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ie World is Use the Want Ads Classified advertisements in The Franklin Press bring results.. If you have something to sell or trade, try a classified ad. The cost is small only one cent a word with a mini mum charge of 25 cents for each insertion. iiims. A Brief Survey of Cur rent Events in State, Nation and Abroad the Facts Boiled Down to a Few Pithy Lines. Sip tjiglflanita HJanmtan PROGRESSIVE - LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL. XLVIII, NO. 10 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MARCH 9, 1933 tlSt PER YEA I' Jti J lMl VAST THRONG AT INAUGURAL Over 100,000 people crowded the plaza east of the national capitol on Saturday at 1 :06 p. m. to, see Franklin Delano Roosevelt inaug urated as president of the United States. Vice-president Garner took the oath of office an hour earlier, and administered the oath of of fice to 16 new senators. 4-DAY BANKING HOLIDAY On advice oil national .leaders, President Roosevelt early Monday morning issued a proclamation de claring a four-day banking holiday throughout the country, and plac ing an embargo on any gold and currency exports. The President also issued a call for congress to meet m Thursday in special ses sion for emergency financial legis lation. SLAIN AT FILLING STATION Three bandits tried to hold up I. H. Terry's filling station near Durham last week. Terry grabbed for .the pistols of two who went inside and opened fire. The third fired from his seat in a car and Thaddeus Tilley, a customer at the stati6riwas hirtnthebackf ihe head and " killed. " 'Terry was "un injured. DOUGHTON STEPS TO FRONT The elevation of Henry T. Rain ey, of Illinois,' to the speakership of the lower house of congress, last week opened the way for Rep resentative Robert L. Doughton, of North Carolina, to take the chair manship of the imoorlantways jmd means committee which originates tax legislation. QUAKE TAKES GRIM TOLL The northeastern section of the main Japanese Island last week was devastated by a terrific earth quake and its following disasters of tidal wave andf ire, Over. L500 were killed, many thousands in jured and over 8,000 homes de stroyed. Relief efforts were' handi capped by a heavy snowstorm. CUMMINGS SUCCEEDS WALSH Itaer S, Jammings, of Con necticut!, aestineq jatejr-to serve as governor general of the Philippine Islands, was on Friday given by PresidenfR6osevert . a temporary appointment as attorney general to take the place of Senator Thomas I. Walsh, who died on a train near iir;l 1 i i POU DEAN OF HOUSE With Saturday s retirement ot Representative Haugen, of Iowa, Edward W. Pou ,of North Carof lina became the dean of the house. Pou has represented the fourth dis trict for 32 years. WIDE POWERS GIVEN PRESIDENT . The dying lame duck congress on Friday finally voted to Presi dent Roosevelt wide powers to cut government expenses 'on his own nrrvval tn its mOnpv hiiK ,stimnted to save $700,000,000. under the out lay of the present fiscal year. cMrnrtMrv damit mrxcuoc A new bill drastically extending emergency powers granted the commissioner of banks and the governor of the state to enforce banking holidays in the state was passed by the general assembly on Monday. The bill approved the banking holiday for the first three days of the week and authorized its extension or renewal. It also authorized the issuance of clearing house certificates as a mcdiumjpf exchange. , CONGRESS PLEDGES SUPPORT Caucuses of heavy Democratic majorities in both houses of con gress have pledged to President Roosevelt full support of his' emer gency act in closing the nation's banks and have cleared the wav for a Speedy endorsement of his action and extension of his pow ers at the special meeting of con gress on Thursday. - GOVERNORS SEE PRESIDENT Full and loyal . support, of . Presi dent Roosevelt's emergency recon struction' program was pledged by the governors of all the states in conference with the new chief ex ecutive at the White House Mon day, MAYOR CERMAK DIES Mayor Anton Cermak, of Chica go, died in a Miami hospital at .6:15 