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The success of popular .vi-nuncn:
rests largely on the interest its cit
izens manifest i:i it. The town elec
tion Tuesday hi. Is f.-'iV to be on.- (,,'
the most important in the community';,
history. Kvery qualified voter should
to the polls. I )on't be a vote slacker ! .
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A Brief Survey of Cur
rent Events in State,
Nation and Abroad
the Facts Boiled
Down to a Few Pithy
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PROGRESSIVE r- LIBERAL - INDEPENDENT
VOL. XLVIII, NO. 17
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 27, 1933
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FREE SILVER CLAUSE
ADOPTED
Free coinage of silver as written
into the administration's monetary.
inflation bill by the Senate late
Wednesday after a turbulent ses
sion which ended in agreement to
limit debate and hasten final vote,
on the measure. The free silver'
clause was adopted by a vote of
41 to 26. Tlie bill would authorize
the president to reduce the gold
content of the dollar by as much
as SO per cent
9 FELONS ESCAPE PRISON
Nine long-term -prisoners, five
whites and four negroes, made a
clean getaway from state's prison
at Raleigh on Sunday by sliding
through a 50-foot conveying tun
nel under the wall. The outside
lock on a steel door had been saw
ed through' by a confederate.
Charlie Helton, Bowling Byrd and
Bud Travis are thought by prison
authorities to have been leaders in
the escape.
3 KILLED AT CROSSING
A westbound Southern train at
Morganton completely demolished
Tom William's car on , a grade
- grossing - at noon Saturday and
killed Williams, Claude - Nice and
Roy Ramsey.
SHOT THROUGH HEART,
LIVES
Ashley Warrick, .35, has astonish
ed ' Goldsboro hospital authorities
by living despite a pistol shot
throughthe heart" inflicted 4ast
week by Herman Potter, 20, who
- is in Wayne county jail. Warrick's
wife is held as a material witness.
Several stitches were required to
close the wound in Warrick's heart.
SLAYS NEIGHBORS AND SELF
Apparently deranged over an old
dispute about a farm boundary, C.
Z. Putnam, 66, of near Lincolntori,
grabbed his shotgun Friday morn
ing, went to a neighbor's house and
there slew Mr. and Mrs. Ben Del
linger, returned home to get . his
pistol and with it blew out his own
brains in a woodland near" his
home. 7 7
,5 DIE1N SCHOOLBUS CRASH
An mpty school bus on Friday
morning lurched - against - one - oon-
- taining 48 - children en routeito
Woodleaf high school in Rowan
countv. riooed a six-foot hole in
the loaded bus, caused the death, oi;
" ftve" pupils," the" serious injuryot
two and minor hurts to a number.
The two drivers were exonerated
by the Rowan coroner.
LONG AMBASSADOR TO ITALY
President Roosevelt has named
Breckinridge Long, of Missouri, as
United States ambassador to Italy.
He was assistant secretary of state
n the Wilson administration. Sum
ner Welles, of Maryland, was nam
ed as ambassador to Cuba. He
had only recently been made assist
ant secretary of state.
$900,000,000 IN COLD HOARDS
:Ic:isZistimated.iita
in gold and gold certificates is still
being hoarded in the United States,
although some $50,000,000 per week
is being returned. By presidential
"order all gold and certificates must
be deposited with the government
by May 1.
START COVE CREEK CURVEY
Under presidential orders army
engineers have started a survey
of the thousands of acres required
for the Cove creek dam on the
Clinch river, which is a big unit
"in the proposed Tennessee river
valley development centering about
Muscle Shoals. "
AIRSHIP MACON IS TREATED
The Macon, world's largest diri
gible and sister to the ill-fated
Akron, went on a 13-hour test
flight from Akron, Ohio, on Fri
day and met preliminary require
ment of naval authorities in con
vincing fashion. , .
HERRIOT ARRIVES IN U. S.
Edouard Herriot, French emissary
to discuss world economic adjust-
. ments with President Roosevelt, ar
rived at New York on Sunday and
-Monday-afternoon was - in -Washington
for an introductory call on
the president. The president's con
versations with Ramsay MacDon
ald, English prime minister, have
closed with agreements reached on
economic subjects but disclosure of
them reserved until the London
economic conference in June.
