North Carolina Newspapers

: 4t y - UK -"-' v I rcilFtib Injlousia n;T.i!3 in Smite' ' A 'rpt New. Gtcsrtphy vol. xLyn, no: 49 INAUGURATE GOVERNOR Tohri C. B. EhrinKhauS, Elizabeth City, will' take hi oath a governor of North Carolina m Kaieign s au dttnrium on lanuarv 5. Chief Jus tire W. P. Stacv administering the oath. Mr. Ehringhaus requests that the exercise be "as -. simple, ana auiet as i compatible with the proprieties." ,';;.' ' '- RZPEAL LACKS SIX VOTES By a vote of 272, to 114, the fconse- of . representatives on Mon A tfted the oronoial for sub mitting outright prohibition repeal to the states, only six votes being nA.A tn fwfli tht reauired two- thirds majority. North Carolina representatives voted solidly for the repeal resolution wmcn. was spvm lored by Speaker John N. Garner REYNOLD 9 TAKES SEAT ' fch-rt R Revnolds. newly elect cd senator from North Carolina, took bis scat in the upper house Monday. lUpjpC&T HOME LOAN BANKS . A, total of $11,795,081 in stock ftnWnotiani has been made to the federal , home loan banks, Board Chairman yrankln W. fort an . : PncedllridayVhe rest of the caoital of S134.000.000 will be subscribed by the federal treas- p uxy and drawn by the regional fcenke at needed. Stock subscrip- .' ' tinne ill': the fourth district, with the bank at Winston-Salem, totaled 1791,833. . ASXS DEBT POSTPONEMENT Again asking postponement of the ' $6,000,000 war debt payment due the United States on December IS, the Enulish cabinet last week de clared payment would aggravate ' world business trouble, England . hat not enounh sold to make the j. payment, American farm producers 1 would be hurt in necessary tarui increases. The American govern ment's position continued ' firm in request for payment DEATH CLAImS LL FOR 10 DAYS 'uneral Held .at F 1 r s t Baptist Church Monday.:r ; ; Logan A. Allen, prominent Frank lin insurance man, died suddenly Sunday morning aiout 8:45 o'clock from a heart attack. He had been ill for the past 10 days, but was thought! to be imorovino- and Viia death came as a' great shock to us ranuiy ana many mends. funeral services were held at the First Baptist church Monday atternoon at j o clock, with the Kev. hueene K. bller. castor, of ficiating assisted by the Rev. 6. P. Ader, pastor of the Methodist church. - DEADLOCK IN BANK FRAUD CASE After 42 hours of a six and six deadlock, the iurv of -12 was dis charged at Asheville last week with an order of mistrial in" theIederal iharge against L. -L.- Jenkins, J. r Bradford and Russell C-Davi 1. that, - then -conspired - to - misapply 1 fundi prior' to the closing of the American National Dan in novem- ., ber, 1930. ' ADOPT NEW GEOGRAPHY The itate board of education on Friday ' approved a change in geo vvatthiet for the fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh grades of the public school, the series by Burrows and Parker, the cost of the series of four. $2.60. ORDER POWER REDUCTION Completing its program of elec trie newer rate reductions tor r ;iit;- the corporation com mission on Saturday ordered the Tidewater Power company, wu mingion, to lower its rate so as to cave consumers $25,000 per year. Gas and telephone rate revision is "next to" be considered. i i i mil - ,,5 1 M A' V V' 11 PROGRESSIVE 7 LIBERAL , INDEPENDENT AUDITED CIPXULATlOn The Franklin Press has the large audited paid circulation of any North Carolina aewspap, f wet of Asheville. It is a charter member of the North Carolina Press Association Circulation Audit Bureau. Certified records tf its circulation are open to all advertisers. FRANKLIN. N. C THURSDAY. DEC . US2 1143 PESt YEAR LOGAN i ALLEN rominent Insurance Man . Succumbs to Heart t ' Attack '' $162 RAISED IN ROLL CALL Chairman Lancaster Issues Urgent Plea for More Contributions Natiy of . County . Mr. 