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As the World r 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. - in if op ium A Brief Survey of Cur rent Events in State, Nation and Abroad the F a c t s B o i 1 e d Down to a Few Pithy Lines. JJlje-ljiglllattita JHanmtan PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL. XLVIII, NO. 21 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 25, 1933 U PER YEAR 1 i-? O rMT I HL'V E .11 I " i J.I T : i .1 H i,v. j') ? y SAYS DEPOSIT SALE ILLEGAL Judge Felix Alley, in Su perior court lat fVlarhall, Mon day declared the act of the last general assembly permitting de positors in closed banks in 43 counties to sell their claims to bank debtors to offset loans is unconstitutional on grounds that it impairs a contract and is a denial of equal rights. His de cision was appealed to the state Supreme court NEW U. S. FOREIGN POLICY Through Norman Davis, Presi dent Roosevelt informed the world powers in disarmament conference at Veneva, Monday, tht United States' is ready to abandon its pol icy of isolation and will act with other powers in guaranteeing se curity to nations against aggressor nations. HOPKINS HEADS U. S. RELIEF President Roosevelt has named Harry L. Hopkins, New York, to direct administration of the $500, 000,000 in federal relief funds. Labor and business leaders are urging outright grants in the June 1 to October 1 period during which it is planned to require, local com- IllZjtiunities ,orstates, to grant. $70 to each $30 of federal funds. STATE SCHOOL BOARD NAMED On Sunday, Governor Ehring haus announced the 11 men chosen by him as the commission to ad minister the hew eight-months school law. The appointees, one from each congressional .district, are T. B, Atmore "Washington; George C. Green, Weldon; A. McL. Graham, Clinton, F, P. Spruill, Rocky Mount ; John G. Folger, Mt. Airy ; H. R. Dwire Durham ; J. O. Carr, Wilmington; Edwin Pait, Laurinburg; Dr. B. B. Dough erty, Boone ; W. G. Gaston, Gas tonia, and C. J. Holler, Union Mill?. $607,000 DIVIDEND PAID A 15 per cent dividend of $607,-000-is being distributed -to-6,300 - depositors - in the . closed . Commer cial National bank, High Point, by Jhejeceivrn" ; ' COLUMBIA COMESTO NT A 1900-acre tract near Way nes rville has- been acquired by the teachers college of Columbia uni - versityf-New-York, as-Jwcation-ior ajinitMtsJnewl.college4ix .Jormorestud.ents.wilL,,spend.sumr mers there in the endeavor to enter thoroughly into community life and benefit by field studies in science and economics. TO TEST SALES TAX A group of Charlotte merchants has announced intention of seek ing a court test of the constitution ality of the 3 per cent sales tax as recently enacted by the legisla ture. Merchants in other ; cities will be asked to join in the fight. FIRST TAR HEEL BREWERY -ncorporationJias,4jeeiLadeJti. Charlotte of the state's first brew ery to manufacture 3.2 beer under provisions of "the national and state acts legalizing the beverage. Or ganization of other "brewing con cerns is forecast. N. C. COURT REVERSED The nation's supreme court on. Monday reversed the North Caro lina courts and ordered Ray Bailey, of Asheville, turned over to South Carolina authorities . for trial on charge of murdering Policeman A. B. Hunt, of Greenville, S. C. Ex tradition of Bailey was stayed by a superior court judge on evidence of Bailey's witnesses that he was in Asheville during May 1, 1932, the day of the killing. , BANKER TRIES SUICIDE Finally located by federal officers serving a warrant on charges of wrecking the Fifth Avenue bank bearing his name, Joseph W. Har riman tried to commit suicide Sat urday in the remote Long Island inn at which he had sought refuge. He is expected to recover from a stab over the heart. DIRECTS JVALLEY PROJECTS Arthur E. Morgan, for 13 years president of Antioch college in j;iiiu anu a iidiiuiiai ,ituLiiuiitj v.. flood relief, and control, has been named by President . Roosevelt as chairman of the commission which will complete Muscle Shoals power plant