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tor- if L 'IVl i (?) I I XX cor v AUDITED CIRCULATION The Franklin Pressjhas the largest audited paid circulation of any North Carolina newspaper west of Ashcville. It is a charter, member of the North Carolina Press Association Circulation Audit '.Bureau.- Certified records of its circulation arc open to all adver tisers. ' , ... a ! n Costs Lower Saves tate Million Loans Extended 37 Football Deaths nnxx ' - PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL. XLVII, NO. 48 FRANKLIN, N. CTHURSDAY, DEC. 1, 1932 $U0 PER YEAR N. C. SCHOOL COST DROPS , Total expenses of the state for public , school's has dropped from $50;i55,928, in 1928-1929 by 35 per cent to the budgeted sum of, $32, 463,074 for 1931-1932. Current ex pense including teachers' salaries, dropped 22 1-2 per cent in the period. PURCHASE OFFICE SAVES MONEY Alfred s, Brower, director of the1 state s division of purchase and contract, estimates a saving df $500,000 to $1,000,000 for the state in the central purchasing of supi plies in the first year of .operation ' closing June 30. A saving of $215- 000 on the state's gasoline bill wa' made) B rower says. R, FVc. EXTENDS TS LOANS In"; October, the Reconstruction Finance corporation approved $194; 923,000 in self-liquidating loans for toll bridges, housintr improvement. . ana -waterworKs systems. 10 me .close of that month : '$1,548,000,000 had been approved in projects loo - ine to unemployment J relief and stimulation of business w ; -, - y 37 FOOTBALL FATALITIES : Despite Laddedsafawrds . mjtWe ruleyfootball lias causfed 37 fatal ities f during the. present season. OnlvMive of the victims were col lege payers, 17 were Aigh school students. ': , i y. f : ANOTHER POWER K REDUCTION Reduction in electric power rates to saye $120,000 annually in 100 - communities served by the Carolina Light- and Power company, was or dered. by the corporation commis sion (Qa Saturdayf th& new rates effective December 1.' )n the same day ;ttie South Carolina Commis sion .- 'rejected as - inadequate the same proposals as those accepted in .North Carolina.- ( , '.NEWj CONSTITUTION PROPOSED l The .special commission of nine reported, its proposed new. constitu tion 'for the -state, to Governor j Ifnw flirAftr VaHirlQr Rpmnvall of taxing restrictions on the legis- wioa iv"1 wwvj.. j.t ... . i -lature,iiimiting tateebl-hkltributeed Cross-aid will -not -be can pe incurrea witnom vote oi the people, granting veto power to tbe governor, limitation of absen tee votingto -physically disabled or to those in military service, arc among the more important - pro v Ision d!inJ the- recommendations which wilU)e subs-tilutedto the! legislature. If approved by three fifths of each house, the instru ment will be . submitted to vote of the pepple in 1934. . TAR HEEL DIES N NEVADA Everett T. 'Mull, jiorganton man, died in Nevada's lethal gas execu tion chamber at sufcrise, Monday, for the murder of John C. O'Brien in a liquor quarrcKJast year. OPERATE ON HNRY FORD Henfy Ford, never before serious ly ill in his 69 years, was operated on for hernia at a Detroit lospilal, Saturda. " While his situation was Critical, his recovery, is .expected to be normal, ".rr."" ESTATE CRIPPEDj-BY-WINTER ' WintVy weather accompanied by high winds, caused . heavy property damage along the v North Carolina coast from OcracqWc to Wilming ton last week-end. j One death from exposure was recorded. LABOR WANTS SHORT HOURS ' To solve the unemployment trou bles of the nation, the American Federation of Labor", in annual con- vention ' gave unanimous approval at Cincinnati, Monday, to a 30 hour wQrk week, five days of six hours per day. I KeWTRCK5, LEftST i J Wise yo cam soy SAYSFLOURIS F0RP00R0NLY County Red Cross Chair man Explains Policy of Distribution ... MEETING IS CALLED Lancaster Expects To Get More Supplies for Relief Work A letter of instructions concern ing the distribution of Red Cross flours has been sent by J. E. Lan caster, chairman of the Macon county chapter of the national re lief organization, , to the public school teachers acting' as' chairmen 'of' the community relief commit tees. Mr. Lancaster advises that flour should be given only to those who? are without it and are un- able to obtain it from any other source. His letter follows: "Since most of the carload of sections, people from 'almost every district have been coming to me asking questions, about the