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PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT
VOL. XLVIII, NO. 7
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, FEB. IS. U33
tUt PER YEAR
I
RENEW STATE NOTES
The governor and treasurer of
the state were back at the capital
Sunday after an air trip to New
York, where they succeded in re
newing $5,670,000 in state notes
due February IS." Interest of 6
per cent was continued.
79.CC3 DIE IN QUAKE
v Over 70,000 are reported to have
perished in an earthquake , in re
mote Kansu province, of China,
with extreme cold causing many
' additional deaths.
CIGARETTE PRICE DROPS
The second reduction 'of the year,
a price" drop of SO cents per thous
and in cigarettes was put into ef
fect Saturday by leading companies.
The price now stands at $5.50 per
thousand. ..
MILLIONAIRE IS KIDNAPED
Colorado's governor on Monday
asked every citizen to aid in find
ing Charles Boettcher, II, heir to
; a great industrial . fortune. The
capitalist was . abducted Sunday
night by two men. who forced him
into a car;and then thrust a $60,
$00 ransom demand into the hands
of his wife. ...
LEAS GET ANOTHER WRIT
Having twice tailed to get a
hearing in Jamestown, Tenn., on
their writ of habeas corpus, Luke
Lea and his son on Monday se
cured another writ,1 this time from
Judge Elijah G. Tollett, of Cross
ville, Tenn., granted a writ and
set February 28 as date of . hear
ing to determine whether or not
the Leas shall be turned over to
North Carolina officers.
2 HELD FOR BANK ROBBERY
Joseph P. Ewing, ' Fayetteville,
was arrested in Detroit Friday,
the police stating he had passed
numerous bills reported stolen
in the robbery of the Page bank
at Aberdeen, February 3. John
Bntler, Fayetteville, is held in
jail at Carthage. A third man is
being sought
DROP SURRY VOTING FRAUD!
The Surry county grand jury
on Friday found no . true .... bills
against, six Surry county men
" named byAttorney General " Den
nis - G. Brummitt, - as justifiably
indicated for irregularities in last
June's - primary. . The jury - found
"no irregularities other than are
to be found in most counties of
the state.
"FOUa:DNITBANKnCLOSES
The United Bank, operating in
Greensboro, " . Reidsville, Sanf ord
and Burlington, closed its doors
last Thursday "for protection of
depositirs." In its last statement
the bank listed checking and sav
ing deposits in' excess of -1,500,-000.
-
SENATE REVERSES SELF
Reversing its stand of a week
previous, the state senate last
Thursday voted 28 to 20 to abol
ish the corporation commission of
'three members and substitute
"therefore "a single -" public" utilities
commissioner. .
ASK PROBE OF SENATE
PROBE
- In.- -letter toeach enatorthe
New York Stock' Exchange, Re
form Committee last week charg
ed that the .senate's committee
investigating the stock market is
neglecting its work and is sprac
ticing a deception upon the na
tion. A delegation will visit the
senate Thursday to ask an inves
tigation of the investigation com
tnittee.
COLD WAVE TAKES TOLL
The most extensive cold wave
since ltfifl spread an icy grip
over the continent last week, taking
around 100 lives and causing hea
vy . property damage, Tempera-
' tures ranged down to SO below
in some regions. , ,
S HELD FOR EXTORTION
EFFORT
Joe Bryant, Norman Harvey
and Harvey's' wife -were held at
Roanoke last week - after Bryant
attempted to cash a check which
had been deposited under a stump
by officers. . Got Charles Lind
bergh' had reported he had re
ceived letters threatening the. kid
naping of his second son if Lind
bergh did not pay $50,000.
MUTINEERS SURRENDER
CRUISER
After running loose in the In
dian ocean for five days. nn
mutineer! last week surrendered
to ;Dutch authorities the cruise'-
Zeven Provincien they had seized
in ft - Sumatra port. An aeria;
bomb killed 22 and forced an im
RS&tt surrender. .
DILL PROVIDES
REASSESSMENT
Measure Introduced by C.