CANADA HAS GOLD EMBARGO
By an order in government coun
cil, Canada has halted 'redemption
n Dominion notes in gold," and
has thereby followed the United
States off the gold standard.
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PLANS SHAPING
iEORlOGHT
New Deal To Be Requested
At Railroad Hearing
In Atlanta
FREIGHT INCREASES
Reduction of $21,000 in
Operation Costs
Is Possible
Plans for the fight against
abandonment of the Tallulah' Falls
railroad are rapidly taking shape
under the direction of F. M.
Reeves, cashier of the First Na
tional Bank of Cornelia, Ga.
A., hearing oa the abandonment
petition iikd-J)yriGray(r.
ceiver, with the Interstate Com
merce commission, is scheduled to
be held in Atlanta, Ga, on May
10. At that time it is planned to
have large delegations present
from all the towns served by the
"T. F." to protest the efforts be
ing made by the receiver, backed
by the Southern railroad, to junk
H. .
Leaders in the movement against
discontinuing operation of the
railroad feel considerably encour
aged in their fight as a result of
large increases recently reported in
the line's traffic. Official figures
show that cars handled by the "T.
F." during March of this year
showed an increase of 32.67 per,
cent over the same month last j
year and that the increase for the
first two weeks in April amounted
to 60.22 per cent.
' Economic Reported
. Meanwhile, it 1 has been - reported
that Mr. Brewer, general manager
of the -''T,-FJbas effectedyery
appreciable " economies;" He has
estimated that"- thernalntenance
costs can be reduced $21,000 this
yearsompareJrthTlasf"yeaf
without hampering efficiency and
safety of -the-line;
At.aconfcrencehere5aturday
nightr-attended bvtwcf - the4arg
est local shippers and the editors
of the four newspapers in the
counties served by the "T. F.'Y it
was agreed that it would not be,
necessary to employ a special traf
fic expert to represent the public
at the Atlanta hearing. Instead,
the public's case will be presented
in plain facts and figures and
simple arguments by representa
tives from Cornelia, Clarkesville,
Clayton and Franklin.
To Ak Nevr Trial
The Georgia commission will be
requested to recommend that the
railroad bfr-giverr-anw-trial-undcr
another : receiver. it has been
suggested that by the appointment
of Mr. Brewer or some other of
ficial of the line as receiver and
by - the elimination ofr another- job
said to be unnecessary, an annual
saving of $6,000 could be effected.
This would go far toward placing
the "T. F." on a self-supporting
basis. Already the line has almost
reached that point.
Several Franklin business men
went ' to Cornelia Thursday to- at
tend a conference on the railroad
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Heavy Vote Is Forecast
In Town Election Tuesday
A heavy vote is forecast in the
'own election to be held next
Tuesday on a basis of new regis
trations made for the election.
Since the registration books were
opened a month ago, with G. T.
Stiles as registrar, 170 persons have
qualified and registered, the largest
number that has registered in any
single yea,r-when a--new registra
tion was hot ordered. " : ""
The registration books already
contained the names of mor"e than
400 voters, but about 60 of these
were removed on account of death
or removal from town. The books
were closed last Saturday.
Two candidates are on the ticket
for mayor, while six are seeking
.election to the board of aldermen.
The mayoralty candidates are Rich
ard S. Tones and T. Frank Ray.
Candidates for the board are J.
Steve Porter, Dr. J. H. Fouts,)
Grover Jamison, J, B. Pendergrass,
rgrass,
Give the "T. F." a Fair Trial
THE FATE of die Tallulah Falls railroad hang, in the balance.