distribu tion I am urging that you get the following information to every member of your committee: First; who is entitled to Red Cross flour? The shortest answer I know is as follows: anyone who does hot have flour and cannot get it from, any other source in any other, way. I have received reports to the effect that people were using Red Cross flour and had wheat in their bins. This should not be allowed. Sec ond : , I notice in some of the let ters received from the committees where members 6f pur relief com mittee are . listed as receiving Red Cross flour J and employment for emergency .xelief work. 1 -do not think this l is., advisable and urge that where members of the commit tee are in need of Red Cross aid that the committee-take stens -look-- in or trt ttiA rnArfrin!-.it!nn iU iv i v i.vi5aiiitaLiuii ui mc committee so tht those that dis- showrf as helping themselves. Third : It is further urged that the com mittee be very careful in the dis tributionof this Red Crossaid and, if. any member finds it is necessary for his or her relatives to receive aid,' the said person shouldesuniomlheommittfr and ask that someone else be ap pointed. The reason for this, of course, is that it is not proper for the Red Cross relief committee 1 to be put in the position of giving himself or herself or relatives Red Cross supplies. Fourth: I hope to have the allotment of other sup plies so that distribution can be made noxt Saturday and we are very anxious to have you as secre tary and at least one other mem ber of your relief committee, pre-' ferably the chairman, to- meet at the courtlfouse this' coming Satur day at 2 p.. m. after the teachers' meeting. There are a-number of things we will be able to discuss that will be of mutual benefit. "Send me a list of the names of ajJLj!sj3nsjft'lio,Jiave-j.eccive(Libur or any-other- Red Cross- aid." r Mrs. Everett Attends Funeral of Nephew , Mrs. T. C. Everett, telephone operator at Highlands, went to Cherokee Saturday to attend the funeral of her nephew, Donald Freeman. During her absence Mrs. J. H. Stribling, Franklin operator, substituted for Mrs. Everett on the Highlands switchboard. MUST PAY INSTALLMENT (Great Britain, France and other European nations were notified by the American government, Friday, that the December 15 installment of debts due America must be paid before favorable consideration can be made of the request for a general review of the entire war debt problem. The American gov ernment's action was taken after a White House conference by President Hoover and President elect Franklin D. Roosevelt, -i FIVE KILLED AT CROSSING Four children and the driver of an automobile load bound for school were killed Friday morning at Athens, , Ga., when a freight train hit the car at a crossing Another child was badly hurt. BIG OCTOBER FIRE LOSS ' Fire loss of $529,327 was reported for North Carolina in October, an incmie of $200,000 over October, 1931. Santa almost Annihilated By Howling, Happy Throng Of Macon County Children Between 2,000 and 3,000 children from all sections of the county flocked to Franklin Tuesday after noon to see Santa Clans. A laugh ing, howling, happy , mob, they jammed the public square in front of The Franklin Press office. ' Santa was scheduled to arrive here at 2:30 o'clock, but he had to detour by Andrews and Brysdn City in coming to Franklin- from M-urphy and was about ' an hour and a half late; The children, many of whom had come as early as 1 'clock so they would be on hand in plenty of time, grew impatient butfew left. Old Saint Nick's big red chariot broke down near Bryson City and he commandeered an automobile to bring him to Franklin. When he drove into the square he was near ly annihilated by the' rriob of chil- dren. They pressed about him from all sides so thick and strong that he had to call on Police Chief Bob-Henry-and several -other-stal warts 16 protect him. It looked for a while that he would be smoother ed. The kiddies almost tore his clothes off in the jam. Finally Santa wedged his way through the crowd and got between two telephone poles at the corner ft ":vJ (Santa Clam Jim requested .The the many letters he has received Of course, The) Press is glad to friendsubut Jt3 So if your letter ha. been st to Santa and it does not appear in this week's nue of The Press, look for it next week.) ' Highlands," N. CT" Nov. 28, 1932 Dear Santa Claus, 1 am aHlRle"TnTlTnBeeaiold, I have been good. So please bring