a. m. Monday morning, the victim of a bullet shot by Gtiiseppe Zangara and intended for Presi dent Roosevelt. Zangara, already given 80 years in prison, will now face trial on a capital charge. WARNING SENT TO SHIPPERS Business Men Told To Use Railroad Lest It Be Abandoned LETTER CIRCULATED No Steps Taken To Em ploy Counsel To Rep resent Public A warning that there is little hope for staving off abandonment of the Tallulah Falls railway, un less shippers and freight consignees stand by their agreements to pat ronize, the line in preference to motor carriers, was served on Franklin business men Saturday by a local committee composed of D. D. Rice, M. L. Dowdle and M. D. Billings. ; No announcement has been made yet as to when the Interstate Com merce-commission-will-call a-hear ing on the petition of J. F. Gray, receiver, for authority to discon tinue operation of the "T. F." So far as learned here, no action has been taken to employ special counsel to represent the commun ities served by the railroad. It is customary in such matters for briefs to be submitted for the perusal of fhedmmissionTand for I oral arguments to be made at a public hearings Circular Letter Following is a copy of the letter received by Franklin shippers: "To the Shippers and Receivers of Freight : . . "The case of the Tallulah Falls Railway is soon to be placed be fore the Interstate Commerce Com mission. It is therefore very im portant to know the attitude of the Commission in such cases, for their action in this case will likely follow their action in similar cases in the past. In a recent decision of the Commission, their policy was set forth as follows: 'Communities-unable-to -support a railroad cannot justly demand its continued operation at a loss in orderJamaintain the,valuesof private property within the com munities, nor can shippers which use motor trucks to ship " their freight-in- lieu of rail carriers conv plain Tf"thecarriersabaridon" branch lines due to revenue losses. "If Macon county is to have any standing before the Commission when this case is heard, you and the other shippers and receivers of freight must be able to prove to the Commission's satisfaction that you are using the railroad and will continue to use it in preference to the trucks. We haven't a chance in the world if we do not go into court with. clean hands. "Mr. Gray, the Receiver, has as sured the undersigned committee that the JTallulah Falls will con- iinue-io2Ioperate4Us.ta-long as it gets sufficient revenue to meet its navroll .1 and operating expenses. This depends on the amount of freipht that you divert from the irucks4o-heailroadrThe Tal lulah Falls has offered cooperation with the shippers and will rear range rates where thev arc out of line with truck rates, but it will be to vour benefit to spend an extra dollar or two now to assure this county a railroad, rather than prac tice false economy in saving by using trucks. Baseball Meeting Set For Friday Night On Friday night, March 10, at 8 o'clock a business meeting of the county baseball league will be held at the courthouse. Bells Plan To Center to Black Mountain The Life Abundant Center main-1 to coordinate ' health and religion tained last summer at Rogers. Halll by the Rev. Robert B. H. Bell and Mrs. Bell, founders of the Life Abundant movement, will be moved this year to Blacks Mountain, 16 miles east of Asheville, according to announcements being sent out by Dr. Bell, who has been spend - ing the winter in Florida. . In a letter to the editor of The Press Dr. Bell said he had decided to go to Black Mountain because the center would have better fa, cilities there and had been1 offered more local support. Black Mountain Inn will be the new headquarters for the center. Courses of instruction in the Life Abundant movement, which seeks Bill Seeks To Extend Time For Liquidation of Bank Considerable opposition is de veloping among depositors in the Bank of Franklin ot a bill intro duced in the general assembly by Senator R. A. Patton to extend for two years the time for liquida tion of the old assets of the bank. Under agreements