Wheether it will be continued in operation to serve a ration
almost at large aa tome of our states, or whether it will be aban
doned to satisfy jhe withe of the Southed railroad, which exer
cise control over it, largely depend on the action of the Georgia
Public Service commission, which will hold' a hearing in the case
at Atlanta on May 10. '
The Georgia commission hat been directed to conduct the hear
ing in behalf of the Interstate Commerce commission. Although
final authority rests with the interstate body and the federal court,
which has supervision over the receivership of the Tallulah Falls
line, the decision' of the Georgia commission in all probability will
bear the weght of finality. The I. C. C. seldom goes against the
recommendations of state agencies having authority in such matters
and, naturally, the opinion of the I. C. C. will carry great influence
with the court.
The receiver of the "T. F." contends in his petition for aban
donment that present and prospective business do not " warrant
continued operation. He claims that thel road not only has failed
in the past to be seLf-tupporting but that h has little promise of
being operated without heavy losses in the future.
On the other hand, traffic figure have been compiled showing
that business of the road is steadGly improving. With a few
economies which can be effected without crippling service,: pro
ponents of continued operation cliim, the line can be made to show
-a ' profit. In 2yiew of thu, they are planning to request the com
mission to permit the "T. F." to function for" another year or two
and to recommend the appointment
Certainly a railroad serving
natural resources, should not be thrown into the discard without
a fair trial. The receiver may contend that it has had a fair trial,
but the public served by- the line will never be convinced of that
until it has had an opportunity to prove what can be accomplished
under a new receiver. -,,
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ANY SINGERS
C0M1NGSUNDAY
Singing Convention To Be
Held All Day at
Courthouse
Singers from six western North
Carolina counties and1 also from
South Carolina and Georgia are
expected to take part in the Macon
county quarterly singing convention
-to-be heldinthe-courthouse here
Sunday. The convention is sched
uled to . be - open - at - 9 - o'clock . in
the morning, with ,-an-an vocation
by the Rev. A. S. Solesbee, and
continue-all -day. -
During the morning session Ma-
- 0 forth:
Classes from the following com
munities already have signified
their intention of being present:!
Watauga, Ridgecrcst, Valley View,
Clark's Chapel, Stiles, ,Mt. Sianai,
Holly Springs, Gold Mine, Burning
town, Liberty, Cowee, Oak Grove.
Afternoon Program
The afternoon session will open
with two songs by the entire con
vention. Then will follow songs
by the visiting classes and quar
tets, as follows:
Valley River, of Cherokee coun
ty ; Smith quartet, of Haywood
tountyf: Shelton -brothers-quartet,
of Clyde; Lufty Ramblers, of Hay
wood; the Indian class from Swain
county; the Bryson City quartet;
East Sylva quartet, Jackson coun
ty; Ray Parker and West broth
ers quartet, of Canton ; two quar
tets from South Carolina; Keisler
quartet, of Cornelia, Ga.
.Song Writer Coming
T. R. Crawford, song book writ
er of Lavonia, Ga., also is expected
to be present and take part.
Three songs from the Christian
harmony song book also will be
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T. W. Angel, Jr., and R. D. Sisk.
The names of M. L.- Dowdle and
H. W. Cabe were filed as candi
dates for aldermen, but both with
drew before the ballots were print
ed.
Under terms of a bill put throuph
the legislature by Representative
Charles -L. Ingram, the election
will be for only three aldermen,
instead-of six as - httherto:
All of the" candidates have sign
ed an agreement to disregard ab
sentee balkfts and no provisions
have been made for voting of ab
sentees, although it has been re
ported that several persons unable
to attend the polls but qualified to
vote have jexpressed a desire to
cast absentees
Campaigning for the election has. Grant, one of the oldest residents
been on the "Q. T" with little or of the county. Mrs. Grant will eel
no onen discussion ai issues. None, ebrate her 93rd birthday annivers-
of the candidates has openly ex-
pressed his views on problems that
will come before the board,
of new receiver,
such a large territory, rich in
WOMAN KILLED
IN AUTO CRASH
Companion Painfully Hurt,
Arrested on Whisky
Charges
Mrs. Edna Tallent, 24, of this
county, was fatally injured and
William Reagan, young man of
Smokcmont, was painu lly hurt
when an automobile in which they
were riding struck the end A a
rail orThe-rullasajaFivirT
bridge five miles east of Praiik
liiT" about 5 :30 6'cl6ckSaturday
afternoon. '". "
Mrs. Tallent, also known as Ed-
,-H.,u.-,e tl,r,n ,krnl', .i,,
windshield and her jugular vein!