L. Ingram Sets April
For Revaluation
APPRAISERS NAMED
Three Appointed in Each
Township To Receive
$1.50 a Day
Appraisers for a quadrennial re
assessment of property in Macon
county are named in a .bill intro
duced in the legislature by Rep
resentative Charles L. Ingram. The
measure provides that the reas
sessment shall be made in April
of this year. -
Compensation of the appraisers
is fixed at $1.50 a day, and three
appraisers are named for each
township, the first named in each
group to act as chairman in his
township! The "bill also states that
the township chairmen shall also
act as list takers for . personal
property," gather 1 farm statistics" and
sit with the county commissioners
as a board of equalization.
Hitherto, appraisers and tax list
ers have been named by the coun
ty commissioners.
The Bill
The bill, before the committee
on finance, provides': 'That a
quadrennial -assessment of proper
ty in Macon county for taxation
shall be made during the month
of April, 1933, and the following
persons are hereby appointed ap
praisers for the several townships
in said county, the first named be
ing the chairman for said township :
Burningtown, Charles Ray, Ed
Byrd, Robert Parrish ; , Cartooge-
chaye, C. S. Slagle, Oscar Lewis,
John Roane; Cowee, John Dalton,
Neil Bryson,-X)scarRickman;El-lijay,
Sam Bryson, John T. Henry,
Peter Moses j Franklin, Gus Leach,
Frank, Moody 4 George..; Wallace ;
Flats,-Raleigh -McConnell, Odus
Penland, Ray Dryman ; Highlands,
Roy Phillips, Frank - Potts, Fred
Edwards:MiHshoal, Terry; .Frank
lin. Harve Cabe, Wayne McCrack-
en ; Nantahala, No. 1, Xee Bald-1
win, Craig Stepp,Luther Jacobs;
Nantahalar No.-2,-Jim ShieldsrJoe
B. Mason, Bill Jones ; Smith s
Bridge, John Brabson, Robert Cabe,
WilLStewart .5ugarJForkjDlney
Moses-Charles-Jienderson, Alex
E. Shook.
Compensation s
"That the said appraisers shall
receive for their work the sum of
$1.50 per day. The chairman in
each township shall also act as list
taker for personal property in his
township and he shall also gather
the farm statistics for Said town
ship ; provided, however, that in
Franklin township Frank Moody
shall also act as list taker. The
chairman in each township shall
also sit with the board of county
commissioners as a board of equal
lzatioa
Thar in case a -vacancy- should
occur among the above-named ap
praisers the two remaining apprais
ers shall name some person to
fill said vacancy."
Joe Shepherd Dies
At Denver, Colo.
A telegram was received nerc
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Monday by T. B. Shepherd notify
ing him of the death of Joe Shep
herd in a hospital in Denver, Colo.
Mr. Shepherd recently spent sev
eral months here. He was a first
cousin ot rostmaster jonn c.
Rickman and T. B. Shepherd and,
had many relatives at West's Mill.
Skating Becomes Popular
IlWihter Sport at Highland
Ice-skating on the roads? Why
who ever heard of such a thing!
But this fantastic idea was a fact
the past week-end in Highlands.
Ice-skates were seen flashing mer
rily up and down No. 28 and even
on the side-walks of the town Fri
day: Not only that,' but coasters
without , a trace of snow on the
ground, could be seen sledding up
and . down the main tnorotarei
Frozen lakes and snow are un
necessary for coasting and skating
when streets become covered with
as thick a glazing of ice as cover
ed everything during the recent
freakish weather which occurred
here.
Ice-covered Kanonah Lake was
a popular skating rink for those
who knew howand an ideal
tumbling-ground for those who
d dnt And tnere were auite a
number of the latter) Skating wai
President-Elect Roosevelt
Has Narrow Escape When
Gunman Fires into Crowd
President-elect Franklin De
lano Roosevelt narrowly escap
. ed anamination when a gunman
fired into his party on the
streets of Miami Wednesday
night Mayor Anton Cermak
of Chicago, who was standing
near the president-elect's auto
mobile, was dangerously wound
ed when shot through the chest.
Four other person also were
wounded.
