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VOL. XLVIII, No. 2
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1933
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CPEN CLASH AT MILL GATE
On Tuesday morning 25 men at
tempted to force a strike at the
Hannah Pickett mill in Rocking
ham by blocking workers from the
gate.. Six officers' dispersed them
and arrested Numa Stogner and
Howard Davis as the leaders. The
mill was closed last fall for 58
days by a strike.
HILL HEADS PIEDMONT
LEAGUE
Dan Hill, Asheville, was chosen
president of the Piedmont base
ball league in a Wednesday meet
ing at Greensboro. : Greensboro,
Durham and Wilmington will hold
their franchises. Bud Moore,
Charlotte, surrendered that fran
chise. February 10 was set as
date for the next meeting and as
limit of time allowed Charlotte,
Winston-Salem, Asheville and High
Point to fill the three other berths
in a six-club league. ,
ROOSEVELT HEARS STIMSON
A summary of the complex in
ternational relationships of the fed
eral government was given to
President-elect Roosevelt on Mon
day by Secretary of State Henry
- L. Stimson, in an all-day confer
ence in New York.
STALIN CITES WAR
THREATS
Joseph Stalin, 'Soviet dictator,
has made a formal report on the
Russian five-year v plan. He .ad
mits only 93 per cent of - the
general industrial program was
attained and declared that threats
of war diverted energy of 'the
state necessary to complete the
plan.
TRAFFIC DEATHS DECLINE
Motor vehicle fatalities . in the
United States numbered about
29,000 in 1932, the national Safety
Council reports. This was . 4,000
fewer fatalities than occurred in
1931, a decline of " 13 per cent.
The decrease is partly accounted
for in -. the decrease jof traffic.
Automobile registration and gas
oline sales were from 5 to 6
per cent less in 1932 than in
ROAD CONTRACTS LET
The highway commission on Fri-
"day-'approved bids-for-construction
of 54 miles of highyays in seven
projects, "the bids totaling $283,500.
The -commission voted to - have- a
$175,000 bridge built over the Ca
tauba river between Charlotte and
Gastonia and a $55,000 bridge over
the Yadkin river at ' North Wilkes
boro. ' I
BURLINGTON AIRPLANE
CRASH .
. Lawrence Gywn, 47, was criti
cally hurt in the crash of his
airplane at Burlington, Sunday
afternoon. Offered the alterna
tive of having both legs ampu
tated or. risking grave chances of
losing his life he decided to keep
his legs and take a chance.
FIVE TAR HEELS HELD
William Wairer,i Samuel Wal
ler,' Orel Buck, -Harveyi Vernon,
" and James Midkiff ' all North
I Carolinians held in the Stuart, Va.
jail for ... the December killingof
one officer and wounding of an
other, were in Saturday held by
ePa1fkkcraiity-grandiury-ori
15 indictments . charging murder,
assault, housebreaking and larce
ny. , ' ' ' .
WOULD SERVE BROTHER'S
TIME
Clifford Perry, Elizabeth City
youth, tried to serve a three
months whisky sentence for his
. brother at Norfolk, but the
changed identity of the prisoner
under bond was discovered - and
Clifford had to pay a $25 fine
for obstructing justice.
$1,635,000 MORE FOR RELIEF
The Reconstruction Finance cor
poration has allotted North Caro
lina $1,635,000 for emergency re
lief in January and February.
Mecklenburg and Guilford county,
each to receive $100,000, share
most heavily in th'e distribution
to the counties, of the state.
ASSEMBLY CUTS COSTS
"A,; reduction of approximately 100
in the number of , employees of
the general assembly is to be made
for this session. Total costs of
the session; are to be greatly less
than the, $187,118 which was the
total cost of, the 141-day session
, of two years ago,
RUINED LINER TOWED IN
The hulk of the liner Atlantique,
which was gutted by fire in the
English channel last week result
ing in the loss of 18 , lives, was
on Friday towed into the French
port i of Cherbourg,
ECChOLiY URGED
BYHIKIIAUS
Inauguration of New Chief
Executive Marked by
Simplicity
SEES DARK PICTURE!
