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A Brief Survey of Cur
rent Events in State,
Nation and Abroad
the Facts Boiled
Down to a Few Pithy
, Lines. .
lf? Efiijlflaniiis Marmticut
PROGRESSIVE
LIBERAL
LXliti PENDENT
VOL. XLVIII, NO. 29
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1933
$1.50 PER YEAR
Ag die .World
cashier Shoots bandits
Fearing a holdup of the bank,
Cashier Isaac McCarty concealed
himself in his Parsons, Kan., bank,
last Friday and when two robbers
appeared with pistols he shot them
down. They had already scooped
up the money.
24 ITALIAN PLANES ARRIVE
Termed as man's greatest single
flyitiy feat, 24 huge Italian sea
planes under command of General
ltalo Balboo, landed on Lake Mich
igan at Chicago, Saturday, com
pleting a 6,100 mile flighj from
Ortobello, which Italian city was
left on June 30.,
POST HOPS TO BERLIN
Wiley Post, already co-holder of
the record for girdling the globe,
arrived in Berlin on Sunday morn
ing only 25 hours and 45 minutes
out of New York. . It was a record
flight in time. Post, who intends
to circle the globe, next flew , to
Moscow and then to Novosibirsk
in. Siberia.
GOVERNOR NAMES BANK
BOARD
uovernor r.nringnaus xin Monaay
renamed A. II. Bahnson, winston
Salem, on the state's banking com
mission of three members, but
picked C. E. Taylor, Wilmington,
and K.; C. Menzies, Hickory, to
succeed A. W. McLean, Lumber
ton, and Word H. Wood, Charlotte.
STATE COLLECTORS SCHOOL
'More than 125 men, faced with
the task of collecting the State's
revenue, on Monday at Chapel .Hill
started a course of study in' their
duties, with Revenue Commissioner
A. J. Maxwell and tax division
heads doing the instruction. Amonu
those enrolled are 62 deputy col-
announceq.
12 PRISONERS PAROLED
..... .mirAvnm . ' ri r I n i.ri '1 11 a I in . I linn . 11
granted paroles to 22 state prison
ers, pardoned tour who hail pre
viously" been given paroles, and
commuted two sentences.
tc ccrv i aw i irrNCP
As a record breaker in number,
225 candidates' for license to prac
tice law in North Carolina will take
the Supreme court examination in
Raleigh on August 21.
PRESIDENT'S SON DIVORCED
At Reno, Nevada, Monday, a .di
vorce was granted Elliott Roose
velt, second son of the president,
and the- former Elizabeth Donner,
Philadelphia society, girl whom he
married in 1932. Both charged
cruelty.
HUGE TAX SUIT DISMISSED
David A. Olson's suit to collect
$220,000,000 from Andrew Mellon,
former secretary of the treasury,
and several other former treasury
officials ..was. disniissedon Mon
lay in Jhe District of Columbia
Supreme court. Olson charged
-Mellon and his-associates-with -aid-
ing foreign steamship companies to
evade $110,000,000 in income taxes
TEXTILE CODE IN EFFECT
On Monday morning the cotton
mills of North Carolina, along with
those of the nation, put into effect
the industrial recovery y code fix
iinr minimum iav at $12 per week
and maximum workin, time at 40
hours per wcck. lNortn Carolina
-mills are - practically - all operating
on a five-day week schedule, some
of them with double shifts.
1 F VOO JSIt'T TAKE. WE
1 CHCKENS - KON'T UOCJKlpO
I INNOCENT 'CAUSE FOUKSU
I THNK VOVetE -rrft
i7 7T7CTiN
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ROTARIANS END
MEETING HERE
174 Delegates Registered
For 2-Day District
Assembly -
After selecting Hickory as their
next meeting place, more than 150
Rotarians representing clubs in the
58th district, which embraces South
Carolina and the western half of
North Carolina, ended their two-day
summer assembly here Tuesday af
ternoon. Many of the visitors were un
acquainted with this section of the'
southern Appalachians and, when
they were taken on a motor trip to
Wayah ' Bald Monday afternoon,
they were amazed at the grandeur
of the view. '
When theeon vention---opened
Monday liiorning"rhe skies wereiln Ai1"ansaweTuTnronTTTiosTT)f
overcast and things looked dismal,
but later in the day the sun came
forth and the mountains' were
clearly visible in fresh glory.- It
made a fine impression on the visit
ors and a number of them express
ed a desire of returning to Frank
lin for a longer stay.