and will cover the Tennessee river va'lev with a great power and r. a:. .4 I'jitsiriii'.ui 'mujl-i;i. FKAMCLIN WELCOMES CIVILIAN E PR? 0UDiTl WER NEW PURCHASES CONTEMPLATED Amount of Land To Be Bought Depends on Prices Offered MORE CAMPS IKELY John B. Byrnes Supervisor, Warns Against Speculation A broad program oi new land purchases to enlarge the area of the Nantahala National Forest has been authorized by federal govern- ment officials at Washington, it was announced Wednesday bv'up ts puffing Wednesday, when it John B. Byrne, supervisor of the forest headquarters in Franklin. The amount of land to be pur chased, Mr. Byrne said, will be governed by the prices asked. A large sum of money has been set aside for the acquisition of new forest lands in line with President Roosevelt's plan for improving the national , forests and parks. This money, the " forest supervisor cx: plained, i$ to be spent where it will go the farthest. No specific allotments have been made forjiar ticular forests, he added, because the government feared this would result in land speculation and ex orbitant prices. -Want -Adjacent Tract It -is planned -first to buy tracts adjacent to forest lands now own ed by the government. Some tracts of what is known as "marginal farm lands" also will be bought, if the-prices are-reasonable: 1 tThe" present" feafthF"Nanta hala National Forest is 350,000 acres, but it has a prospective boun dary of one million acres, embrac ing territory in Macon, Clay, Cher okee Graham, Swain and Jackson counties in North Carolina; Rabun, Towns and Habersham counties in Georgia, and Oconee arid Pickens counties in South Carolina. The lands to be purchased, Mr. Byrne stated, must be within this prospective boundary and first ad ditions will be made of property adjoining the present forest. Purchae Unlimited , .-The--ariiount llT-liiurchases is practically unlimited within this (Continued on page six) Farmers AdvisedfTo Plants More Beans and Tomatoes . On account of connections he has made with Florida produce buyers, W. L. Richardson, of Macon, Ga., who has been coming to Franklin each summer for several years to buy beans, plan s 'to make larger purchases of beans in Macon coun ty this season than ever before, he told The Franklin Press Saturday. Mr. Richardson came here last Thursday to talk oyer plans for , planting beans with farmers. He was accompanied by Mr. Roberts of the firm of Roberts and Beach am, produce buyers of Plant City, Fla., for whom Mr. Richardson is to buy tomatoes, as well as beans. "The bean market will open July 10 and the tomato market on Aug ust 10," Mr. Richardson said. "The market for both will continue un- Jjllr.asianc and' buy-beans and tomatoes as long as I can get enough to fill a ; liuv.iv. He warned farmers not to 'briny their bean crop to maturity too early, pointing out that last year some farmers lost money on ac- ! count of this. About July 10 is the, best time to sell beans in this sec- . - r . v nun, ne saia. Aitnougn ne coum ft P First Link of Highway 28 Expected To Be Completed By July 1, Contractors Say Surfacing of ' state highway No. 28 10 miles . west of Franklin is expected to be completed by July 1, if good weather continues, ac- cording to contractors handling the project. All heavy grading on this link of the road was completed this week by Hendricks and Kennedy. Their big steam shovel completed the cut through the gap back of the Nantahala creamery, scaled down the grade , on the western end of Palmer street and wound completed digging-our-a-basement for the new building to be. erected on Main street by Joseph Ashear. The dirt war, used to complete the fill on the extension of Palmer, street. First layer stone has been laid all the way into town by Mr. Ross,. 