Expresses Confidence in
"Character, Courage"
Of People
At the simplest inaugural exer
cises in Raleigh in many a year
John Christopher Blucher Ehring
liaus, of Elizabeth City, became the
54th governor of North Carolina
last Thursday noon. Although only
a few days out of a Norfolk, Va.,
hospital and apparently weak from
1iis recent illness, the new chief
executive determinedly delivered
his inaugural message, painting a
dark picture of the state's finan
cial plight but declaring optimisti-;
cally that "I have faith in the
character and. courage-oLihepeo-lAc
of Nuilh Carolina."
."Whether we are willing to ad
mit it or not," Governor Ehring
haus said, "the state which we
love has reached the crossroads
of its financial destiny and upon
our present choice of highways de
pends its economic salvation and
stability. . . . .
Urge Balanced Budget
"Ladies and gentlemen of the
assembly, the most important and
imperative duty that , rests upon
you greets you at the threshold
of your labors THE BUDGET
MUST BE BALANCED IMMEDI
ATELY 1 And when I say bal
anced I mean balanced on the
basis of substantial certainty, be
yond canvil, doubt or disputation.
Unles this is accomplished quickly,
chaos,-Tonfusion,- contumely,de
faults, scrip payments and destruc
tion of our institutions are im
mediately ahead, ,-It , is - an. ugly,
picture,.Ipaint-4t with reluctance,
but -at such Jan -hour -the . plain,
unvarnished truth - is best; North
Carolinians know how to 'take ' it
on the chin and "take it standing
up. ; : . .
Other Recommendations
Following is a list of the "prin
cipal recommendations set forth in
the governor's message r --
4A balanced budget immediately.
2rLevy of to-new-taxes.-
3. Immediate revaluation of pro
perty. '
4. Relief from the 15-cent state
wide levy for support of schools.
5. Drastic curtailment in spend
ing.
6. Economy in general govern
mental set-up.
7. Abolition of entertainment fund
for chief executive.
8. Abolition of position of exec
utive counsel and granting to gov
ernor of power to- appoint pardon
commissioner.
' , 9, Transfer, of local government
commission to treasury department.
10, Consolidation of highway and
prison departments. Consolidation
of - all motor-vehicle collections. -
11. Elimination of duplications in
gov ermentaMunction s
12. No new commitments involv
ing additional state money.
13. No diversion of highway
funds. '
14. No new construction of high
ways for next bienniurh.
15. Broader supervision of local
governments.
16. Consolidation of counties or
of counties and towns'. v
17. Elimination or consolidation
of local government . statutory of
fices, i
18. Interpretation of local salary
limitations to allow reductions.
19. Supervision of local expendi
tures and tax levies.
20. Extension of local debt ma
turity dates.
21. Reduction in cost of tax fore
closures. ,
22. Foreclosure postponement of
back taxes. '
23. Discontinuance of unrestram
ed fee expenditures.
24. Stimulation of livestock, dai
rying Jand poultry, industries.
Juniors Plan District
Convention Jan. 19
The first district convention of
the Junior Order United Ameri
can Mechanics will be held in
the Odd Fellows hall here Thurs
day, January 19, with Hugh Mon
teith, of Sylva, district deputy,
in charge. The initial meeting
is scheduled for 7:30 o'clock' in
the eyening. After the business
session and the election of of
ficers refreshments will be ser
ved. '
Tallulah Fall s Railway
Hearing Delayed a Week;
P r o s p e cts Discouraging
Hearing before Federal Judge
E. Marvin Underwood on the
petition of J. F. Gray, receiver
of the Tallulah Fall Railway
company, seeking authority , to
discontinue operation of the
line, hat been continued luntil
Saturday morning, January 14.
The, hearing, which wai con
tinued from ' laxt J'uly, wai
scheduled for last Saturday.
D. D. Rice and M. L. Dow
die, of Franklin, and Col. T.
L. Bynum, of Clayton, Ga.,
went to Atlanta to oppose the
discontinuanco petition. Judge
Underwood was ill and the
hearing was put off for one
week.
