dr. Dover, of
Clayton. All stressed the imporr
tance of the railroad to this seer
tion of the country.
An Easy Find
Sheriff Captures 72 Jars of
Whisky Beside Road
Sheriff Slale made an easy haul
Saturday morning.
Roy Mashburn reported to the
sheriff thatasIhewascoming -to
work he noticed some suspicious
looking fruit jars in cartons beside
the Patton valley road just off the
Georgia highway .The sheriff went
to investigate and found 72 half
gallon jars of corn whisky, there
were, a numoer oi omer. Dro;n
jars, leading to the belief that
some rumrunner dumped a 5U-gah
Ion load. The sheriff took the
whisky to-the-tourthouse.
Reunion of 56th Pioneer
Infantry Contemplated
All former North Carolina mem?
bers'of the 56th Pioneer Infantry,
A. E. F., interested in a state re
union and organization are request
ed in an announcement received
by The Press to communicate witb
O. B. Shelley or Louie Hart, Moot
roe, N. C.
DR. WALL HEADS BAPTISTS
The State Baptist convention
ended- Jts .sessions last week ; at
Charlotte with election of Dr. Zeno
Wall, Shelby, as president. M. A.
Huggins,-Raleighr was -elected gen?
eral secretary and treasurer of the
convention.
U. D. C. REELECTS PRESIDENT
Mrs. William E. R. Byrne, Char-,
leston, W. Va., was last week, at
Memphis returned as president of
the United Daughters of the Con
federacy. Mrs. T. W. Faisoiu
Charlotte, was made an honorary
president of the U. D. C. for "de
votion to its ideals."
MANY OFFER LIBBY JOBS
Libby Holman Reynolds, former
Broadway blues singer freed last
week at Winston-Salem of the
murder of hr husband, Smith
Reynolds, has already been offered
a number of rich contracts for re
turn to the stage after the birth
of her expected child.
2 WIN FILM AWARDS
Helen Hayes, for her work in
"The Sin of Madelon Claudet" and
Frederic M ar ch, for his - part in
"Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," have
been voted by the Academy of
Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
as the best actors of 1932.
BREAKS HUSBAND'S RECORD
In a 4-day and 6-hour flight
from London to Capetown, Amy
Johnson, English flier, last week
broke by 10 hours the previous
record held by her husbnd, James
A. Mollison.
Mr. and Mrs. J. T. Greer, of
Hayston, Ga., arrived here this
week for a visit with their daugh
ter, Mrs. Eugene R. Eller, and
Mr. Eller,
BIRD HUNTING
SEASON OPENS
All Sorts of Game Report
ed More TIentiful Than
In Years
TURKEYS INCREASE
Licenses Required of All
Hunters, Warns
Maldroop
: With game more, pkntiful than
in. many years, hunting got into
full Swing this week with the seas
on opening on quail, wild turkey,
ruffed grouse, doves and rabbits.
The season already had opened on
duck and geese and squirrels. The
season in this county . is closed on
deer and pheasants.
Both game wardens and hunters
have reported seeing more birds
than in a long, long time, and once
again the county really has enough
turkeys to shoot at ' .
. Der Increasing
The closed season which has been
is effect on deer for several years
is now bearing fruit. Jess Sjagle,
warden in charge of the Wayah
Game Refuge, reported the other
day that there are at least 75 deer
now on and in the vicinity of the
refuge, which was stocked several
years ago with 23 head.
Fred Littleton reported seeing
a deer within 50 yards of the home
of Mrs. T. J. McGuire on Nica
jack. He ventured the opinion that
this was the first time a deer had
been seen in the lower Cullasaja
country in a century. Evidently,
the deer are spreading from the
Wayah refuge to other sections of
the county. In a few years, many
hunters believe, there will be fine
deer hunting in this section,
Imum Warning
C. A. Waldroop, county game
I warden," issued a warning Tuesday
r.. . f - : l
tnat imnnng licenses are required
for all kinds of hunting, regardless
of whether guns and dogs are sed.
All persons participating in fox
hunts, even though they are uiir
armed and do not own any of the
dogs, should have licenses, he ex
plained. Three negroes, Ned Shav
ers, Bob Ledford and Canario
Stewart were convicted of fox hunt-
inff without - licenses -at -a bearing
before Magistrate Sam Murray last
week.