174 Registered
J. E:
Earle Lancaster, president of
the Franklin Rotary club, reported
the registration for the assembly
was 174, representing 39 out of 48
clubs in the distsict. Twenty-six
club presidents and 14 club secre
taries were present.
Among those here for the con
ference, a semi-annual meeting of
the officers of the various clubs in
the district, were Robert Phillips,
of -Asheville, district president:
David Clark, of Charlotte, editor
of the Textile Bulletin ; Roy Thom
as, of Rock Hill, S. C, and the
Rev- William Way, of Charleston,
S. C., past district governors.
"The Scott Griffin" Hotel was
headquarters for the- convention,
but the meetings were" held in the
Macon Theatre. Luncheons Mon
day"and""TuesdayandaT banquet
Monday night were held at Camp
Nikwasi.-
... Henry E. Wilson, general . sccre- j
t a ry of t h e Yi Mr- Cr Ar-a t t h H
(Continued on page six)
W. S. Davis Observes
69th Birthday
W. S. Davis, one of the leadinj.
citizens of Highlands, observed his
69th birthday anniversary at his
home here Saturday. Quite a
number of friends and relatives
came during the. afternoon to con
gratulate him and present him with
useful and attractive gifts.
Mr. Davis has been a resident of
Highlands for 20 years, coining
here from Georgia.
Mr. Davis 1 has ' iieen selected
twice by his townsmen to serve as
mayor" and has "long "been""p'r5niT
ne.nt 7 in civic and church affairs.
He has been a steward in the
Methodist church since the age of
16.
Mr. Davis operates a store here.
He has been in the mercantile
business for 40 years. Mr. and
Mrs. Davis also operate and own
the Pierson House a hostelry at
the foot of Satulah Mountain.
Many New Books Ordered
For Franklin's Library
The popularity of the hranklin
library is increasing" rapidly with
the addition of new books, accord
ing to Mrs. J. A. Ordway, who
has " volunteered her services in
keeping the library open each Sat
urday afternoon.
"The library has seventy books
out this week," Mrs. Ordway told
The Press. "This is the maximum
to date."
Hitherto the library has been
lacking in modern children's books,
but several beautiful volumes, of
hew fiction, for children were re
cently presented to it by Miss
Mary ('. Bissell. These include:
A beautifully illustrated ' copy of
John Fox's "The Little Shepherd,
of .Kingdom Come;" Erie P. Kelly's
"The Trumpeter of Krakow," which
was awarded the John Newberry
medal as the most distinguished
contribution of 1928 to American
literature for children ; and A. A.
Milne's "Winnie-the-Tocfh" for
joungcr children.
Wets Confident of Repeal
By End of Year as Result
Of 2 Victories in South
Alabama and Arkansas upset the
predictions of dry leaders Tuesday
and voted for repeal of the 18th
amendment. As, sixteen other states
already had voted for repeal, anti
prohibitionists jubilantly predicted
repeal would be accomplished be
fore the end of the year.
Prohibition elections are sched
uled this year in 17 other states,
including one in North Carolina in
November. Tennessee is voting on
the question today and Oregon
will decide on it tomorrow.
In Alabama returns Wednesday
night gave the repealists a. lead
of 30,000 votes, which the drys ad
mitted thev could not overcome.
ihe precincts gave a majority of
more than 20,000 votes for repeal.
As the voters went to the polls
in Tennessee both sides predicted
victory.
BIBLE SCHOOL
WELL ATTENDED;
Stephen Sloop Conducting
Daily Classes at
Morrison
The daily vacation Bible school
being held in the Morrison Pres
byterian church, under the direc
tion of, Stephen Sloop, of Columbia
Seminary, has been making excel
lent progress.,. The; attendance has
been averaging approximately 40
each day.
The school, is divided into three
departments : The primary and
junior-departmcrttszuudetriheiieaife
ership of Misses Elizabeth McGuire
and MargaretSlagle the inter1
mediatewitfr M rs. R. L Crook and
Rosalind Bulgin, and the young
people with .Mn-HTrook. Songs,
Bible, stories, .memory . work, ...Bible
- dr - i 11 -a nd superivseiUplav pe-riod
have featured the daily sessions.