On his return to Franklin
Mr. Rice was gloomy over
prospects for saving the "T
F. "
When Judge Underwood de
; ferrea action on "the discontin
uance petition last July he said '
he wduld give the railroad one
more chance to show that it
could operate on a self-sustaining
basis. Shippers and freight
consignees in Franklin, Clay
ton and other points served
by the line signed agreements
to use the railroad in prefer-,
ence to motor carriers. -This
stimulated traffic over the line
and ' shipments of gravel and
road machinery for use in Ma
con county brought ' an in-,
crease in revenues For a, few
months, according to H. L.
Brewer, general manager, the
railroad was self-sustaining.
Attorneys for the Southern
. Railroad iri Atlanta, however,
told Mr.-Rice -and-Mr-Dow-
die that tor the past six months
the "T. F." has been operating
at an average monthly los of
Club To Meet
Work of Young Democrats
To Be Discussed
Plans for continuing the work of
the Young People's Democratic
Club of - Macon - county will " be
discussed at a meeting of the
organization in ' the courthouse
Saturday afternoon," January 21.
The program for the meeting has
been announced by John W. Ed
wards, president of the club, as
follows:
Music by the club's string band.
Opening prayer by the Rev. O.
P. Ader, pastor of the Methodist
church.
Song America.
Welcome address and a dis
cission of plans for the next
two years John W. Edwards.
A talk on how the club may
be .of service, to. the party
Frank I. Murray. - ..
"Why - Roosevelt Should Make
& Great" President" Dr W A;
Rogers.
i'How ;th e Gub Helped T in the
Last Eelcction" Samuel J. ""Mur
ray. .o"Why We Women Are Proud
To Be Members of the Y. P. D.
C." Miss Elizabeth Slagle.
. Open forum conducted by -Frank
Norton, Harley Cabc, C. S. Til
ley, Grady Owens and Miss Nan
nie Potts.
Bible Class Room
Under Construction
The grinding noise of an air
pressure drill, making way for
windows through the 18-inch , con
crete wall of the First Baptist
church, sent out " the message
Thursdoy that work had begun on
the new class room for the Judge
Awtry Bible class. This class is
to construct a room in the base
ment of the church to care for
its growing membership.
The room will cost a little less
than two hundred - dollars includ
ing labor, and will furnish seating
capacity for about one hundred
men - . :: " . .'
LEAS' BOND ENDANGERED
North Carolina may find it dif
ficult to collect the $30,000 and
$20,000 bonds given at Asheville
by Luke Lea, Tennessee publisher,
and his son, if the Leas should
choose not. to surrender by Janu
ary 17 the final date set for them
to meet terms of sentence for con
spiring to wreck the Central Bank
The Union Indemnity company,
New Orleans, which furnished the
bonds, is in receivership.
While in Atlanta the Frank
lin and Clayton delegation con
ferred with Hugh Couch, as
sistant to the vice president of
the Southern, which controls
the Tallulah Falls line. Mr.
Rice reported that Mr. Couch
was not encouraging.
It is understood that one
of the large creditors of the
Tallulah Falls is pressing its
claim and it is feared that this
will caluse other creditors to'
take similar action to protect
their interests.
'The only hope I see," said
Mr. Rice, "is that We pack the
federal courtroom m Atlanta
next Saturday morning with,
people from Franklin end Clay
ton. Then, maybe the judge,
seeing such a crowd of interest
ed persons, will be inclined to
postpone action for another
sixty or ninety clays."
Efforts -are being made to
employ an outstanding attor
ney to represent the cause of
the communities served by the
Tallulah Falls, but as yet none
has been retained. The Ma
con county commissioners and
do the town council of Frank
lin have agreed to put up a
"reasonable amount" to defray
the expense of legal represen
tation. No meeting of shippers has
been . called to plan course
of action, as this is being
. handled by a committee com
posed of M. D. Billings, chair
man, D. D. Rice and M. L.
Dowdle. This committe is en
couraging all who can to at
tend the hearing next Satur-
day in:-At!anta. ThoewhoJ
can go who do not have a
means of transportation are
urged to communicate with
Mr. Rice.