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-uifiB CAVAroH .j An.'immi 'inru EiitTl-.
-An-ambulanc-sum
TV J o- I viu;
moned to the scene brought Mrs.
Tallent and her companion to An
gel Brothers' hospital, but the wo
man died before arriving.
Reagan was arrested Sunday on
his discharge from the hospital on
charges of drunkenness and trans
porting whisky but was released
On bond. He suffered a bad gash
on his forehead and was badly
bruised and shaken up.
Mrs. Tallent is survived by her
husband, Henry Tallent; mother,
Mrs. E. A. Mashburn; step-father,
E. A. Mashburn; step-brother, R.
L-Mashburn ;- sister, - Graces
Kannady Appeals
Given 4-Months on Roads
For Embezzlement
T. S. A. Kannady, well known
Franklin man convicted by a jury
in Macon county superior court
last week of .embezzlement of
funds from the Singer Sewing
Machine company while acting as
an agent for the company, was
sentenced to four months on the
roads by Judge J. H. Clement in
Macon county superior court
Thursday morning.
A motion of dismissal of the case
by attorneys for Kannady on the
ground that there was an error in
the bill of indictment, was over
ruled by the judge. 1
Kannady filed notice of appeal to
the supreme court and was released
under bond of $400 pending out
come of the appeal.
Mrs. Nancy Cardon
Celebrates Birthday-
About 75 friends and relatives
4ieped Mrs Nancy-Cardorr-celr-brate
her 69th birthday anniversary
at her home in the Cowee section
last Sunday. A bountiful dinner
was served from a long table on
the lawn.
All of Mrs. Cardon's children
were there and also her only
brother, Tom Gibson, of lotla, and
her. sister, "Aunt" Betsy Jane
arv on the second Sunday in June
i at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wal
ter Gibion of lotla.
HP
YM AIM CASE
ASHEAR PLANS
NEW-BUILDING
Will Raze Old Structures
On Sloan Corner
Next Week
TO USE LOCAL LABOR
New Brick Building Will
Have 4 Store Rooms
And Offices
Franklin is to 'have a fine "new
two-story brick building, modern
in every detail, on the old Sloan
corner facing Main street and the
courthouse square.
Joseph .Ashear, owner of the
property, an nop need y e s terday th at)
work would be started Tuesday
on tearing down the old wooden
structures now on the lot .to make
way for the new building. The
buildings to be razed are those
now occupied by Sloan Brothers'
grocery store and Mrs. Southards'
lunch room. Two other small
buildings on the rear of the prop
erty the Franklin Shoe Shop and
the cafe operated by Rufe Coffey
are to be moved to an adjoining
lot.
. To Include Offices
Mr. Ashear did not announce
what investment the new brick
building . would represent, but he
said it would be one of the finest
andlargest buildings in town. It
will have ground dimensions of
approximately 40 by 100 feet, -with
two large store rooms facing Main
street and two smaller ones facing
the square. The plans call for
offices on the second floor. Each
store room is to haVe a . concrete
"n ' : . eam 'ncann& Plam
will be installed.
To Use Local Labor
-Construction of the building -is
expected to go far toward relieving
u'lnuinuyninu in rrariKim. as lur
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:sIir s.a,T1,e w0"1,, nirc ,oc1;
laoor enTirciy
,
On the east the building will ad
ioin Mr. Ashear's store, also of
brick, which was completed two
years ago
Mr. Ashear came, to Franklin 22,
years ago and set up business in ,
a small way in the small wooden
building now used as a cafe by
Mr. Coffey. His business grew
sitaimy . rtim ne uccame one oi
i t- i r
hi (.. .11 I'n'pciiv iiuniers in
Franklin as well as the proprietor
of the largest general dry goods
store in the county.