84 Pupils Pass Examination For High School Admission DENIISTDIES AT AGE OF 75 Funeral for Dr. W. H. "H i g gins Held "at " St ZZZZTAgnes ChurchZZZZ Funeral services for Dr. W. H. Higgins, 75, who died at his home here Saturday morning at 4 o'clock, were held at St. Agnes Episcopal church' Sunday afternoon at 4 o'clock. The Rev. A. W. Farmim, pastor of St. Mary's Episcopal church of Asheville, conducted the rites. Burial was in the local cem etery. Dr. Higgins became ill two weeks ago ' after attending the Tallulah Falls railroad hearing in Atlanta. His . condition was not . considered serious at irrst. : Death was due to a complication .(Continued on page ) not state at this time what price he would pay, he said he expected a larger demand this year than last and would pay fair market prices. "It is not too late to plant beans and svt out tomatoes now," Mr. Richards,oir continued. "The best beans to plant are Giant Stringless Green Pods and the best tomatoes are the Mar-Globe variety. These grow well in this, section and bring good prices on the market." Mr. Roberts saw a great oppor tunity for farmers in this section in growing truck crops. "Yon have a fine climate and good land here for growing truck," he. pointed ,out, "and you are strat egically situated. Florida is send ing -thousands of dollars every sum mer to New Jersey and other northern states for green ' vege- in bv train or boat. The rame regr- regr tibles could be grown around Franklin and trucked to ' Florida. If the farmers around here will grow truck on a large scale they will discover they have a gold mine The more they grow the better opportunities thev wiU have to mar- ket it, for the larger the crop the .. .... . more Duyersvtney vt 111 attract. CAMP r 1 the stone contractor. More stone is to be placed, the shoulders shap ed up and the stone bound in and the contractors will be through. Contract for-this link, was-awardr lath, .to,;.,. CobkandHome wood, " "ot . Chapel Hill, who sublet the grad ing to Hendricks and Kennedy and the stone work to Mr. Ross. Much of the grading on the link of No. 28 oyer the mountain to Rainbow Springs also has been completed and a crusher is being erected to handle the stone. This project is being constructed by C. Y. Thomason, of Greenwood, S. C. fts"horrghtKkrlyhtr"byTiext fall No, 28 will be surfaced all the way through to Murphy. Traffic-bound McAdam is the type of construction. After several months of use the state highway commission is expected to put on a surface coat of road oil. Certificates To Be Given zJhem at Commencement Next Tuesday Only 84 out of159 pupiU who took the Macon county high school entrance examina "tion'1af Saturday"received paw ing - grades', it - was -announced " Wednesday " afternoon" by" Gr Lr" Houk, principal of the Frank- -lin schools. The successful pu pils will be awarded certificates - at the commencement exercis es to be held next Tuesday night in the high school audi torium. Following is the list of those who passed the examination, as announced by Mr. Houk: Dennis Penlcnd, Betty Rog ers, Dorothy Siler, Kate Hurst, James Cabe, Ruth Higgins, T. L. Stanfield, Clyde Johnson, Carol- Tessier, Elizabeth Bryson, Cloer, Dorothy Caber Billie Wil- kie, George Penland, Elizabeth Rochester, Kay Johnson, Edna Angel, Harold Morgan, Verna Shepherd,- Josephine Bradley, . Rebecca Dal ton, Lucille Shook, Fred Murray, Bobby Porter, Elmer Solesbee, Annie Keener, Dorothy Sanders, Edith Ashe, Clyde Ramey, Boone Leach, James Perry, Jack Holland, Pauline Henry, Thelma Buchan nis Taylor, John C. Henry, Es ther Waldroop, Dan Reynolds, (Continued on page six) Rev. E. R. Eller Collapses A Service: Improving The Rev. Eugene R. Eller, pas tor of the First Baptist church, who collapsed at the conclusion of the Sunday evening services and was confined to his bed for sev eral days following, is much im proved and now is able to be out again. , . ' MUSCLE SHOALS INVESTIGATION After signing the Muscle Shoals bi 1 1 vvhi rh "will; 'bring-aTgreat-po'wer and industrial development to the Tennessee- river- valleyr President Roosevelt last week approved an investigation by the department of justice in charge's that the Muscle Shoals plant has been damaged through improper, and destructive use during the term 'of its lease to the Alabama Power company and the