Would Allow One Free
DcgriwEach"" F amiljr
1 Carrying . out ..pre-election
campaign promise, R. A. Pat
ton, state senator from the33rnr
district, introduced a bill in the
legislature Tuesday - to exempt
ti'omlaxatforied6gTd every
famUynMacon7"Clay7CherO"
kee,1 Graham and Swain counties
Representative C. L. Ingram
of Macon also committed him
self in behalf of such a measure
in campaign speeches.
Various attempts were mde
in the general assembly two
years ago to repeal dog taxes
but all failed.
Vance Brown Dies
Pioneer Mica Developer
Well Known Here
W, Vance Brown, pioneer de-velppcf-ofthemica'busmcss"in
Western North Carolina, died from
aZhcariZattackI,carlyrlusHFriday
morning" at: his home in Asheville.
Mr. Brown, who was president of
the Asheville Mica company, was
well known in Franklin. For some
years his company operated a mica
cutting plant here.
The funeral was held Saturday
aftet'noon at , Trinity Episcopal
Church, Asheville, of which Mr.
Brown was senior warden. The
church was crowded with persons
from all walks of life.
Born in New Zealand but of
pioneer North Carolina stock, Mr.
Brown came to Asheville with his
parents In 1895. As the years
passed he became a prominent fig
ure in the business, social, civic
and religious life of Western North
Carolina.
Mr. Brown, who was 68 years
old, is survived by his widow, the
former Mrs. Carl Bestrum, whom
he married in 1924; two sons, J.
Fuller Brown and V. Jordon
Brown ; two daughters, Mrs.- Fran
ceS-Fieldand-Mrs..George.Shu-
ford, all of Asheville and children
of his first-wife;- a sister, Mrs.
S. William Blood, of New York;
two brothers, Potts Brown, of
Richmond, Va. ; and S. Herbert
Brown, of Asheville; and three
grandchildren.
IS WOODMAN CHIEF
Elisha B. Lewis, Kingston, has
been named chairman of the di
rectors of the soverign camp of
the Woodmen of the World. He
had been previously tendered the
office of head councul, but had
declined.
STATE SALARY
CUTS PROPOSED
More Economy Bills Are
Introduced in State
Legislature
1 ALREADY PASSED
Representative Cover Seeks
Repeal of State's
Dry law
Introduction of . numerous bills
aimed at effecting economy in the
state government has featured the
first week of the 1933 General As
sembly in session at Raleigh.
Only one of the economy meas-:
ures has been passed, however, ac
tion on all others having been de
ferred until after Governor Ehring
haus has delivered his message on
the budget next Monday night.
The lower house passed a bill
Wednesday of last ''week-slashing
the salaries of elected state of-
ficers 15 per cent. The -Senate
passed "We -ia;me: bill--Thursday!
morning, shortly before inaugura
tion of the new governor and oth
er state officers, but a question has
been raised as to the constitution
ality of the measure because the
constitution prohibits the reduc
tion or increase of the salary of
a state officer during his term of
office. Some legal minds are of
the opinion that enactment of the
measure on the same day-new
officers were sworn in would make
it valid.
Asks Voluntary Cuts .
The Senate, however, adopted a
resolution yesterday calling on all
state officials, including judges and
members of the legislature, volun
tarily to accept a cut in their
salaries.
One of the most outstanding
economy bills introduced was -one
by Representative S. E. Douglas,
of Wakej to abolish county super-intendents-of-education-and-place
supervision f public schools in 4he
hands of school managers appointed
for each of the 11 congressional
3isTncts. Salaries oT"the school
managers would be placed at $2,000
with $1,200 Tor travelingnexpenses
ancT$3,000"f or"cl eficaTnTssI sfancef
The author of the bill estimated
that it would have $300,000 a year.
Another-economy- bill introduced
bv Representative Don etas
vides for a graduated scale of re
ductions in the salaries of all state
highway employees receiving more
than $1,500 a year. The reduc
tions proposed would range from 10
per cent for the smaller salaries
to 33 1-3 per cent for the larger
ones.