A resident county license costs
$1.25 ; resident state license, $3.25;
non-resident license, $15.25. Licens
es also are reqnired for trapping,
but the season for all trapping is
closed in this county. All persons
over 16 are required to have licens
es of their, own and boys under 16
must, carry their parent s license
Season Dates
Following is a schedule of the
opening and closing dates on va
rious types of game in this county:
Quail Nov. 20 to ben. l.r mg
limit, 10 in one day..
Rabbits Nov. 20 to beb, l.v lo
imit.
. Squirrels Sept, l' to Dec, 31. Bag
fowtpJQjaniday.1
Wild turkeys Nov. 20 to feb.
15. Bag limit, two in one day, five
in one season.
Ruffed grouse Nov. 21 to Nov.
30.
Doves Sept. 1 to Sept. M and
Nov. 20 to Jan. 31. Rag limit, 2d
in one day.
Santa To Visit
Next Tuesday Afternoon
Santa Claus is coming to Frank
lin next Tuesday afternoon and all
the primary schools of the county
will dismiss classes early so the
children may come to town and get
a glimpse of the jolly old. fellow.
King Kris, who arrived in Asne
ville from his home jit the North
Pole last Friday, sent word to Th e
Press-that .h4plannedtoIcavc
Asheville Monday and, after stop
ping at other towns, to reach
Franklin at 2:30 o'clock iuesday
afternoon. He plans to stay here
an hour and a half and then pro
ceed to Highlands,, where he is to
spend the night.
Santa, clad in scarlet coat and
trousers, will ride into town on a
specially constructed float- more
than 20 feet long. Of course, every
body knows old Santa would not
dare bring his reindeer team down
to North Carolina now, because
reindeer like cold weather, real
cold, weather, and cannot stand the
Federal Official!
Approve Highway
Projects in Macon
Waldroop Kills Goose
Banded by Jack Miner
A wild gooae, it leg girdled
with a ; band bearing the name
of Jack Miner, of Kingeville,
Ont., was hot by C. A. Wal
droop, county game warden, on
Cartoogechaye creek Monday.. .
..Miner, known among sports
men the country over as "the
bird man," maintains a game
refuge at his horn in Canada
A number of his articles con
cerning birds have appeared in
the Atlantic Sportsman, a ma
zine published at Winston-Salem
The wild goose weighed six
and a half pounds. The leg
band, made of aluminum, besides
bearing' Miner's Tiameand ad
dress, also carried a scriptural
quotation, "He careth for you
1st Pet. 5:7."
Missionary Society
Elects Officers
The November meeting of jhe
Woman's Missionary Society of the
Methodist church was held with
Mrs. Jim Palmer with a large
attendance. As this was the time
for election of officers the fol
lowing were elected for 1933.
President, Mrs. Hattie Jones;
vice-president, Mrs. Lon Campbell;
recording secretary, Mrs. Tessier;
corresponding secretary, Mrs. Zach
ary; treasurer, Mrs. Bcshears; lo
cal treasurer, Mfs- Jesse Sloan;
superintendent social service, Mrs.
F. L; Siler, superintendent missioit,
study, Mrs. Ader, superintendent
children's work. Mrs, w Gordon
Moore; superintendent .supplies,
Mrs. Jim Palmer; agent for world
outlook, Mrs. Zeb Conley.
- The report for the year from the
local treasurer showed more than
a hundred and' fifty dollars spent on
the, parsoniige and 1 less than a
hundred paid to foreign, and home
missions.
Macon County Club
Organized at Cullowhee
The Macon county students of
Western Carolina Teachers' college
met and organized a Macon Coun
ty club. The following officers
were elected ;
President, Ottis Freeman; vice
president, Helen Patton; secretary
treasurer, Mary Jacobs.
The club has quite a -few .'mem
bers and is well recognized on the
campus.
Rev. G. N. Dulin Expected
To Arrive in Few Days .
The kev. d. M. Dulin, appoint
ed last week to succeed the Rev.
H. .C. Freeman as pastor-of-thc
Franklin circuit of the Methodist
church, is expected to arrive' here
'wTthm a dav or so frdlffTttSfcfrm;
er charge at Canton. According to
a e.ird received bv The 1'rcss trom
Mr. Dulin, lie plans to fill regular
appointments next Sunday in keep
ing with the schedule used oy iur
Freeman, who has gone to Clyde
to assume his new pastorate.