Tennessee Electric Power com - pany. AMI KB 11 AIMS $t Mr : ' ' DEAL MADE POWER PLANT SALE LIKELY Town Board Agrees To Tentative Basis of Trade VOTE IS NECESSARY Contract Made for Opera tion of Plant by Pur chaser During Interim A tentative basis lias been reach ed for sale of Franklin's hydro electric system to the Nantahala Power and Light company, it be came known this week. Before the deal -can -be completedit will be necessary to work out minor details, clear the title to the prop erty and gain approval of the town's voters in a special election. This is expected to require three or four months. ' Meanwhile, opera-. tion of the plant will be in the hands of the Nantahala company. A contract providing for this was signed Wednesday-h.v-layrjirJ. Frank Ray, representing the town, and J. E. S. Thorpe, representing the Nantahala company a subsidiary of the Aluminum Corporation "Til America. r The contract was signed shortly afteinOTrr-TfdafFWtTOTiTSlateT the power firm had employes on hand to take charge. Basis of Sale The tentative basis for sale of the property provides that the assume- responsibility f0T-$288,OOO bonds-niott-iutSLtaiuliiig against the plant, the contract to be endorsed by the Aluminum Cor poration of America in lieu of a -ash firfeiture bond. The town would be allowed to retain the for feiture bond recently surrendered by the Northwest Carolina Util ities, Inc. After meeting the bond payment of $8,100 due April 1, the town has remaining out of this approximately $14000 in federal se curities and a claim on a frozen deposit, of $50,000 in a defunct Cleveland bank. Under terms of the operation company is to receive all rev enues during the period- of operation,- extending' to '"September 30. but is to advance to the town $1,040 due Jur.e 1 in interest and principal payments on the bonds. Improvements Planned Mr. Thorpe . said his company (Continued from page one) Robert Enloe Fatally Hurt When Caught in Crusher Funeral services for Robert En loe, 25, who was fatally injured at 4:30 o'clock last Triday afternoon at the rock crushing plant on high way No. 28, were held Saturday afternoon at Mt. Zion Methodist church with a crowd estimated at 300 persons present. The crushing plant ceased operations for the day out of. respect , to the deceased, while many of his fellow work men attended the final rites! Enloe was feeding belt dressing to-a large -conveyor- belt -when his hand slipped and wasv caught be- tween pulley and belt, dragging his arm in and wedging his body be tween a supporting timber and a gear wheel. A pinion gear broke, stopping movement of the conveyor belt and preventing the man's hody from being badly mangled. He was still conscious when extricated from! 1 the machinery and taken to Anwr, three' sisters, Roberta. Mary and .-'t 4.1 t ..'(.-i t . uJit 1 crumcis nuspiLdi iui iicdiuicm, CONSERVATION COKPS Company of 108 Recruits Arrives On Special Train George SloanrTo: Go, To- West - Point George Bid well Sloan 17, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Sloan of Franklin, received official no ticc Tuesday that he had passed entrance examinations to the United States Military Acaden.y at West Point, N. Y. He was ordered to report for- admission July 1. Young . Mr. Sloan, who has been attending Army and Nary College at Marion, Ala., for the past year, took th West Point examinations t Atlanta several weeks ago. His appointment to the academy was obtained for him by Congressman Zeb Weav er of Asheville. Prior to going to Army and . Navy College at Marion, George attended Christ School, Arden, N. C. where he was awarded ' the scholarship prize for the sixth form. ROBERT ROGERS Robert H. Rogers, 59, farmer of TiiT"f,renfissc6mmuhity his1i6riie "on Saturday afternoon abou tT":30 "o'clock." He had been seriously ill for ten days. Mr. Rogers mas a member of the Franklin Baptist church. He was an active worker in Republic an party affairs and wasa can didate for county commissioner last fall. He was well known through out Macon county. Funei'al services