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viXLVII, NO. 50
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Late
first
de this
orrowed
Finance
l!s share
,,A I hunwMi
.loi Jsigned as
"treasurer. Mau""Tublic .on
Maw Kvl rVoivrtivp MiY Gard-
the Stedman recommendations
short serial bonds to cover
existing deficit, that highway
general funds be combined,
all aooroDriations of the state
UnAr Vi enniM-viRinn of the
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piaT'of the budget and subject
)nifonri' reduction.
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NSTON BOY WINS $5,000
yVilson Angel, 19, was on Sun
yi announced -the . winnefc.of.one
i the $5,000 awards for first place
J 'the annual Atwater.Kent radio
winner was . Lydia Sumriiers, New
York City,
U S. HEALTH IS GOOD
' U. S. Surgeon' General Hugh S.
Cumming reported - Saturday - that
health conditions have (been main
tained at a high level in the nation
despite anfavorable economic con
dition, reported a new low death
rati in tuberculosie. Typhoid and
diphtheria showed slight increases.
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2,77$ IN N. C. PRISON i
There were 2,775 Inmates of
state's prison on December 1, which
wat U below the November 1 pop
ulation. .'.V',.-"'-W""
J r V
NGES
state's
V TOBACCO 9 PERCENT SOLD
ine crop iyunuig ition
tlsat-W. per cent cf .the 1932 crop
bad -been sold by December 1.
innti't islet : then " totalled '244,-
877,776 pounds at an average of
" $12J30 per hundred.
VlPTi RECOGNIZE CHINA
J Russian - goviet . government
sumed diplomatic relations
ie Chinese Nationalist gov-V-tit,
Moscow announces. The
y ii- regarded,, asa . bid Jor
(in-Amercanfecognitionof
jviete.
A JUDD LOSES APPEAL
k Arizona Supreme court on
day denied the appeal of Win
kuth Judd and the woman am
id of murdering two woman
ipanions must be hanged Feb
ty 17, unless an appeal to the
lion's supreme court wins her a
,V trial.
pHER COTTON ESTIMATES
fhe federal crop reporting board
jimated a cotton crop of 12,727,-
bales as of December 1,' an in
UAt 780,000 bales over the
r
.estimate.
FIRES COST $359,983
-.'olinalost$3S9,983 in
which, burnt over
he1 first six
Reports were
counties co-
!fire prevention.
ENS BANK
of Wayne, suc-
al bank which
last year, was
ay in xGoldsboro,
s being made.
, b Be Given
At xjweQ wnool
Tfcere will be. two plays given at
the -towee school house on Friday
nightt Dec. 23, t 8 o'clock. An
old fashioned cake' walk will also
ht onYof the featureslof the even
ing. Illetreshments wl be served
and trie proceeds will 'go - for the
benefit of the Snow Hill Methodist
rhnreh A small - admission - fee
will be charged. Everybody is in
vited to come and have a good time
Courthouse Hallway
Gets New Coat of Paint
Tk hftllwav of the Macon coun-
Vy courthouse has been repainted
th Edwards Decorating com-
ny on an order issued by W. D.
rpara snortiy Deiore expirauu
Ja term as chairman of the
ion.Jntv commissioners. Done in
an A iirnwn th hallwav.
y.lUlt " "I '
vhich is used about as much as
-Iain street, now looks spic and
'pan. Many individuals ODserv
a nUasinff chanore have com
.4 4At tt was a shame the
:nty could not have the whole
'i--rinndvitid and ripilntid,
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Well Known Trained
Nurse Dies of Rheu
matic Fever
ILL THREE" MONTHS
Funeral To Be Held at
2:30 O'Clock Friday
v Afternoon
Miss Leona Dtll Rickman, direc
tor of the nurses' training school
of Angel Brothers hospital, died
at the hospital at 12:45 p. m.
Wednesday after an illness of
three months with rheumatic fever.
The funeral is to be held at the
Franklin Baptist church, Tjf rwhich
she was a devoted member, at 2:30
o'clock Friday afternoon. The Rev.
Eugene Ellerppastor:of the church,
will have charge, assisted by the
Rev. 0. ' P. Ader, pastor of the
Methodist church: the Rev. I. A.
Flanagan, pastor of the Presby
terian church, and the Rev. N. C.
Duncan, rector of St. Agnes Epis
copal church.
;; Burial at Cow
Buriar will be in the Cowee Bap
tistv cemetery with the Order' of
the Eastern Star, of which Miss
Rickman was a member, in charge
of the rites.