"I am all right," Mr. Roose
velt thquted as his chauffeur
hurriedly drove him out of the.
crowd and confusion.
A man giving the name of
Joe Zingara, of New York, was
arrested as the shooter. He was
quoted as saying, "I kill all
presidents; kill all officers." He
also was said to have remarked,
"Well, I got Cermak," leading
officers to believe that his chief
intention was to kill the Chica
go mayor. I "
President-elect Roosevelt had
Frank Shepherd, Hospital
Invalid for 5 Years. Dies
Bill Seeks Reduction
Of County's Debt
A bill introduced in the legis
lature by Representative Charles
L. Ingram authorizes the' Ma
con . county commissioners to
negotiate for the refunding of
its bonded indebtedness.
Recalling that Macon owes ap
proximately $1,000,000 to iU
bondholders, Mr. Ingram said
the actual market vaJjue of
property in the county does not
exceed this sum. - The bill pro
pose negotiations with the
bondholders looking toward . re
duction -of outstanding principal
and interest "on bails of the
ability of the - people 1 to pay."
The measure was referred to the
.finenee,. committee. ; izttt
This " county already is in de
fault aboh $40,000 on its bond
payments.
MEETING HERE
Convention of 20th Dis
trict Bar Association
Set For Friday
Between 75 and 100 attorneys of
the 20th judicial district, which em
braces Haywood and all the coun
ties west, are expected to come
to Franklin Friday for the an
nual convention of the 20th District
Bar association. -
in the courthouse, convening'at 2:30
o'clock in theaf ternoon. No def
inite program has been arranged
for this meeting.
- At 7 ;30 o'clock : in - the - evening
a banquet will be served af Peek's
Hotel-Cafe. A welcoming address
will be made by George B. Patton,
mayor of Franklin. This will be
followed by an address by Felix
E. Alley, of Waynesville, recently
appointed to the superior court
bench. Stringed music will be an
added attraction.
M. W. Bell, of Murphy, is presi
dent of the association and George
B. Patton is secretary.
enjoyed all day and under the full
moon at night until it began to
melt on Tuesday.
The lowest recorded temperature
here was 7 degrees below zero last
Thursday. No acute discomfort
was experienced as most Highland
ers had plenty of fuel (and the
sense to stay indoors) and it might
almost be stated that they rather
enjoyed watching the mercury take
a nose-dive to the accompaniment
of sleet and snow and high winds.
The icy weather had a rather
unusual and surprising result
around the Mirror Lake colony.
Since the bad weather set in cot
tagers there report that their
nights are filled with, the screech
ing and hooting of owls which
have been driven farther in from
the forest in search of . food.
Chickens are consequently
carefully guarded.
being
LAVYERS PLAN-
been addressing a crowd in
Bayfront Park. He finished hie
address ' and sat down in his.
' car. Then five shots rang out.
ltis believed that the quick
action of Mrs. W. F. Cross, of
Miami, prevented Zingara from
shooting Mr. Roosevelt. She ,
struck the shooter's arm as he
let go with the fifth shot end
shoved his elbow into the' air.
Zingara was overpowered and
shackled to oar. Later he
was taken to jail.
Mayor Cermak's life was de
spaired of. The others shot,
all bystanders, were less se
riously wounded.
Mr. Roosevelt had Just com
pleted a yachting cruise and
was about to board a special
train for New York. After the
shooting, however, he delayed
his departure pending the out
come; of Mayor Cermak's con
dition. :
Cheerful Wheelchair Man
Known To Hundreds
Of Patients
frame snepnera, m, aied in
Angel Brothers' hospital Wednes
day morning at 3 o'clock, fie had
been confined to the hospital for
five years on -account of injuries
received while working for the
Blackwood Lumber company at
East La Porte.
LFrank : was a great favorite. among
the doctors, nurses and patients
and was often found in his wheel-
ehair,.; going . from . room toi room
visiting and cheering the other pa
tients. Despite his long confine
ment and suffering, he was always
cheerful and full of humor.