were held at Union Methodist church Sunday afternoon at 1:30 o'clock. The Rev. J. B. Tabor, pastor, assisted by the Rev. Eugene R. Eller, pas tor of the First Baptist church, Franklinp-had charge of " the" ser vices. " The deceased is survived by his widow, two sons, Charles and John Rogers two daughters,- Misses Fannie and Mary; Belle Rogers, all of Prentiss; his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Rogers, of Prerftiss, and one sister, Mrs. W. R. McConnell, of Scaly. v - ' talked to the workmen while they were removing him. At first it was thought that En loe had only suffered injuries . to his arm,' and possibly to his back, but at the hospital t was discover ed that he had suffered serious in ternal injuries. These resulted in his death at 6:30 o'clock. He was given two blood transfusions but these failed to br,ing the desired ettcct. -The funeral . was -conducted by the Rev. J. B. Tabor, pastor of Mt. Zion church, assisted by the Re v... JlA.-JElanagan-4iastor .of -the Franklin - Presbyterian church and the Rev. S. R. Crockett, former head of the Maxwell Farm Home for boys. Young Enloe is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Enloe, of the Cartoogechaye section; two brothers. Teff. fr. and Harold and neien DEATH CLAMS HEO Camp Pitched Near Cozad: RolteFMnnMiles From Square PAY OF MEN RAISED Another Conservation ' Camp To Be Located Soon Near Aquone Afine looking bunch of young men, 108 strong, arrived in Frank lin at 4 o'clock Wednesday after noon on a special train from Camp Bragg, near Fayetteville, to take charge of the Civilian Conservation camp (No. N. C. 9) situated in a field near the Cozad roller mill on the Georgia road a" mile and a half from the town square. Clad in army shirts, fishing hats, blue denim and khaki work pants and carrying dunny bags loaded with bedding arid personal " belong-- ings4 the boys looked like they We're . itarttfig , .6tit,non a. ..vacation ... camping-trip, Jesting-and jostling each other good-naturedly, they were, happy , over the, prospectof working in the Nantahala National Eorestinsteadof-staying-athome in . Piedmont -North Carolina vainly " hunting for jobs that don't ex st. Camp Pitched ' ' Thoroughly tanned and hardened to camp life, the company showed the results of 22 days of intensive training at Camp Bragg. Though not as efficient, perhaps, as reg ular army men, they showed they had learned something of army discipline and went about with a will pitching camp on the muddy hillside.. A temporary camp was located in a field not far from the highway. Later it is planned to establish a permanent damp in a grove of pine trees on the brow of the hill. The boys and their ofneers will liie in tents, in regular armv camp style, - Only a - few-buildings, - tool sheds, kitchen and the like will be of permanent -.nature.'-- - Camp Personnel The Conservation camps are un der .the direction of the army, but each camp will have a project su perintendent assigned to it by the forestry service. Each camp will have two truck trailer foremen and six forest cultural foremen, tech nical meh skilled in forestry work who will assist the project super intendent in directing the work of afforestation,- reforestation," building forest roads and carrying out other activities in development of the for est area. Officers in charge of the Frank-" lin camp are Captains R. H. Knapp, C. W. Woodward and Mc Elwaine. Also assigned to this camp are two non-commissioned of-, ficers and two regular army pri vatesSergeant Forsyth, Corporal Grimes, Private Miller, camp cook, and Private Moore, company clerk. J. A. Causley, who came . here re cently from Texas, will be project superintendent. 7 "7 When-the.spdaL.Jtrai.a-.-was. switched onto the Tallulah Falls line at Cornelia it consisted of seven passenger coaches and three baggage cars. It was the largest that had come over the line in many many years. A pusher en gine was necessary to help it over some of the grades. The numerous trestles had been inspected before (Continued On page six) 3?