'Allen was the son of the ate Mr. and Mrr Hiirr M Allpn He was born near Onion Moun tain, Macon county, on January 1, 1860, being 72 years, 11 months and four davi nM at HpatVi He had been a faithful member of the Baptist church for 63 years, first joining the Sugarfork Baptist church, later moving his member ship to the franklin church. Larva : PrOnapHr Holder Mr. Allen was one of the largest property owners in Macon county. Those survivine Mr. Allen are his widow, who wai Miss Fannie Shepherd before marriage; one adopted son, Logan, Jr., and three sisters, Mrs. J. b. Watson, of Knoxville. Tenn.: Mrs. Alva Hous ton, Roberts, Ore. ; and Mrs. Rosie Brvson. of Sedro Woollev. Wash. Pallbearers were: C. L Ingram, T M Moore. L. A. Berrv. A. B. Slagle,JTrottetan(LGeprge Mashburn. - Honorary pallbearers were : Dr. rvii7Dr."WrA71loeersTM; D. " Billings, Alex Moorey Hi P. Ray-Dick Hudson, Joseph Ashear, T. S-Munday,-- J. M.- Carpenter, George N. Stiles, J. A. Porter, Gus Leach, - J, M. - Williams, .brover Jamison, T. W. Porter and A L i.eacn Christmas Editiion Planned Next Week A special Christmas dition of The Franklin Press will be pub lished next week. Each year this newspaper, strives to : put out an especially interesting and colorful Christinas edition, and this year The Press hopes to make its Christmas edition bet ter than ever. V The .editor will appreciate the cooperation of correspondents end advertisers in making this possible.1 There will be lot of type"' to be set, so pleaee send in your news or advertising copy as soon as pos sible, at least not later than next Tuesday afternoon. Collections in the annual Red Cross roll call in Macon county which startedTKovember 11 total $162.80, it was announced at meeting of the county chapter in the courthouse Saturday afternoon by Mrs. Carl Slagle, leader of the roll call ' in the county. The coun ty's quota was $275. J. E. Lancaster, county Red Cross chairman, issued an urgent appeal Monday for more contributions The roll tor memberships will be kept open until Christmas or until tne county's quota has been attain ed, he said. At the meetinar Saturday- Mr. Lancaster told of the work of the Red Cross in distributing flour and clothinz to the needv. He urrred the officers of the 48 community committees which supervise the dis tribution of these suoolies to be careful that they are issued only to people in actual want. Other speakers of the atternoon JURORS DRA17I1 BY W BOARD o Serve at Special Civil Termv To Convene January Z3 HILL TO PRESIDE hree Penland Brothers Drawn To Serve at Same Term .The jury list for a special three weeks civil term of Macon county superior court was drawn by the new board of commissioners at its initial meeting Monday, morning. The special term has been., ordered by Governor Gardner, at.th re quest of the local bar, and -is 'sthed uled to convene January 23 ?i with udge Frank S. Hill of Murphy presiding. Drawing the jury list consumed a large part of the time of the new commissioners':; first meeting. With many persons delinquent on the tax list, the drawing has. be come a tedious task. For what is believed to be the first time ill the history of Macon county, three brothers Ray, Ras and Ralph, Peniand were drawn to serve at the same term . o court. Jury List were Miss Rachel- Davis, county welfaresuneriritehdent :"and"RrD. Sisk, former -county -chairman of the Red Cross. - Amone those attending the fun eral were the following nieces and nephews of Mr. Allen: Mr. and Mrs. Howard Watson, arid son, of Knoxville, Tenn.;' Mr. and Mrs. Henry Oillespie, ot Liber ty, S. C; Mrs. Clarence Cox, Six Mile, S. C; Mr. and Mrs. Max Williams, of Mountain Rest, S. G, Mrs. 