All:Day;-Service:Plahined:
At Union Church
"There will be an all day service
at Union Methodist church for the
Macon charge next Sunday, "The
l?ej6bn"C'l'e'e""w'ill'"'prca'c
at 11 o'clock in the morning and
at 2:30 in the afternoon there will
be a short song service, after which
talks will be made by the Rev. L.
B. Hayes, presiding elder of the
Waynesville district, and by out
standing laymen. At 7:30 in the
evening there will be a program
by the young people of the charge.
Attendance ' of all the members
of the charge is desired.
Famous Educator To Speak
At Methodist
Dr. Willis A. Sutton, one of the
south's foremost educators, will
speak in the Franklin Methodist
church at 11 o'clock Sunday morn
ing. Dr. Sutton was in the min
istry for about eight years' but be
canie ....interested ia.education.and
turned to teaching. He now is
-superirttendent-bf-the- public schools
of Atlanta. Three years ago he
was elected president of the Na
tional Education Association, the
first man south of the Mason and
Dixon line to hold this honor.
The Rev. J. A. Flanagan, pastor
of the Franklin Presbyterian!
church, has been endeavoring for
two years to get Dr. Sutton to
speak in Franklin. It was only re -
cently that he was successful. . At
first it was planned to have him,
speak at the Presbyterian church,
but later 'it was decided that as
thii church is .mall it would be
25-Year Terms
Given to"Stamey
Wood
MANY SEEKING
JOBS 1NF0REST
Over 50 Young Men En
roll for Conservation
Camps
More than 50 young men have
applied at the Macon county wel
fare ffic e - ft T -e i ilisdnent- iri- tin
t:ivmannserrtioTrTorpr-:t-stab-1
lished by the present congress tn
the recommendation of President
Roosevelt 'for the dual purpose of lall-v ,nJurea rgc Uryman, J
rclievi.ng unemployment and im-1 'ear-old Middle Creek fanner, on
nrovimr the national forests.
Macon county's first quota of en
listments in the Conservation Corps
was set -at 24, but it is expected
that another quota will be assigned
this county later.-
Thirty-six of the applicants un
der the first quota already have
been passed on preliminary phys
ical examinations. They , will . be
called to Asheville later for a more
thorough examination. .Those who
arc accepted, according to plans an
iuounccd at Raleigh, will be sent
to Cam) Bragg, near Fayetteville,
ior 10 days of intensive training
and then assigned to conservation
camps in the western part of the
state. The camps will be located
in the Great Smoky-Mountains National-
park - and - the - Pisgah - and
Nantahala National- forests.
- -The f ir s tq u ota-e nli s t rnentswere
limited to unmarried "men ' between
18 a tut 2.S years-old of sou7VdT)rwly
an d mind and f ree f rom contagious
"d i sea rrr" On 1 y-'thTwenvho al read y
are receiving emergency relief aid
will. be,.accf.pted.and.j;ach. .recruit -is
req1.ired..to..Send,$25a month back
u.Q.nic.t.o. dependents; T1to:jmM,ks
will be given their clothing , and
rations and paid a dollar a day.
Construction and operation of
the civilian conservation camps has
been ' nlaccd under the supervision
0f the U. S. armv. Work on the
camps is. expected to start in the
next week or two. Sites have been
-.1 . .1 f! '
I selected mr live camps in me
. ...
Nantahala forest as follows:
Near
Highlands, at Aquone, in the vi
cinity of Clayton, near Mountain
Rest. S. C, and on the headwaters
of the Tallulah river.
It has not been learned to which
jarnpsxccmtls from this... county
wil'lrtcr-sssrcireit -
Navy Recruiting
Quot a Announced -----
. The navy recruiting substation at
Asheville has been informed that
the quota of first enlistments for
this recruiting district, for May
and June, has been set at seven
men. This is a slight decrease
over the quota for April but there
,is a fine opportunity for any men
who are interested in the Navy
to apply lor enlistment. The age
limit lias not been changed and
still stands at 17 to 25.
Church Sunday
better fur him to speak at the
Methodist church.'