Sales Tax Sought
A gross sales tax of one half
of one per cent on the gross sales
value of every product manufac
tured in North Carolina is pro
posed in a bill introduced by Sen
ator Hayden Clement of Rowan,
chairman of the upper .hous om:
liiittce on a p p ropria tib ns'.
In the house, Representative
Randolph, of Swain county, and
Lumpkin, of Franklin county, pro-
Psed?ta,:OP- ?.a.u?.LXiv.?Pe.?lc?.ni
of - the - present federal levy - on
manufactured tobacco products,, es
timating it would produce $14,900,
000 annually.
Repeal Bill
It fell to Representative Cover,
of Cherokee county, who at 23
is the youngest memDer oi me
legislature, to explode the prohibi
tion bombshelll. There seemed to
be a tacit understanding among
the legislative leaders that the
prohibition question "-would be
avoided as long . as possible ; but
young Cover introduced a bill Tues
day providing for outright repeal of
the Turlington Act, the state s
stringent prohibition enforcement
statute.
If the Turlington act should be
repealed at this session and' the
national prohibition laws modified
by congress at the short session
or a special session in March, North
Carolina would be ready for light
wines and beer. --
The Cover bill was sidetracked,
however, when it was referred to
the judiciary committee, this, com
mittee deciding to delay the meas
ure until congress has definitely
voted in beer and light wines.
DROP ELECTION FRAUD
CASES
Federal election fraud charges
against 23 Watauga county men
for alleged obstructions in the
1930 elections, were dropped by
middle district federal court in
Greensboro last week. Two sim
ilar cases, already tried, ended in
acquittal
New Relief Loan
Allotment Givei
$3,000
Only 12 Confederate
Veterans Left in County
George W. Parrish, 90-year
old Confederate veteran, died
at 8 o'clock Tuesday morning
at his home near West's Mill
after an illness of several
months. Funeral services were
held at Coweo Baptist church
at 2 o'clock Wednesday after
noon. '
Mr. Parrish's death leaves
only 12 veterans of the gray
still living in Macon county.
He was a member of Company
H, 16th Regiment of North Car
olina state troops. He was a
farmer in the Otto section for
several years before moving to
West's Mill. He is survived by
hie widow and three children
Will arrishof OlUiMri
Gordie Bradley, of the state of
Washington ; and R. L. Parrish
of West's Mill.
DEATH CLAIMS
F. N. JOHNSON
Clarkesville Man's Death
Caused by Stroke of
Paralysis
Fred N. Johnson, 60,' died at his
home in Clarkesville, Ga., Monday
morning at 3 o'clock. Death re
sulted from a stroke of paralysis
a week ago.
-Funeral services werehclJal
the Cartoogechaye Baptist church
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock
with- the -Revr-P Cr-Burfcll pastor
of - the First - Baptist chtrrrfi-of
Clarkesville, having charge of the
services.
Ifr. Johnson was formerly of
Macon county, having moved to
Clarkesville about 20 year ago.
He was superintendent of Carpen
ters of the Georgia Power, com
pany.
"Mr. JohiisorTTs sufwetTTiy seven
mtrtren ; two sisters, MrsT
Ledford, of Franklin and Mrs.
D. M. Sweatman, of Franklin,
Route 1 ; two brothers, George
Johnson, of Franklin Route 1, and
Williams S. Johnson, of Birdsview,
Washington. j?
Only 10 Marriages
In Macon during 1933
Only 10 marriages were perform
ed in Macon county in 1932, as
against 21 the previous.' year, ac
cording to figures compiled by C.
Tom Bryson, who as register of
deeds has charge of issuing . inar
f i agcTl icctis c : sZZTh e."F e"v mar ri age s
reported in this county, is.. attribut
cdJeJhjLJacUhatiunyNtacQii county couples went to Clayton
and other points in Georgia to
get marrTed because Georgia laws
provide no marriage bans and do
not require medical examination.
DISASTROUS FIRE AT
SPARTA
Nine business buildings and the
Alleghany courthouse burned at
Sparta, Saturday afternoon, when
a fire started in a cafe and was
quickly spread by a north wind
to other buildings.- County rec-
ords were saved in a fireproof
vault. The loss is from $75,000
to $100,000, citizens estimate. '
POLITICS ARE CHEAPER
. Cutting the cost' of the 11928
campaign in half, the Republican
national committee has reported
expenses of the 1932 campaign as
$2,670,652, the Democrats report ex
penditures of $2,250000.