me some candy, nuts, and oranges, also a sweater, a doll and a little telephone. That's all. , Good-bye, Your friend, ' FELICIA M. . EDWARDS. ' Highlands, N. C. ' ' Nov. 28, 1932 Dear Santa Claus, - v I am a little boy four years old. I have been looking for you a long time, so don't forget me. Please bring me some candy, nuts, fruit, and toys. Don't forget my little sister, Willie Lee. Bye, bye,, Your.frienrL TRUIE EDWARDS, JR. j'ellico, JviP Nov, 28, 1932 Dear Santa, I am a boy eight years old and in the second grade. I have gone to school every day. I have fin ished my book. I want some candy, a bag of marbles, a ball, a horn, a toy gun, and a toy airplane that can fly. That is all but remember the other little boys and girls. . Your truly, Samuel ramsey. Tellico, N. C. Nov. 28, 1932 Dear Santa Claus, I want a wagon, a ball and a gun tat Christmas. Also want some candy, oranges and bananas. Please come to see me on December 25th. Your friend, FERD DEHART. Tellico, N. C Nov. 28, 1932. Dear Santa, - : - I am a girl 12 year of age, in the forth grade. For Christmas 1 would like to have a big doll, a rubber ball, a strand of beads, a pair of shoest o wear to school, lots of candy and oranges. If it is too cold up at the North Pole come down South and' visit me. I'm, sure you would enjoy it: Your good friend, ALFREDA SIMONDS. Tellico, N. C. Nov.- 28, 1932, Dear Santa. t Ml I boy almoit grown. ' I go of The Press office. Here, assist ed by Chief Henry, he gave away hundreds and hundreds of whitsles to the children as .they filed by. It was, a joyous, jostling mass of young humanity. They were about, as,happy over getting out of school early "aS tlley wefe irt seeing Santa. Claus. ' ; For a full hour the youngsters crowded and pushed as they await ed their chalice to get a good close-up look at Santa and to re ceive their presents. Finally, San ta's motor-powered sleigh arrived, minus reindeers, for ha thought the climate too warm for these far northern animals. This brought some relief to the jolly old fellow for. many of the children then thronged about the magnificent ve hicle. ' Leaving Franklin about 5 o'clock, Santa went- to Highlands, whert lie arrived about dusk to be greeted by another crowd of children sing ing: Christmas carolsr" After listen ing to the children and then re warding them with presents Santa retired for the night, - proceeding Wednesday to Brevard and tlfcf! back to Asheville, where he h established Western North Carolina headquarters. Santa Claus' Mail Box Franklin Press .to publish for him from Macon county .boys and girls. do this for Santa end his young to school almost every -day. A wild cat paid me a visit about a month ago. lie .wasn t welcome, out it you jajLJQiJiisil-iiuurtiU be welcome. 1 would like for you tq bring me a set of boxing gloves, a foot ball, also some nuts, and oranges. Yours truly, TERREL ANDERSON. T Tellico, N. C. Nov. 28, 1932. : Dear Santa Claus, Will you be kind enough to a boy ten years old, to send me a Kntl a Kiriflo n tiwi ,1-iiinn. -mil """ " "'-J -- " '" on ornanx lie, T ,.-.,,,1,1 1 t-ol some candy, oranges, bananas, and chewing gum. I thank - ypit for what you bring m. ; . ; Your friend, LESTER.CAB.Eu. Tellico, N. C. ATov.:. Dear Santa, , I am a girl twelve years old and in the sixth grade. For Christmas, I want a ball,, beads, a pair of gloves, crayons, ; and a notebook. Also lots of candy and oranges. Santa don't forget other little girls. Your friend, - - . BEDELL DEHART. - Tellico, N. C. Nov. 28; 1932 ; Dear Santa, - . I am a small girl of fifteen vears bid. . I' am about five feet tall. 1 have brown hair and brown eyes. I am in. . the sixth grade. I am going to tell you " what T Want (Continued on page six) 1933 Auto License Plates Can Be Obtained at Sylva A, M. Huggins, manager of the Carolina Motor club branch, ser vice, has announce'd ' th;lf D:1" .11. Brown at' the Jackson Chevrolet company, Sylva, will again handle the issuance of license plates for automobiles and trucks for the com ing year. The 1933 plates may be used on and after December 15 and will be sold on the weight basis the same as last year which is 55 cents per hundred ' pounds. All applicants for licenses are adviitd to t: -4 with them the long TOY NAMED IN INJUNCTION Order Restrains Him from Renewing Damage Suits ISSUED BY SINK Non-Suit Taken in One Case Against J. B. Jus tice and Others A restraining order designed to put an end to litigation