'Matilda Gregory, of Bryson City, Mrs. Walter Recce and chil dren, of Bryson City, and Miss Kate Moore, of Ellijay. Rehearse Cantata McDowell Music Club To Sponsor Chorus -COMPLETE. CREDIT , BANK SET-UP The . regional agricultural credit bank at Raleigh has completed the set-up of Us personnel and will be gin making loans this week, John P. Stedman, executive announces. NEW GERMAN CABINET crral Kurt von Schleicher, mmmUsioned Friday by President tf:nfthiirir til form a new Ger man cabinet, has succeeded and he is now chancellor. His cabinet, with exception, has the same mem kr. si the von Paoen cabinet . when it was forced out of power GERMANY WINS t9 c.a.Ka SUIT , ' Associate Supreme Court Justice ' n.n . T. Roberts finally ruled at - Washington, Saturday, that German (pies were not responsible tor mc Rt.rlr Tom terminal and Kingsland m.,nit!nn nlant fires during war - - times,- and $40,000,000 in United .States claims against wrmany were ruled out t ttaTsrm: PAYS DOUBLE 1 During the biennium ending July 1, $304,490 was spent to cover all ftf the N. C. hiarhway patrol In the same period the patrol re turned $650,404 in recoveries, fines, costs and revenue, the highway commission reports. it PAROLES GRANTED Eleven state Prisoners were pa roled ' by Governor Max Gardner, . Friday, and commuted the sentence ef t&other.. Membert-of-"- community chor us, sponsored bv the 1915 McDow ell Music Club, under the direction of Mrs. Boice Mundav. are re hearsing the cantata "Tidings of Great Joy," which is to be given in ; the Methodist church on the evening of December 23. Music lovers of Franklin are an- ticioatinK with pleasure this can tata, with its solos, quartets and ull choruses of tuneful melodies Arraneementswerejnadeatthe meeting for the distribution of 1, 000 yards of cloth and a, quantity of overalls, stockings and other cloth in e. "Miss Davis reported tKat" 300 to 800 men had applied to her for work on state hiehwav oroiects. Manv others have aDDlied for work on direct relief oroiects under taken with appropnations from the emergency relief fund. A total of 250 men have received employment on these projects, it was stated, and about 45 are now at work im proving roads in the Holly Springs Burnincftown and Buck Creek sec tions. The men receive 12 1-2 cents an hour and the tune is limited so that as many men as possible may he (riven emnlovment. i ' "Nineteen hundred dollars" has been received by Macon county from- the emereenev relief fund. A list of those who have enlisted in the Red Cross roll call will be published -in- next rweek s issue -of The Press. All those who have not contributed are urged to do as soon as possible. Walter Gibson Elected rman as New Couwty Commission Takes Office Oiaii Ritter Company Sends Woodsmen Back to W orlc; Mill To Start January 1 The W. M. Ritter Lumber company is planning to resume operation of its large band mill at Rainbow Springs early next month, it was announced by officials of the company this weak. The company suspended work at die mill and on its wood operations last July, leav ing scores of men unemployed and their families almost total ly dependent on small gardens for a livelihood. -Twenty-fiveZbrlihirtylwoods-j; men were returned to their jods last Monday morning so that a sufficient quantity of logs could be cut by January 1 for the mill to! handle when it starts up again. . It was reported that the. com pany would hire old employes for work in the mill and also in . the green lumber yard and tile woods. Resumption of work reflects improvement in the lum ber market Officials said they hoped to operate eight hours a day, sixdays a week. ROBBERS LOOT TOWN Six mercantile houses were looted in the small town of Trenton, near Kinston, by yeggs one night last week, taking around $200 in cash and $600 in goods. An attempt to rob a seventh place