NUMBER OF JOBLESS GROWS
William Green, president of " the
-American - Federation -of Labor.-es-
timates 11,590,000 able workers
were out-of-work in November and
says this record number has fur
ther increased. However, he says
unemployment V, not increased
so rapidly this year as in others.
r'13ELL IS PAROLED
One of the last acts of Gover
nor Max Gardner was to parole
W. W. Campbell, Asheville, sen
tenced to death in 1922, for kill
ing his sweetheart. His sen
tence was commuted to life, im
prisonment , in 1923, and reduced
to 20 years in 1929. .
to Macon
$1,000 Provided for Work
In January; $2,000
In February
MUCH ROAD WORK
$3,268 already Spent on
Relief Projects, Says
Miss Davis
An additional $3,000 to meet em
ergency relief needs has been al
loted to Macon county by the
Governor's Office of Relief out of
the. $1,635,000 loan recently re
ceived by the state from the fed
eral "Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration. CLehmiiuL.ioJlarsoL-the -
ciMifiiy't new attotiiienl in " fur rr -
lief work during Tanuarv and
$2,000 pfor emergency activities in
reDruary. the money is to be
paid in installments.
For several weeks the county
welfare department, which is super
vising expenditure of the relief
funds, has been paying workmen
employed -on-relief -projects with
requisitions on merchants for food,
clothing and other necessary sup-
plies. Miss Rachel Davis, county
welfare superintendent, explained
that this system was adopted on
the instructions of the state relief
director with view to insuring ex
penditure of the money only for,
absolute necessities.
$3,268 Spent
Much work of a nnhlir
mem nature- has been accomplished "
with the relief funds. Miss Davis
announced last week that since
October this county has received
$3,268 in relief funds,- affording
employment for 740 men on 26 -different
projects in various sections
of the county. - ' . '
TMost of the projects have been
road work which was supervised
DyState highway employees. For
the remainder ofthe winter the
State highway commission has
placed at ' the relief committee's
disposal,- f iv e" for"Fm'enithlrucks7
antahala National F6resTof-
ficials have offered fence posts
and lumber that will be required
to fence the athletic field at the
Franklin high school. 'A. number
of business men of Franklin have ,
offered the use of their trucks
to haul this material to the grounds
Cemetery Improved
The Franklin cemetery associa
tion is providing supervision and
tcamsi for hauling gravel for a
crew at work , on the cemetery
property. The county commission
ers have cooperated with the re
lief committee by making an ap-
JTSBrit'P,11 :;Jtor..e.xtra work..tp...be..,.
done-i on'-the -grounds .of; the new -county
home. This project is
jvrovuling employment -for a crew
of from 15 to 20 men for four
Substitutes Explained "
Several weeks ago reports were
current that the. maintenance di
vision of the state highway com
mission was taking advantage of
the emergency relief funds and
was laying off regular employees,
substituting for them workmen
hired at a lower wage and paid
out of the relief fund. Inquiring
into these reports , Miss Davis
wrote, J. T. Knight, district en
gineer of the highway commission
with offices at Asheville, who re
plied in part:
"As you probably knowl funds
for highway and road maintenance
are very low at this time. For
several months we have been spend
ing in Macon county rrtore than
our budget . for that county. We
were allowed to do this with the
understanding that we would re
duce our forces and expenditures
when the weather forced us to
discontinue surfacing. . :
"The. use, of relief labor. in, Ma
con county will permit us to do
maintenance - work - on roads and
highways which we could not do
under our regular highway funds."
TEN BILLIONS FOR PLAY
The people of the United States
spend over $10,000,000,000 yearly
for recreation, it is found in the
three-year survey of social trends.
Automobile vacations, cost $3,200,
000,000. Boxing pool, cabarets, fra
ternal societies, baseball are de
clining in favor. Golf footba"
hunting an hiking are growi;
more popular. .
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