Funeral " services were held - at
the -Snow Hill Methodist church,
Thursday -morning at 11 o'clock
with the Rev. Eugene R.- Eller, pas
tor of the Franklin Baptist church,
assisted by 4he Rev. G. N. Dulin,
pastor of theJSnowJffflLMrthodist
.church., having chargeJLthtujser;
vices.
He was born and reared ' on
Cowee and was the son of the late
Henry Shepherd and Mrs. Rhoda
Shepherd. He was a member' of
the Cowee Baptist church.
Surviving are his mother, Mrs.
Rhoda Shepherd, now of Watauga;
two sisters, Mrs. Logan A. Allen,
of Franklin, and Mrs. Will Brendle,
of Watauga two brothers, Richard,
of East La Porte, and Sam, of
Watauga.
Scouts Organize
J. D. Franks Scoutmaster
Of New Troop
- The first meeting of - the- newly
organibed Troop No. 1, of the
Smoky Mountain district, Daniel
Boone council of the Boy Scouts
of America, was held in the Scout
hall Saturday afternoon. This first
meeting drew 14 scouts, with 16
being the limit for the beginning
of the scout movement in Franklin,
The scouts will meet every Friday
evening, at 7:30 o clock m the
Scout house. x
Last Thursday night, at a meet
ing of the men who attended the
scout training school held at Syl-
va and Cherokee, the following of'
ficers were elected for the Frank
lin Scout troop: J. D. Franks,
scoutmaster : Don Young, Paul Car
center. R. W. Smithwick. J. D,
Seastrunk, Harley. Cabe and Ed
ward Eaton, as assistant scoutmas
ters, .
Aid Offered in Filing
Income Tax Returns
- Representative of the Unite
States Internal Revenue depart
ment will be at Sylva on' Monday
and Tuesday, February 20 and 21,
to assist taxpayers in filing federal
income tax returns, according to
an announcement received from
Gilliam Grissom, U. S. collector of
internal revenue with offices in
Raleigh.
Macon county residents desiring
help in making out income tax re
turns also may file their returns
with representatives of the revenue
department at, Waynesville, Feb-
ruary 17, or Aiheville, February
1 23 to March 15.
lEf PLAN FOR
RELMDRAUIl
Production of Sufficient
Food for Whole State
Contemplated
ROGRAMOUTLINED
Help To Be Rendered Onfy
To Those Willing
To Work
A .. .. comprehensive state-wide
farming program designed to pro
duce a sufficient amount of food
and feedstuffs to supply the needs
of North Carolina's destitute fami
lies has been formulated through
the joint efforts of the govern
or's office of Relief and the Agri
cultural extension' division of North
Carolina State College, according
to an announcement from Raleigh.
Four definite objectives are pro
posed:
1. To aid every relief family living
on a farm, whether owner or ten
ant, to produce food, including gar
dens and farm crops, and feed crops
of sufficient variety and quantity
for home consumption and to con
serve fruits and vegetables for
winter use. '
2. To transfer from the cities and
towns to farms as many as possi
ble of those families now living
in town but who have had farm
experience '
3. To promote subsistence gard
ens in towns and cities.
4. To establish, under competent
supervision in the vicinity of towns
and cities, community farms on
which relief workers living in the
towns would produce food.
.How It Will Work
The "central administration of the
program will be in charge of the
governors Office of Relief and
the Agricultural Extension Division
of State college. The . details of
putting the plan into practice in
each county , will be the responsi
bility of - the person - who -is - now
serving as relief director, aided by
a local advisory council composed
of the present relief committee,
the board of africulture and repre
sentatives of the public. The
county farm agents,1iome 'demon
stration ragentsr' and "teachers f
agriculture and home economics, in
counties where such exist, will ac
tively assistthecountyieliefdi-rictorlincarrying,out-the
pro gram.
c Arready steps have been taken
to put the program into action.
Letters of instruction to agricul
tural extension workers and coun
ty relief directors have already
been written by Dean I. O. Schaub
of State college and Dr. Fred W,
Morrison, state director of relief.