signed by mast of tne bank's depositors two years ago, the bank has until October of this year to pay off deposits frozen when the bank closed in the fall of 1930. Most 'of the de- I positors have accepted paper held by the bank in exchange for their deposit slips and now hte bank has reduced its liabilities to a point below $40,000. A 10 per cent levy has been made against stockholders and no tice was served by the bank re cently that a levy of 90 per "cent would have to be made and collect ed before October, Some of the depositors see in the measure introduced by Sen ator -Patton an attempt to make If-given-sufficientr-time, those familiar with the bank's af fairs believe, its assets can be Will CONTINUE Pruning Demonstration To Be Given by State College Expert The series of community confer ences being conducted by F. S. Sloan, county farm agent, and Miss Rachel Davis, county superinten dent of welfare, will be continued next week with seven more meet ings scheduled. Miss Davis' part in these meetings is to explain the newcmergency relief policyr-un der! which -Lonly those - may get aid who are willing to work for it. Mr. Sloan discusses crop and mar ket nrospects,Tu tliningeconomical methods xrf -product vott and "urging all to "farm to live at home." The .meetings -schduled-ior -next week are as follows: Monday, March 13, 9:30 .... a. m., Scaly school; 1 p. m., Highlands school;-4 :30mafthe Bob Davisome7Franklin. Tuesday, . March 14. 10 a. m:. Union school; 2 p. nv Patton school. Friday, March 17, 10 a. m.. Pat ton school; 2 p. m., Allison-Watts school., H. R. Niswonger. horticulturist of the N. C. State college exten sion service, will take part in the three meetings scheduled for Mon day, it was announced by Mr. Sloan. He will give a demonstra tion in grape vine pruning in Mr. Davis' arbor. House Burned Emory Home Destroyed By Early Morning Blaze. A three-room frame house, own ed by Sheriff A. B. Slagle, and occupied by Mrs. John Emory and two sons, situated just to the rear of the Nantahala Creamery, burned to the ground about 5 o'clock Thursday morning. The origin of the fire is un known, as the family was asleep. The glow from the fire aroused Mrs.Emory. Only a few articles were saved, as the building was quickly destroyed. A car was in the garage and was removed just as the building col lapsed. . Transfer by . teaching and demonstrating methods of right living, will be offered and a home . .for con valescents and a camp for boys wil be operated. Dr. and Mrs. Bell first came to Franklin in the fall of 1931 to ' conduct a mission at St. Agnes Episcopal church. They were so pleased with the climate and beau ty of this section that they decided to establish a Life Abundant school and rest home here and leased Rogers Hall for the purpose. The center attracted many visitors from various sections of the country While here the Bells made many friends who will regret to learn of their decision to move the center, FARM MEETINGS liquidated to such a point as to meet all liabilities without resort to a full assessment on the stock holders. A letter recently circulated among both debtors and creditors of the bank called upon the business men of the county to do all in their power to save the bank and pre vent the necessity of an assess ment. Urging al debtors to settle up their obligations at the bank, it pointed out that large blocks of the stock were held by widows and that another levy on the stock might leave some of them without means of support. . Henry Cabe, cashier of the bank, said he had heard nothing of the Patton bill until it was called to his attention. He said he did not believe it had been introduced at the request of any of the bank's directors. The measure was passed by the senate Monday night, when Sen ator Patton obtained suspension of thezTules zto ;avoid:thenecessity-)f themeasure-being referred-ttra committee, and was sent to the house for action. APRIL COURT JURORSDRAWN Judge Clement To Preside Over 2-Weeks Term; Opens April 17 A two-weeks term of superior court for Macon county will open Monday, 'April 17. with Judge