failed. The iurv list follows : First week. W. T. Wrieht. HiEh lands: T. T. Sanders, v Franklin. route 4; Norman Evans, Franklirt, route 3: T. M. Henson. Otto: Abraham Ledford, Franklin, route 2; F. H. Bryson, Cullasaja;. Claude Mortran. Franklin, route 4: J. .4. firecorv. Gneiss: T. W. Picklesimer; Highlands; Miller Kitcnie, acaiy; T. T. Henderson, Cullasaja; B. M. Ancel. Htedonville: Charlie Woot- enjuullasaja; 5teyeFraer, frank lin mute 1 : GeoTBt R. McPhersott. Franklin, - route .2; J. . H. 4 Potts, Franklin; Frank Mashburn, Gneiss, and V. BTMason, Leatherman. "Second - week. Omer Elmori t Mti.MnnnT'lil A T.lBtica Oft G-W-Williamson.- Franklin.' route 1; W. D. Barnard, FranWin, route 3:-Tr- D.- Denny, - AquoneA- KJ Higdon, Franklin ; John 1 homaSi FrankUn LcCLJenninffs.Cullasaia ; T7 TT Qbe," Franklinr route 2 ; W.I M. -Earlv. Frank in: W. L Ledford. Franklin, route 2; J. .D. McLoy, Gneiss: Tohn Wooten. Franklin, mute 2: T. M. Rabv. Franklin: J. Frank Crane. HiehlandS: I. U Jones, Kyle; J, C. Hughes, West's Mill; and Ray Penland, franklin. Third Week Juror Third wee-, G. W. Rogers, Shookville; R. M. McGaha, Frink lin, route 3; T. G. Corbin, Higdon ville: J. M. Rogers, Highlands; L. A Tnnes. Franklin: Fred Hen derson, Prentiss; Ras Penland, Franklin ; - Charlie-Wooten,. Frank lin route 2 : Raloh W. Penland, Franklin; Butler Justice, Franklin, route 4 r W.Ar Pendergrass.- Kyle ; l.repn Fouta. Franklin, route 3; SJJL,.Ho!land, , Cullasaja ; .Alfred R". Rickman," Franklin; Ed Jen nings, Cullasaja; Dillon Head, Scaly; Youel Bradley, Dillard,,,Ga, route 1; and J. J. Smith, Franklin. route 3. E.G.VATKINS' RJIICRAL HELD Fcnnsr Arises Man Diet At Home of Sitter On Cullatftjft Funeral services for E. G. Wat- kins, 63, who died at the home of his sister, Mrs. W. P. Landrum on Cullasaja Saturday, were held at the Salem - Methodist -church-Sun? day. afternoon bythe pastor, the Rev. G. N. Dttlin, assisted by his farmer nastor. the Rev. H. C. r w : freeman, now of Oyde. Mr. Watkins had made bis home ; with his lister for the pas.t seven 'vears.r- Prior -to. then -he-had Jived in Aritona. wh:re he owned three .truck, ranches, J?r.Z3 . years; He was always a faithtui mem ber pf the Methodist church. He is survived by one daughter, LMrl. Ruth " Dalley, and one - son, Ralph - Watkins,- both . of . Lo n: gei v OX.- , - - SANTA TO PAY MOT VISIT Plant To Spend December 17 and December 19 In Franklin Santa Oaus is coming back to Franklin. There were so many children here to see him Tuesday of last week and he had so little time to -spend withjhem, .thatjie has decided to pay Macon county another pre-Christmas time for two days. He announced his plans jn the following telegram t Press: " eceived by The North Pok,-- - December - 7r-l32. Dr. Angel Named District Legion Commander Dr. Furman AngeL of Franklin, has been appointed district com mander of the American Legion, succeeding Col. Harry P. Cooper, Ifurnhv attorney who recently rwent to Washington as capital rep- rekentauvt OI senator noucri xv. Reynolds. Dr. Angel is also com mander ot fost No. lus 01 ue American. Legion in Macon county. COS sxciuGYiu sFOin Woman't Throat A . none The - Franklin Tress,-- Franklin, N. C. "Please.-- announce - in - your - good paper , that. I am coming back to FratAliitrrltUked-thektdsmet there last week but was in such a hurry to complete my Western North Carolina tour that I couldn't stay as long as I wanted to. So I am coming back. 1 plan to ar rive early Saturday morning, De rmnher 17. and : will be there all dav Saturday and the following Monday. 