Dr. Sutton is a charter' member
of the Atlanta Rotary club and
initiated the movement in that club
to provide a loan fund for worthy
s t u de u Is wh ic h now amou n 1 9 --to
some thirty thousand dollars. The
;Franktm
to attend in a body the service at
which he will speak.
Dr. Sutton is associated in the
management . the Dixie camps
for girls and boys near Clavton
and it was through the good of
fires of A. A. Jameson, owner and
active manager of these camns,
who is a regular attendant at the
1 Presbyterian church here in the
summer, that Dr, Sutton's coming
to franklin was arranged.
I Dr. Sutton has the reputation of
( being one of the best preachers in
America.
and Bell
Jury Returns Verdicts of
Murder in Second
Degree
O T HE RESENTENCES
Judge Praises Murder Jury
But Censures Jurors
In Other Case
Verdicts of second degree mur-.
derMH-r-7fj?turne'd-rbyrrfhriMryrarT
nptJ todaygainst-ETnm-Stamey,
Clyde Wood and Robert Bell, mem-.
bers ot the Coweta gang which fa-
i'me nilu 01 January A when they
Drone into nis nome to roD mm
of $2,000 hoarded gold. Judge J.
H, Clement, of Winston-Salem, im
mediately sentenced the men to
serve 25 years each at hard labor
in state's prison.
The judge heartily commended
the jury for its verdict and un
sparingly censured the jury which
last Saturday returned verdicts
against Vood and Stamey ot
"guilty of an attempt to commit
first degree burglary." Under this
verdict, he said, he could sentence
the defendants to only two years ,
in prison and the evidence clearly
indicated that they deserved much
greater punishment. He expressed
the opinion- that the jury-could not
have -.realized what - it - was doing -One
member of the jury has beer
quoted a-ay4rig that ,-he was-et-ihe
opinion that the verdict meant
first" degreeburg1ary. . Tlie-jiidgT
also took ' occasion today to' criti-
c i se t he bur gl a ry ju ryfor-re t u rn
ing a verdict of not guilty as to
M rs... Louise Stamevv -wife-of "Ernest
Stamcyrwha, was-accused of hav
in g made the mask swb ich the-.
Coweta gangsters used in the Dry
man robbery.
Practically the whole time of
the court since Monday a week
ago was consumed in the trial of
alleged members of the Coweta
gang..
Special Venire
The burglary verdict was brought
in late Saturday afternoon. Mon
day of this week was consumed in
picking a jury from a special ve
nire of 150 men for trial of the
murder case, in which the. state
sought a verdict of first degree.
Tuesdaywas.-devoted-to -the-tak -1rTKof-?
v i (fence"" and -the lawyer s
argued all day Wednesday.' Judge
Clement - ended his charge- TO""the'
jury at 10:55 o'clock Wednesday
n "Kb t .,The . juryretiredJor4he
nigh t -and - began - con siderationof
the case at "9:30 in the morning,
reporting its verdict at noon todav.
Seagle State's Witness
Conviction was brought about
largely on the testimony of Oscar
Seagle, a member of the gang who
turned state's witness. In view
of this and the fact that a man
cannot be convicted of a capital
crime on his own testimony. Seagle
was. not tried in the burglary and -murder
cases. He pleaded guilty
Thursday morning, however, to
participation in the robbery of the
Ritter lumber company's camp
store and was sentenced to serve
two years in prison. Several other
alleged members of the Coweta
gang either pleaded guilty or were
convicted in cases involving either
the Ritter robbery or the robbery
of Luck's tourist camp on the
Highlands road and were given
sentences of two Jo '.'six..years.
In all, the sentences meted to
theCoweta gang-totn1ed-nTnax
imum of 125 years, but some ot ,
the". "seritencesTare'lto run- concur
rently.
Summary of Cases
Following is a brief summary of
the cases :
Robert Bell Convicted of an at
tempt to commit first degree bur
glary, sentenced to 2 years; con
victed of second degree murder,
sentenced to 25 to 30 years; con
victed of robbery of the Ritter
store, six years.
Ernest Stamey convicted of an
attempt to commit, first degree bur
glary, two years; convicted of see
(Continued on page four)