J. H. Clement, of Winston-Salem, presiding, At the regular monthly meeting of the county commissioners held in the register of deeds office Monday, the following men were drawn" forjury service : ': ' First week: W. C. Mashburn, CullasajahJcM: Rolan Franklin, route 3jLucius E. Cabe4 Franklin route 2; Charles T. Ray, Franklin, route 3; Charles A: Cabe, Frank lin, route 2; H. H. Mashburn," Cul lasaja; R. L. Liner, Franklin, route 3r J 'A. Clarke, Etna; Lem Heat on, Cullasaja Weaver GibsorvJotT laf-Wr Rr-Cochranr- Flats; Jr-H; Shook, Franklin, route 2; Robert Fulton, Cullasaja ; C. Cleveland Stamey, Franklin; George Cun ningham, Franklin; Bud Ledford, Franklin, route' 1; Wade Welch, West's Mill; J. A. Keener, Gneiss; J. L. Sanders, Prentiss; Jud West, West Franklin ; J. M. Morgan, West Mills;. J. C. Dalrymple, Franklin, route 1; J. L. Vinson, Dillard, Ga., route 1; H. B. Nealy, Highlands; Floyd Martin, Etna; E. B. Buchanan, Franklin, route 2; John Cunningham, Cullasaja; M. A. Houston, Gneiss; John E. Mc- PhrooiCBankKnT:rrrmter2rJ--WJ Neil,- Kyle ; G. E. Moore, Frank lin. route 3; Harley Smith Burn lngtown, route 3; Lee Kilpatnclf,- fAuuut, . . uijwu, v-uii.uaj, H. JL Barnard, Xrankllnqu t ei J. t. Fotts, Highlands. Second week: J. B Henry, EVinl-1!n n XT T Auric T7rantf lin Geome E. Brown, Franklin; H. , . ... iita rri' Otto; Levi Crane, Highlands; T. ...v....M ---r . j S. Speed, Highlands ; W. A. Hous ton, Highlands; J. M. Holbrooks, Franklin, route 2; B. C. Toy, High lands; Walter Blaine, Franklin, route 2 ; W.. P. Martin, Franklin, route 3; J. F. Fugit, Franklin, route 2 ; Homer Green, Franklin, route 1 ; E. B. Picklesimer, High lands; W. R. McConnell, Scaly; and H. M. Cabe, Franklin, route 4. Mrs. George B. Patton Painfully Burned Mrs. Gorge B. Patton is recover ing from very painful burns about the face received about noon Sat urday. She was heating some wax to put on the floor and when she placed a mop- tn the wax con tainer, vapors, confined to the can, exploded," setting " fireto several articles. Mrs. Patton managed to smother the flames but meantime she had suffered several painful burns on her face. Large Crowd Attends Democratic Meeting Approximately 125 people attend ed the Young People's Democratic meeting at Holly Springs Saturday night. A very interesting program was given, also a. short talk by John W. Edwards, president of the Macon county club on "What the Club Should Do This Year." . PAY OF COUNTY BOARD LIMITED Commissioners Alio wed Only $12 a Month Under New Law OTHER LEGISLATION Assumption of Authority By Legislators Irks Board Members Pay of the commissioners of Macon county would be limited to $12 a month each, plus traveling expenses to and from the place of meeting of five cents per mile, un der terms of a bill by Representa tive Charles L. Ingram passed by both houses of the legislature and ratified last Thursday. For the past two years the com missioners have been paid $4 per day and five cents per mile travel ing I expenses Tioreach day- they met in formal session. This per diem rate was not changed in the Ingram bill, but a clause was add ed limiting the number of days of meeting with pay to three. Bryson Named Accountant The legislature also enacted last week a law sponsored by Mr,r In gram authorizing the register of deeds of Macon county to act as county " accountant. C. Tom Bry son, the register, acted as assistant county accountant at a salary of $50 a month until the new board of commissioners took office in December and gave the job to E. W. Long, one of its members. , The bill was passed by the house several weeks ago and then sent to the senate.' Mr. Brysoti told The Press Tuesday that he had written Senator Patton asking him to have the measure killed: but evidently it jwas . passed and-ratified before Patton received the letter. Board DUgruntled Although jione of the county commissioners has made' any-open expression-of opinion -on -the-mat- ter, it as known hat -they are somewhatjisgruntle(l..Qv,crtheway the county's legislative delegation has taken various matters out of their Tiands. They see in" the