which VV. L. McCoy, Franklin attorney, has repeatedly brought in Macon county superior court against John 15. Jus tice, administrator of the estate of Perry Hyatt, and various others, alleging defamation of character and conspiracy to undermine' his personal and business standing, was signed last Friday by Judge-. H. Hoyle Sink. , r jfudgeTSink also comnicnTedtn' open court that he was tired of h!lf rivolou sa lore the court at n c cdless expin se to the taxpayers of the county Non-Suit Taken The restraining order was issued after a non-suit had been taken in' a damage 'suit brought by Mc Coy against John B. Justice, ad ministrator of the estate of Perry Hyatt, John B. Justice, GeorgeU, Patton, Bryson & Bryson, Craw? ford Poindexter, James Perry and Boyd Sutton, administrators of the estate of A. W. Horn. The order held that the defend ants, who had filed a petition to the court, - were entitled to relief. The injunction reads in part: ."It: is further- ordered, adjudged and decreed by the court that the plaintiff herein, the said W. L. Mc Coy t be : amlisJhe reby re strained and enjoined hom instituting or prosecuting any further suilsrr actions against said defendants or any of them for any cause or causes of action embraced in any JmofitigaTion isb"c -t ween J he par- ties hereto. in-1929xiudeTnennT5fT$l2 was entered aafiinst McCoy in rnCA hrnntrht Jira;lll:('i,;m jj.ft. 000 m a case brought -against him Jjy Perry 1H y a ttr-latcr tk' ceased,-4vh o-olle ge d. alienation of his wife's affections, while he (Hyatt) was suffering from injuries -received while in Mc Coy's employ. Tiisrayerdictwas 07TrriiHT)yhe at the fall term of 1930. Later McCov brought damage suits against Hyatt's administrator and attorneys and others claiming that this and other legal actions brought against him were the out growth of a plan to ruin his char acter arid business. Lo?an AJlen Reported Slightly Improved . T . ... . ... l-OKOII n. .Mil 1, rr.lllkllll 1IIMU ance man, who has been,. seriously ill since suffering a severc'heart, at tack" se veratda -sj'a'gb, 'ivas ' r ( port e"d ' Wednesday to be slightly im proved. ; ROBINS REACHES HOME prohibition champion, who bad been in seclusion at Whiltier, Swain county, for two months while al legedly suffering from loss of mem ory, reached Broukesville, Fla., his home, on Friday after a secret de parture from an Ashe.vjJle , san itarium. ,vv DISTURB HOOVER HOLIDAY .Three adults leading a group ol youthful hunger marchers disturbed the peaceful Thanksgiving dinner of President Hoover with' a dem- otistraricm at the White' House gates. - The leaders were "arrested, and the marchers turned nvayby a! strong "guard of police on watch all day. , ' . card which was mailed byHhc North Carolina Motor Vehicle bureau .to all. motor vehicle owners..' , The Sylva-office will smc Jack son, "Macon, Swain, (irahani, Cher okee and Clay counties. In case it is not convenient for the automobile or truck owner to go to Sylva, he may buy a U. S. postal money order made' payable to the Carolina Motor Club for the amount shown on his 1933 applica tion card; sign his card and mail to' the Carolina Motor Club brach office, Sylva, N. C, and the license plate will be sent by return mail. County Officers To Be Installed -, M on day Night General Election Cost Macon County $879.43 The general election Ndvem- ber 8 cost Macon county $379.43, i was announced this week by C. T. Bryson, register of deeds and assistant county accountant. Mr. Bryson expressed the opin ion that.it was the most eco nomical election ever held in the county. He pointed out that with 5,200 votes cast, the per capita cost was 1.7 cents. Elec tion costs for other counties are not available, but the opinion was expressed that Macon coun ty's probably wes the lowest for any county of similar size in western North Carolina."" SINIfMAYRUN FOR GOVERNOR Judge Declines To Discuss Likelihood of His Candidacy Friends of Judge H. Hoyle Sink, of Lexington, who presided over Macon county superior court last week, expect him to be a Demo cratic candidate for governor in 1930, according ' to a story which was published in Monday's Ashe ville" Times. Commenting" further, th e Aslievijle aftefiio6iTcta1Iy says: Judge -Sink,i-in Asheville with his family over the week-end, declined to discuss the matter, explaining that he ha s ba n n ed politics whil c on .the -bench. Judge Sink and his family have made their home in Asheville since