Franklin
warm, balmy weather likely 'to
occur in this section for the next
week or so.
Throuuhout his stay in Franklin
and Highlands Santa will distribute
Christmas toys to the children,
Last . year Santa attracted to
Franklin the largest crowd of
children ever gathered here. It
was estimated - that - there -were at
least 2.000 youngsters. According
to all indications, there will be
even a larger, crowd this year if
the weather is good.
J. C. Hardin, .Raleigh insurance
man. was arrested Monday for
embezzling $45 from a Baptist
preacher for insurance premiums.
The state insurance department is
investigating Hardin's record for
two years and states many others
may have been defrauded.
After 23 years in the presidency
of Harvard university, A. Lawrence
Lowell resigned his high post on
Monday. "
Contractors Expected To
Start Work Within
Few : Days
10 USE LOCAL STONE
Syrne Announces Plans To
Employ More Men on
Forest Jobs
Federal authorities have approved
contracts on two road projects to
be undertaken in Macon county
with appropriations from the Emer
gency Relief Fund, according to
W. A. MacNeil, resident engineer
for the state highway commission,
and work .on the projects is- ex
pected to begin within a few days.
Mr. MacNeil, who previously has
been stationed in Franklin but who
for several months has been con
nected with the highway commis
sion's office in Asheville, . returned
to Franklin this week to supervise
the road work.
Cobb and Homewood, of Chapel
Hill, have the contract for surfac
ing highway No. 28 from the foot
of Palmer street, through town to
the foot of the mountain, a distance
of 10.37 miles. C. Y. Thomason,
of Greenwood, S. C, has the con
tract for surfacing No, 28 from
the foot of the mountain to Rain
bow Springs, and also two projects
on No. 28 in Clay county. Hobbs
and Peabody, of Charlotte, have
the contract for structures on No.
28.
Contractor Arriving
Some of the contractors, or their
representatives, aireaay nave arriv
ed in Fanklin and others are ex
pected in a day or so.
Collier-Cobb, Jr.7"of ihe firm -of
Cobb and Homewood, here for ii
few days last week, said his com
pany planned to use local stone.
That will mean the operation of a
crusher and more jobs for local
men.
All applicants for jobs with the
road contractors are advised to list
their names with Miss Rachel Da-.
is, county welfare superintendent.
Under terms of the contracts, the
contractors are required to use lo
cal labor as far as possible, paying
a minimum wage of 20 cents for
common labor and 30 cents for
skilled labor. Several hundred men
are expected to be employed on
these projects.
Doubt Forest Shifts
An increase in employment is al
so expected to result from an an
nouncement this week by John
Byrne, supervisor of the Nantahala
National Porest,lhat work on road
and trail projects"m the "forest
must be speeded up in order to
dispose of an appropriation of $54.
000 J)cfore next June 1," when the
appropriation Js to expire.
two shuts ot a men were em
ployed on this work during Oc
tober. Now Mr. Byrne plans to
double the number.
Recently one of the forest road
crews, the one under Will Wright,
was moved to the Wayah Bald
road, which is being extensively
improved. About $6,000 is to be
spent on this road, widening sharp
curves and surfacing certain sec
tions.
A crew of 10 or' 15 men has been
put to work on the . two-mile
stretch of road from Wallace Gan
to White Oak Bottom. This job
is expected to take a month to
Hen Egg Weighing Four
Ounces Exhibited
A whopper of an egg twice the
siie of the normal egg, was ex-,
hibited in - Franklin- Tuesday - by
Mrs. Lone Shope of Dillard, Route
1. It weighed four ounces and
was laid by a barred Plymouth
rock. When held before a light
it appeared to have two yolks. The
average egg weighs two ounces.
SEVEN PRISONERS PAROLED
Paroles were given seven state
prisoners by Governor Max Gard
ner Monday.
RUTHERFORD FEUD DEATH
Ancient enmity flared on a ro.nl
near Rutherfordton, Sunday, and
Grady Harris, 35, was shot eight
times and killed by Lloyd Cooper.
Cooper surrendered at once,