county-accountanr-"bill,thtrtawlo limit1i-eir-pay""to""$T2 a month" and the revaluatieon measure, now under consideraiton, an attempt of the legislators to encroach on their powers. The revaluation bill, be sides authorizing a reassessment of property, also names the assessors, which hitherto have been appointed by the county commissioners, s School Board Mr. Ingram has announced that he will recommend the reappoint ment of Dr. S. H. Lyle, Alec Moore and W. L. Ramsey as members of the Macon countv board of education for the next two years.rhea made in the omnibus boards of education bill . Senator Pa'tton has obtained pas' sage in tne senate ot a bill to permi t two ..or-more-cou n t ie s - to I ...w U.I Bf,l I.VI1H.111 lJl construction and maintpn.inrp nf n ,1:: :m ti . luisuiti inn. ine moasnrp a sn provides that "such counties may I W al-ly , uuui da a uisinci iaii ann nrovu e Um ; 1. .,' . t - L..v iMuvciuciii, ciiuirnemcni. maintenance, cost and use thereof." Local TalentTo Disport In Comic Character Roles The Ladies' Auxiliary of the, Presbyterian church is sponsoring TheComtt-i;haracters'- Conven tion," to be given at the Macon Theatre,' Tuesday evening, March 14, at 8 o'clock. Major' Hooplc will preside over the convention, which will be attended by many of the characters of the comic sec tions. A laugh in every line is promised Gloom will be dispersed. Everyone is " invite'd as a ' delegate toJhecotivcntion. The - initiation fee will be IS cents for children and 25 cents for adults. The pro ceeds will be devoted to the work of the auxiliary. Local talent will provide the cast of characters, which follows: Major Hoople Roy C. Dady. .Lord Plushbottom Dick Jones. Emmie Schmaltz Mrs. Eugene Eller. Moon Mullins W. A. McNeill. Jiggs Don Young. Maggies-Mrs. Howard Valentine. Walt Howard Valentine. Phyllis Amanda Slagle. Avery Howard Barnard. F6 1 of Franklin its To TOWN ELECTION SET FOR HAY 2 R. S. Jones Only Candidate Announced Thus Far For Mayor Arrangemenst for the towni'lec- tion to be held Tuesday, May 2, were made by the town council at its regular monthly meeting Mon-, day night. Thus far only one candidate, R. S. Jones,' has an nounced that he will run for mayor. George Patton, who-hasheld- the officefor- several -terms, told " The Press recently that he , would ' not seek reelection. Considerable interest is develop ing in the election, because, under terms of a law enacted by the current general assembly, the num ber of councilmen to be chosen has been rduced from six to three. The council Monday night -ap pointed George Stiles register for the election and A. Lee Leach and George Mashburn, judges. The present members qf the board are J. S. Conley, Mark L. Dowdle, Ras Penland, Dr. J. H. Fouts, J. B. Pndergrass and John Moore. None of them has an nounced whether they will seek re election. - : Library Meeting To Be Held Saturday - A meeting of persons interested in 4he-4rranklin public library, which" is toreopen sodn,r.has' been called -for 3 o'clock Saturday after noon "'in ""the "library room In the Masonic - hall. the'Rev.Norvin C. Duncan has been nominated presldent.ifuherrganu;apiu-'--Final plans for reopening of ' the library, which has 'hpcri' put In orderly shape by Mrs. JL; A. Ord way, are expected to be. made at this meeting. All members of the old library association and any in dividuals interested in joining the new group are urged to attend the meeting. John W. Edwards Named Magistrate by Bill John W. Edwards, who as. presi dent of the Macon county Young People's Democratic club had an actyea.4)art.inelectirtg.aahe--full Democratic " ticket in this , county last fall, would be made a justice otjthe. peace. for-Franklin ' township by a bill introduced in the legis lature by Senator R. ;A. Patton. The appointment would be" for six years. There are two other mag istrates in Franklin township Sam J. Murray and GeoTge Carpenter. Mr. h-dwards. who has been reading law, said the appointment IIVIIIU BUVl U 1 urrtn m itfA u ""-."V ""w'UN'ij to gain valuable practical . ex- perience. Mutt John Byrne. , Jeff George