1 will make my head nuarters at SANDERS' STORE. which was kindly offered me by jack Sanders himself and his good wife. Tell all the youncsters to. be on the lookout for me and not bo forsret the dates. Cheerio and. a. merry Christmas. (Signed) SANTA CLAUS P. S New District Organized To Promote Scout 1 roopa The Smokv Mountains District of the Boy Scouts has been or ganized by citizens of four com munities of Western North Caro lina and will supervise and pro mote Scouting for the boys of the section. The district will be a part of "the Daniel Boone Council ot the Boy Scouts and will operate on the same basis as the district of which Asheville is the center. The oreanization meeting was held Monday night atSylva by the members of ' the district com mittee representing Franklin, Bry son City, Sylva and Lherokee. rroi. W r Reed, of Svlva. was elected chairman and A M. Adams, of Cherokee, vice-chairman. Prof. C. T? Tarrnl . of Brvson City, was appointed chairman of the Court of Honor; John H. Kirk, principal of the Xherokee school, chairman of troop organization and training; Don Young, of Franklin, chairman of camoine: Dan Moore, of Sylva, finance chairman, and Frof. W. fc. Rird. of Cullowhee. chairman of civic lervice and activities. Other members of the committee are V. A. Browning, ot cryson City ; Edward Eaton, of Franklin ; W. C. Penn. of Bryson City; J S. Conlev. of Franklin, and W. E. Enson, of Cherokee. Prof. Reed will renresent the district on the hoard of the council. The district committee adopted plans for Scouting for the year which include regular monthly meetings of the committee, monthly court of honor sessions for the dis trict and a program of camping and other Scout activities. . Several Trnons will be organized within the net 60 davs and a training course for Scoutmasters and other mta will be held In January. Just 17 Days Left - I KM SHOP EARLY The time f6r careful Christmas shopping is growing shorter. Remember . , . haste makes waste. Choose your presents while you have lots of time. wan removed "from the windpipe of Mrs. Maggie Bryson, ofCulIasajaatAngelJJrothers' hospital last Thursday morning. uAi Drvfinn ' as hroucht to the y - hospital suffering much pain and a fMi . breathing UDonousiy. ine opera tion was performed in a few mom ent! without an anaesthetic. An instrument known as the broncho scope, especially designed for such ooerations. was used in removing the bone. I'll have a present for every good little boy and girl. SANTA. RIVERS" SS4Z.SM FORHrC Allowance of $542,500 for river and harbor improvement and main tenance in North Carolina for the year starting July 1. is recommend oA hv rhief of the armv engineers. A total of $39,388,129 was asked far the nation, with $24,441,029 for the maintenance and $14,947,100 for improvements. '- Manv Find Jobs ao Work Starts on Road Projects Approximately 100 men have found employment on state road projects being undertaken with emergency relief funds on highway No. 28 in this connty, and several hundred others are expected to be employed when the work gets into full swing. MIm Rachel Davis, county wel fare superintendent, reported today that between 700 and 800 men had filed their names with her as ap plicants for work on these pro iects. - - . Hobbs and Pcabody. who were awarded the contract for bridges and structures on No. 28. were re oorted to be working two shifts nf 2V men. Kennedy and Hen dricks, in charge of the grading on nroiect awarded to Cobb and Homewood. also were resorted to I be working two shifts of 25 men. I Mr. Rom frho feM wstfactea to unnlv stone, for ' this oroiect. has ri-v - - - been prospecting for a quarry but has not yet started wort. C. Y.. Thomason, of Greenwood, , C., is- expected to start work shortly - on grading and - surfacing No. 28 over the Nantahala moun tain. 7" : ''" . Under terms of the contracts. loeal labor must be used as far as possible with first preference given to married ex-sor'tce men and married non-service