The leaders in the movement
feel that if properly put into effect
it will virtually eiminate the need
for public expenditures' for food
and feed during the coming sum
mer and next winter. As an added
incentive to promote the movement
it lsjplanned to denyfinancial asr
sistance-0: --destitute - families tn
the future unless they agree to
produce their .own foof.
J. E. Lancaster's
Mother Critically 111 -
T. E. Lancaster received, word
late Tuesday night that, his mother,
Mrs. W. H. E. Lancaster, was
critically ill at her home at Naples,
near Hendersonville. Mrs. Lancas
ter had been in ill health for some
time, suffering from heart disease.
Mr. Lancaster went to Naples to
be at her bedside immediately
after hearing of her serious con
dition. -
$5,420 Paid for
And Eggs by
Odell Whittington, poultry buyer,
who came here from Wilkes coun- j
ty in December, has paid $5,420.04
to farmers in this section for
chickens and eggs during the past
two months, according to figures
he made public Wednesday.
- Mr.Whittington said he was well
pleased, with the business he had
done so far and Intends to make
Franklin his headquarters. His
place of business is in the McCoy
building on Palmer street. Here
he buys poultry and eggs every
day in the week except Sunday.
He also sends his truck into sur
rounding counties to gather up
poultry and eggs. His prices are
announced each week in The
Franklin Press.
From December 15 to February
15 Mr. Whittington paid $4,561.07
for 57,760 pounds of poultry. Dur -
ing the saint period he bought
Coweta Maa Held
After Deaftls . Of
. George Bryma&i
Chicken Thieves Jon't
Want Skinny Roosters
Chickm thfom hrbouU arc
growing particular; they want
nica fat hens and can't ba
bothered with scrawny too tart.
On morning about ton day
ago C. A. Lowory, who livas
about three miles from Franklin
on the Georgia road went out
to his chicken bxMua and dis
covered that 20 fine hen had
dSaaippeared during the night
Only a rooster was left. Tied
to a leg of the old cock was
the following note,- Scrawled in
pencil:
"Go ahead end get another
bunch of chickens,: and fatten
lip the old rooster."" Well get
him next time."
Mr, - Lowery r had -apflock -dof
chickens etoien last year and
now, with the theft of his new
flock, he k doubtful whether he
will raiee any more.
DEATH CLAIMS
it
Funeral for Former Ma
con County Woman
Held in Florida
The . many friends of Mrs. V.
A Redding in Franklin and Ma
con county were grieved to learn
of her death in a Florala, Ala
hospital on Thursday, Fbruary 2.
Mrs. v Redding has visited her
daughter, Mrs. F. L. Siler. frc
quently during the past 30 years
and at one -time was a resident
of Franklin, later moving to
farnfon'lCuasaTiverihaTshe
and her son purchased and Mrs.
Redding named "Lullwater." -Her
friends -in that -community - still
speak of her as "the best neigh
bor we ever haAl . ,
Mrs! Reding was in her , 84th
year." but the word ""old" did not
apply to her. Bouyant and alert
in mind and body to the last, Mrs.
Redding won the love and admi
ration of the doctors and nurses
in the hospital in the eleven days
she was there.
She died of heart disease and
was interred in Rocky, -Bayou
cemetery near Niceville, Fla., in
sight of her last' home On Choc
tawhatchee Bay.
Mrs. F. L. Siler, her daugh
ter, Mrs. Thos. (Joins', of Mont
gomery, her granddaughter, lit
tle Barbara Goins, her great
granddaughter, and her son, A.
S. JRcdding, wer e with" hef "in
Florala, Ala., where Mr. Redding
took her for treatment. .
Mrs. Keddings membership is
still in the Franklin Methodist
church r as -isher. left-Franklin less
than a year ago.
Mrs. Redding , has two sisters
residing in Western North Caro
lina, Mrs. Fred Johnston, of
Franklin, and Mrs. Frank Siler,
of Lake Junaluska.
I. O. O. F. MEETING
A special meeting of Trimont
Lodge, No. W I. O. O. F., will
be held -in the Odd Fellows hall
at 7:30 o'clock Saturday night.