M. Slagle, Jr. Barney Google Gilmer A. Craw ford. Sunshine Frank Higdon, Jr. Orphan Annie Dorothy Sjler. Andy (jump -Fred Sloan. . -. Min Gump-j-Mrs. Neville Sloan. Chester Gump Boone Leach. Bim Gump John Herbert Stone. Amos 'N Andy Earje Meacham and Dan Watkins. -. Dumb Dora Rachel Slagle. Boots Mrs. John Herbert Stone. Boots' Buddies Dick Slagle, Bob Smithwick, Hugh Leach, Ted Eat on, Rosalie Morrow. Gloom Cornelia McKimmon. Aunt Hot Mrs. Claude Russell. Katzcnjammer Kids Frank Leach, Jr., Julius Siler. Rinky Dinks Bailey Rice, Charl es Porter,. Vick Perry, Gus Leach, Fred Houk. . ' ' Rachel, Walt and Phyliss' cook Rachel Davis. Tilda-Mrs. J. C. Wright. "Mac" Jim Perry. " ; Awa Authority Reopen Doors Ready To Pay off When Banking . Moratorium ,,Is Ufted V HAS PLENTY OF CASH No Hysteria Felt Hert But Holiday Retards Business Although the state bankipg holi day expired Wednesday, the Bank of Frahklih remained closed Thurs- day under the nationwide bank moratorium ordered President Roosevelt. . Sunday by Some of the restrictions imposed in the president's origina) orde l' 1 IT. 1 , .1 J ' , im vr i.t-t-n. in irii mil I lie- I rii I ill. features of the moratoriurrrar still in effect. Banks now 'are per mitted to accept new deposits and permit withdrawals on thb same, to make change and to allow en try to safe deposit vaults; but withdrawal of funds on deposit, be fore the bank holiday was declared is still prohibited. Retdy To Pay off The Bank of Franklin . stand ready to meet demands on all new deposits, (those accepted since the bank reopened in May, 1931) when ever the federal authorjtjes lift the. banking ban, 'Henry Cabe, cashier, told The Press Thursday morning. Pending words- from Washington he could not say. when the bank would reopen for regular business. , " Anyone desiring to enter their safe deposit boxes may dp so, Mr. Cabe said. He. also standi ' ready to make- changer should a shortage rA small mrtenrv and coin - de velop; but thus ; far - merchants hay e jnolioundJi upon the bank-for this r purposer Cuh on Hatwi M. D. Billings, -vice T)re.siflent or ring with Mr. Cabe that between 75 and SO npr cent nf all new de posits in the bank is represented by cash and currency m tn" bank's vault. The rest, he said, i on deposit in the Wachovja ;Bank and Trust company in Asheville and the Central Hanover Ban and Trust company of NewJ'iYork. He expressed the opinion that th latter two banks are as sound a any in he country. S' "If any of the depositor fif th Bank of Franklin want theirmon- ey., M.r. Hillings said, they can get it just as soon as the 'feder?.' authorities permit us to iltopen. Really, if was unnecessary for this bank to, close." While banks throughour' the ; country were Ttperiencing runs ana heavy withdrawals last week,rth Rank of Franklin did business as usual. There was no hysteria lo- rallv The nrinrinal effect of the imiraiuriuiu? iici c, was niai . uiaujr who had received pay checks before the moratorium was ordered were unabe to get them cashed, and at least one contractor was unable to pay off because he could not get payment of a New York draft. Merchants . and business men did business as usual, though of course, . trading naturally was slowed down. Mr. Cabe said that hethought jt would be unnecessary to reopen the Bank of Franklin for accept ing new deposits, preferring to wait unt.il the banking holiday is ended. He explained that he woul1 have to set up books to receive new deposits ana ne aia not inin.- there was sufficient demand to war rant this extra trouble and expense. OffirAirft Named Mrs. George Dean Elected eastern star matron At a regular meeting, of the Ne Quassa Chapter No. 43, Order of the Eastern Star", held in the Ma sonic hall Thursday evening, the following officers were elected fotj the following year: wormy matron, Airs. ueorgL Dean; worthy patron, John E. Rickman; assistant matron, Mrs. E. K. Cunningham; assistant pat ron, Judge John Awtrey ; con ductress, Mrs. Theo. S. Munday ; assistant conductress, Miss Eliza beth Slagle ; secretary, Miss Char lotte Conley; and treasurer, Mrs. Sallie Penland. ,