Pall bearers will be Roy Car
penter, H. L. Bryant, Ben McCol-
lum, L. B. Liner, J. D. Franks and
W. T. Moore.
Graduate nurses of Angel Broth
ers' hospital will act as honorary
pall -bearers.
; Held Responsible Position
Miss Rickman was 29 years old.
She was thedaughteLoL.JohnE.
Rickman, Franklin postmaster, and
the late Mrs. Kickman. - she was
educated in - the - Franklin- public
schools" and received her nurse's
training-at -Angel -Brothers' hos-
pitai, where -she -served first -as
student nurseand then asgrad
uate nurse for eight years. She
became one of the most .valued
members of the hospital -nursing
staff. Besides her duties as direc
. .
torxt - the -undergraduate nurses,
she also performed responsible du
ties in the laboratory and the
X-ray department.
Miss Rickman's loss will be sore
ly telt in franklin and throughout
the county, in her capacity as
nurse she had many contacts and
those who came to know' her held
her ' in high esteem as a capable
nurse and a woman of fine char
acter and. beautiful disposition.
Besides her father she is survived
by four sisters and four brothers;
Mrs. Roy Gibson and Mr. John
Guffey, of . the , Cowee,. community ;
Mrs. Hattie Cabe, of the Green's
Creek section in Jackson county;
Mrs.Verlon -Buchanan, of Gay,
Jackson county; Sloan and Fred
Rickman, of Franklin ; Tom Rick-
W.anfJntonndJE. Rick-
man, of the United States Navy.
Store Robbed
$300 to $400 Goods Taken
From Ritter Store
Merchandise valued at $300 to
$400 was stolen Wednesday night
of laM-week from the W. M. Rit
ter Lumber' company's camp store
on Nantahala river about five miles
above the company's mill at Rain
ow Springs.
The robber was reported to the
sheriff's office in Franklin the fol
lowing morning and blood hounds
were brought from Asheville. The
dogs worked for several hours, fol
lowing trails, but they were baffled
when their scent led them to high
way No. 28 near Wallace Gap
where the robbers evidently had
loaded - their loot into - an - auto
mobile and escaped. The stolen
goods consisted mostly of shoes,
clothing, guns, watches, cigarettes
and other merchandise.
The robbers piled logs and rocks
on the tracks of the Ritter com
pany's logging line and cut tele
phone wires leading to Rainbow
Springs to thwart efforts to ap
prehend them; but these precau
tions were unnecessary, as the rob
bery was not discovered until the
next morning. Entrance to the
store was made by removing glass
panes from a window.
Officers have been working on
various clues in an effort to trace
the robbers, but no . arrests .have
been made,
wej JBMBHI svMieV P3Wwpj
JLJlUi
AS the night before
through the house
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse;
The stockings were hung by the chimney with
care,
In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there;
The children were nestled all snug in
While visions of sugar-plums danced
heads;
And mamma in her kerchief, and I
Had just settled our brains for a
When out on the lawn there arose
I . sprang irom my ibed to see what was the. matters
Away to the window I flew like a flash, :zr."::"
Tore open the shutters, and threw
The moon, on the breast 'of the new-fallen snow,
Gave a lustre of mid-day to objects below;
When what to my wondering eyes should appear, -Butiniaturesleigh"andeight"tiny--Teindeer7
With a little old driver, so lively and
I knew in a moment it must be St.
More rapid than eagles, his coursers
And he whistled and shouted and
name:
"Now, Dasher! now, Dancer I
Now, Prancerl now, Vixen 1
On, Comet! on, Cupid!
On, Donder and Blitzenl
To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall!
Now dash away, dash away, dash away all !"
As dry leaves that before the wild hurricane fly,
When they meet with an obstacle mount to the sky,
Good Shots
15 Macon Hunters Bag 9
Deer in Pisgah
Macon county hunters who went
deer . hunting on the Pisgah game
refuge last week proved them
selves good shots," good neighbors
and good sports. Fifteen hunters
from Franklin, Highlands and Rain
bow Springs bagged nine deer and
liberally shared the venison with
scores of friends. Some of those
who failed to bring home a deer
passed up opportunities to shoot
does and fawns.