Chickens
Poultry Buyer
$858.97 worth i of eggs. He ex
pressed the opinion that half of
the poultry he had bought had
been raised in this county.
Mr. Whittington sells his poul
try and' eggs in Philadelphia and
kew York, shipping by truck. He
also handles some through a pro
duce dealer -4n Wilkes county. He
expects his purchases during the
next two months to be consider
ably larger than during the past
two months.
"Farmer are showing more in
terest in : raising chickens now,"
h" commented. "They know they
can get cash for chickens and
eggs', whereas it is hard for them
to sell corn and other farm pro
duce at almost any price. Corn
is so cheap now they can't afford
( to sell it. But they can feed it
1 to their chickens and get a fair
price for them."
ItlRS
REDDING
Oscar Seagle Is Charged
With Housebreaking
And Murder
HEARING NOT SET
9 ena
Death of Aged Farmer Is
Blamed on Attaik
By Robbers
Oscar Seagle is being held in the
Macon county jail without bond
on charges of murder and house
breaking in connection with the
death Sunday of George Dryman,
84-year-old farmer of the Middle
Creek section, who was badly beat
en by four masked robbers who
br6kzintchiszhome3ther night of :
January 23. . . ..
At an inquest held shortly after
Dryman's death a coroner's jury
decided that "the said George Dry
man came to his death from pneu
monia caused by injuries received
during the night that he was rob
bed by person or persons un
known." 7
The investigation was conducted
by Corontr C M. Moore, Sheriff
A. B. Slagle, Dr. N. Neville, Dr.
W. A. Rogers, Deputy Sheriff
George Mallonee and Harley Cabe.
Denies Guilt
Seagle was arrested Tuesday
afternoon at his home on Coweta,
about two mites -west of Otto, by
Sheriff A B. Slagle and Deputies
Mallonee and John Dills. He offer
ed nonresistance and itaunchly de
nied any connection with the rob
bery. Sheriff Slagle declined to
divulge the evidence he held against
Seagle.- No-hearing- has been set
for Seagle and Sheriff STSgle said
he will oppose any attempt to have
himreleased-on -bond.
The arrest followed a quiet in
vestigation that the sheriff and his
deputies have been conducting for
three weeks into the Dryman rob
bery and several other recent rob
beries in various sections of " the
county.- Seagle -is -about thirty -years-old-andhas-a-family;
-
Fanner Badly Beaten
The four bandits entered Dry-
man's home about midnight, Jan
uary 23, in an apparent . effort to
rob him of (2,000 cash which he
had hidden in the house. They
broke in the door and attacked
the farmer. They struck him on
the . head with a board, leaving a
bad gash, and after head fallen
to the floor kicked him in the
ribs, one of which was broken.
Three daughters of the aged farm
er were choked almost to death
when they went to the aid of
their..f ather.Neighbors were, pre-.
vented f rorn rcomingTtotherescue
because the robbers had-removed a
footlog from acroir a creek sep
arating the Dryman home from
others nearby.
The robbers'" weresuccessful " in
obtaining , only $125, which they
found in a pockePof Mr. Dryman's
pants, which were later found about
a mile from the home.
Funeral services were conducted
for Mf. Dryman at the Asbury
Memorial Methodist church Mdn
day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock with
the Rev. J. L. Teague, pastor, of-..
ficiating, assisted by the Rev. Mr.
Tabor. '1 u 11
Mr, Dryman is survived by his
three daughters, Mary, Lillie and
Buean Dryman, all of Otto; five
step-brothers and one step-sister.-
Franklin Council Bill
Enacted into Law
The Ingram bill to reduce the
number of member of the
Franklin town council from six
to three was passed by the up
per house of the legialature last
weak and ratified, according to
Information from RlTalgh. The
measure previously had pasted
the lower house,
The bill it to take effect with
the town election thia aprktg.
A petition opposing the In
gram bill was circulated last
weak by Ret Penland, a mem
ber of the council, and was sent
to Raleigh Thursday but it ia
believed to have reached there
after the maajmre already had
become a law. No effort are
expected to be made to hava the
sew law reconsidered t this
aesiion.