men. Mini a wise are set at 20 cents an hour (or common labor and 30 cents', an hour for skilled labor. The contractors are not permitted to employ workmen for more than 30 hours a week. It is thought that employment of a large number of men is assured as the contracts all for comple tiom of the projects by June 1, 13. Long Reported Slated for Assistant County Accountant BRYSON NOW HAS JOi Many Attend First Pcilk Installation ox Officials Macon county's new board of commissioners, composed. oi,thre Democrats Walter Gibson (re : elected), Gns Leach and E. W. Hsss . . Long assumea otnee jnonaay morning and began their organisa tion with the election of Mr. Gib- Sin as chairman. George Pattern was -appointed county attorney-amd other appointments were deferred. Mr, Gibson's election a chair man was on a part time basis. For the past two years the chairman. W. D. Barnard, has also served. as county accountant with a Salary of $1,800, on which he .voluntarily i'-A - rv:. . accepica , i per ccui vw . j m combination had -the effect of mak ing the chairmanship . a ; full time job. During the campaign preced the ceneral election November 8 Mr. Gibson and Mr. Long an nounced that they were opposea, under current conditions, - to. em nlovmen't of full time chairman. The view was taken that the job of keeping the county's book could be properly handled by the assistant accountant, which position hashcenheldbjrCrTora Brysonr register of deeds, with a salarjr af $50 a month. ,-' Long ..Semite Job , - Althnoizh the matter did not mwat formally before the boaMoidayr; rervort . were neniatent ahou the courthouse that Mr. Lens;' was.at -ed to ieceive-jthe . appomtrnenj ol assistant accountant instead .ot.Mr. . Bryson. Asked howthuwonld ef fect him, Mr. Bryson replied - that" the job of register , of deeds-would hardly be worthwhSe by 3iself, as it is on a, fee basis and the. t4l ot- the" fees - would - not - pej employment of necessary clerkai assistance. , A number of bids were received by the board for management ef the new county poor tann oa tne Georgia road, but no action -was taken on them. This matter and also the selection of an assistant county accountant are expected to come before the board at a special meeting called for Thursday, De cember IS. - ' Officer. InetsdUJ Public installation ; of the new commissioners and also other cona ty-efficers was held -in -the coert house Monday night with Frank, L Murray, clerk of court, administer ing the "oaths It wasthjeT e time in the history ,of theccmni inai inc iniianaiiun nsa wcca Ht.' attended the exercises'. Which went' presided over by v; John W. . Ed- J !M . warm, presiacnx oi uie wecos county Young Peoples Democrattc club, which was instrumental in carrying the full county Democratic e ucicei. The following men were installed: A. B. Slide, reelected iheriff; C Tom Bryson, reelected register of deeds ; John n. Ualton, surveyor ; c. m. Moor, reelected coroner; Walter Gibson, reelected connty commissioner and elected chairman of the board; Gus Leach and E. W. Long, county commissioners; and John Dills, constable. After the men were installed a radio program from Raleigh was heard. Following the radio Pro gram, made possible by the Bryant Furniture company ot raakwv short talks were made by the fd- lowincr men: Gus Leach. E. W. Long, Walter Gibson, G M. UV John H. ualton, -C Toa Es-ton, A. B. Slagle. K. A. Patton. State Senator-elect in the 33rd distdct. and Frank I. Murray. Special string music was furnish ed by the Young People's Demo cratic club string band. Robertson and Edwards To Open Law Office Henry U Robertson, of franklin, and McKinley Edwards, of Bryson City, have announced that they will open a law office above the Ma cctn Theater is the Kftten tet - r weett. , '