Ed Cruise, of Rainbow Springs,
killed the largest deer,, a buck which
weighed 165 pounds. Derrhl Ashe
and Frank) Norton, of Franklin,
each killed a buck; Tom Porter,
Sr.. and Police Chief R. F. Henry
bazeed trooil sized does. Others
in the Franklin party, which left
Tuesday of last week and returned
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Christmas, when all
So, up to the house-top the coursers they f lew
With the sleigh
And then in a twinkling, I heard on" the roof
The prancing and pawing of each little hoof.
their bed,
through their
in my cap,
long winter nap,
such a clatter,
up the sash.
quick,
Nick.
they came,
oalled them by
'
Friday night, were Sheriff A. B.
Slagle, C. Tom Bryson, Dr. Grady
Williams and Wade Arvey.'
Those from Highlands who went
deer hunting on the refuge were
Geter Buchanan, Tudor Hall, Jack
Hall, E. R. - Gilbert, - Bense - Neely
and F. A. Edwards. The first four
men were successful in killing- a
deerand . since their return , have
been distributing venison among
their friends. i
The editor of The Press wishes
to acknowledge with many thanks)
two fine veni
steaks from Chief
Henry.
NEGRO qETS REPRIEVE
Sixty minuses before the hour
set for his execution Friday morn
ing. Take Jonts. 19. Raleigh negro,
was granted a reprieve until Fri
day. January 10. Jones was sen
tenced for murdering J. H. Pool,
filling station operator. The delay
in execution was made te study
Jtnii mental efsltln,
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full of toys, and St. Nicholas, too.
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As I drew in my head, and was turning around,
Down the chimney St, Nicholas came with a bound.
He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot,
And his clothes ware all tarnished with ashes and
soot;
A bundle of toys he had flung on his back, ,
And he looked like a peddler just opening his pack.
His eyes how they twinkled ! , his dimples how merry !
His cheeks were Mews7irsTiibsefifeeacherry,"
His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow,
And the beardon his Thin -was s white as the snow.
The stump of a pipe he held tight in his teeth,
And the smoke, it encircled his head like a wreath.
He had a broad face and a little round belly
That shook, when he laughed, like a bowl full of
jelly,
He was chubby and plumpa right jolly old elf
And I laughed when I saw him in spite of myself.
A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head,
Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread.
He spake not a word, but went straight to his work,
And filled all the stockings ; then turned with a jerk,
And laying his finger aside of his nose,
And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose.
He sprang to his sleigh, to his team gave a whistle,
And away they all flew like the down of a thistle;
But I heard him exclaim, ere he drove out of sight,
"Happy Christmas to all, and to all a good-night!"
Young Democrats Urged
To Continue Active
A letter was received during the
past week by John W. Edwards,
president of the Macon county
Young People's Democratic club,
from President-elect - Franklin - D
Roosevelt, through Richard E.
Roper, director bf the club division
of - the - Democratic-National - cam
paign committee, New York City,
asking that the club in Macon coun
ty keen up its organization and
reguiar meetings. For the next
two years the club is asked to as
sist the President by telling the
truth to t the people and tell about
his ideas and policies,
At a special meeting of officers
of the Macon county club, plans
were made to comply with "Roose
velt's desires. After the first of
the year each of the nine clubs in
Macon county will meet at lewt
meeting! will be held at Franklin
enci every three months,
IcL
Onnie
im ChJ
R.
Mr. Catway?
Cabe. Hend
Carpenter,
Carpenter, C. L. Jtartledge, J.
Conley, Mrs. Ed (funningham. Mil
(Continued 6p pag ix)
Unique Contest
Milk Game Helps Children
Jncrease35tjeight
"T-
Jiol
1 he children' in the prima
CrK
eV
Ro
grades of the Franklin school haAJ
been engaging in an tnteresun
and unusual pme. The object of
this game is lp see which class has
the largest number of pupils sup
plied with milk each day at lunch.
It is quite a lively contest and the
children get lots of fun out of it.
Then, - too, the youngsters have
been gaining steadily in weight.
The game was started by Miss
Maybelle Moody, health teacher.
Many of the children bring a pint
or a half pint of milk to school
as part of their lunches. Others
buy a - bottle-from -Gilmer - Craw-
fords milk wagon, but some
neither the milk nor money
which to buy it.
In the Sixth gra
Godwin noticed tha
ine
She
.1 IMJ J!J f.
children did ;iot i
was very ambition
clas s,. t au gh t by . M rs, .
Eaton, to get ahead of l
111 lie ItlllK. gaiuc U1U
those of her ' classmates
not nave miiK oaaiy nee
nourishment, sne had p.
mine at nome so sne starter
... -. i t
ing seven or eight bottle?1'
school each fa-, distr
among thnc who did n
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