lat January ,Tnit will return to Lexington next monthr 'J-mlpy Sink refusal .tuuilisoi s s. politics has not prevented his west ern North Carolina, friends from emphasizing his availability for the' llemucralic gubernatorial notuiiia- Tiof four yrars-h rmr. - The Lexington jurist is prominent in leal and American Legion cir cles, lie is resident judge for the twelfth judicial district and has served as commissioner of pardons and parole under (ioveruor Mc Lean. Thomas L. Johnson, prominent Asheville attorney',' former superior court judge and a leading member of the state senate several sessions! is also expected to enter the field in quest of the nomination in 1936. Judge ! Johnson.' before' mov ing to Asheville from Lutnberton, was I'l-oiniiH-nilv mentioned as a candi date but withdrew from the contest) when he moved here Others suggested as likely candi dates- in 193ft are: Judge Wilson War-lick -of -N ew.t on ; A, H. (Sandy) Graham '' of'1 HiUsboro, lieutenant-governnr-electand former speaker of the house;, and former Lieutenant-Governor J. Klmer Long of Durham. Mr. Long and Mr. Gna-: ham are brothers-in-law and the entry of oiie would eliminate the other. Mistrial Ordered In Dover Bryson Case A mistrial Was ordered in federal court at Bryson City this week when the jury failed to agree in the case of Dover Bryson, Macon county young man charged with breaking and entering the postof ficc at Leatherman. Bryson was bound over to the next term of court. CLAIM JAPS SLAUGHTERED 2,700 The Chinese foreign office claims 2,700 "Chinese "'men," . women " and children . vcreslaughtere.d with - ma chine guns and bayonets by Jap anese "troops in three northern Manchiirian villages, recently. 30 RAILROADS CHOOSE CZAR Harry G. Taylor, 52, was named on Monday by 30 railroad's in the western part of the nation to act as czar in removing harmful coin petition in rates and schedules. REYNOLDS CO. DROPS SUIT The R. J. Reynolds Tobacco com oanv has , drooned its anneal from a state income tax return of $80,000 for 1931 income tax assessment. Ceremony Open To Public; Special Program Planned v ED WARDSTO PRESIDE Brief - Addresses To Be Made By Each of New Officials For the first time in the history of Macon county, the newly elect ed county officers will be installed at a public meeting, which will be held in the county courthouse Monday evening, December 5 at 7:30 o'clk. This public mceting is in line with a suggestion made by the In-SatulOitonTnment:hapel:IIilL- " - Edwards To Preiide ' John W. Edwards, chairman of the young people's Democratic clubs of Macon county, will presids at the meeting, the program for which follows : ' 7:30 p. m. selections of string music by the young people's Dem ocratic clubs string band; 7:45 p. m. opening of meeting with an nouncements ami preparation for a radio program; 8 p. m. broadcast of the plans and purposes of the Institute of. government, over a radio-hookup from Chapel Hill through the . Institute of govsrn mcnt; 9 p. m. the formal instal lation of all officials of Macon county, with Frank I. Murray, clerk of superior court, administering the 'ath to ach -of 4he newly elected officers. Will Make Talks , Following the installation four.. m in ute talk s by' each of the fol- lowing- elected officers will be made : ; KS A. Patton, senator of tlie 33rd district; C. L. Ingram, county ' represontafive; ""C Tom Tiry'soiC reg1ster""oT Ideeds ;John H. Dalton. surveyor; C. H. Moore, coroner; an d Walter Gibson, E. W. Long, and Gus Leach of the coun ty 'commissioners." ' " The- radio-- program -is-niade pes "isiblvtryrjTyaTrturniTO com-" pany which will have charge of the radio program and reception. Former Missionary 4 To Africa To Speak Here Dr. A. Scott Patterson, of Mad ison, Ga., for 17- years a Southern Baptist missionary to Africa, will speak at a series of services to be held in the Franklin Baptist church beginning- December 5 and con1 tinuing through December 9, it was announced this week by Rev. Eugene R. . Ellcr, pastor of the . church. The first service will be held at 7:30 -o'clock next Monday evening, followed by'Jservices each afternoon at 2:30 o'clock and each night at On Monday, Nov. 28, . a son was born to Mr, and Mrs. Burt Wal- droop at their home on Cirtooee- chave.- i Just 24 Days Left i'JtT: SHOP EARLY The time for careful Christmas shopping is growing- shorter. Remember . . . haste makes waste. Choose your presents while you have lots of time.