The Rev. B. S. Hodegs, Jr.,
rived Monday afternoon to con
tinue a series of preaching services
begun Wednesday evening of last
week. The Rev. S. R. Crockett
preached the-, opening sermon in
this series of services, followed
Thursday evening by the Rev. E.
R. Eller, pastor of the First Bap
tist church of Franklin, Friday
evening by the Rev. W. A. Jen
kins, pastor of the First Methodist
church of Franklin, and on Sunday
evening the Rev. J. A. Flanagan,
pastor of the church,j)reached the
scrmotr.
Mr. Hodges, will preach each
evening at 8 "o'clock' through Sun
day, July 23. The public is cor
dially invited to all of these ser
vices." MacLEAN GETS HIGH POST
Angus D. MacLean, of Washing
tan, N.-C, was last week appointed
by President Roosevelt as assistant'
solicitor general of the United
States.
A selection of 20 recent books of
fiction, travel and plays have been
ordered for the library. These
were expected to arrive this week,
but there has been a delay in the
order and they probably will not
arrive until next week. The new
books ordered are "as follows:
Great American Short Stories (O.
Henry memorial' prizes,. 1919-32);
House of Exile, Wain ; Harbor
Master, McFee-; -American Beauty;
Ferber ; Bright Skin, , Peterkin ; I
Captain Archer's Daughter, Deland;'
Maid' in Waiting, Galsworthy;,
Flowering AVilderness, Cialsworthy;!
Golden Years, Gibbs; Obscure Des
tinies, Catlier; Unfinished Sym
phony, Sylvia lhompson;
Pearl Buck; The Good Earth, Fear
I"1
Buck; Ann Vickers, Lewis; Bcs:
Plays of 1931-32; Tachifdly's Ride,
by himself; Man and the Mask.
Chaliap'in; Education of a Princess
Marie, Grand-'Duchess of Russia;
Ellen Terry's Memoirs; Wild Hors-
i es and Gold, Elizabeth Tage.
VA
Commenting on the outcome oi
Tuesday's -election, F. Scott Mc
Bride, superintendent' of the Anti
Saloon League, said the "real hat
tie" would be in the 30 states in
which elections are yet to come. .
Bishop James Cannon, Jr., of the
Methodist Episcopal church; south,
said repeal of the 18th amendment
would not Change the "basal" facts
in the warfare against liquor traf
fic. Jouett Sliouse, president, of the
association against the prohibition
amendment, expressed the belie!
that--48-stateswoiild r ratify-. the-21st
amgndtm'ntr-wliicli rt'it,:ilyJrhr"rXtrr.:
The drys- in Alabama and Ar
kansas are now concentrating their
efforts on keeping their states from
legalizing liquor traffic within their
own borders.
BEAUTY SHOW
PLANS CHANGED
Legion Tc Sponsor Con
test Instead of
Garden Club
Plans are going ahead for the
annual Macon county flower show
to be held - Saturday, August' 5,
under the sponsorship of the
Franklin .Garden, club, but the beau
ty contest . planned iiL .connection
withthe floral exhibit
called off.
Compilation wt-tlte--bean t y-on--
tt!St was, announced by Mrs. J. L
Perry-. andM rs.DD Rice who
were to direct it for. the Garden
club,-- afUT-.. plans.,, had bi:eiL.,4iLr
liuuneed fur a beauty pageant . to
Legion on the evening oi.Wednes-
ar-jday, August 8. The pageant -will be
under the direction of Mrs. Howard
Valentine.
The ilower sliow will be held in
the Nautahula Power and Light
c6uiauy's store next u the post
office. All flower livers throughout die
county, regardless of whether thev
are members of the Garden club,
are invited to submit entries.
Dr. Sams Dies
Was Visitor n-Franklin
Summer-of-1931
" Stanhope Sams, Liu. D., 73. edi-t6ftal"'w'riier'Oir'the'""t",'oltiriibi'S'"-(S.'
C.) State, who made a number of
friends in Franklin while visiting
here in the summer of 1931, died
Friday afternoon in a Ilenderson
ville hospital as the result of a
cerebral hemorrhage. Funeral ser
vices were held in a mortuary
chapel -in Hendersonville Saturday
morning and burial was in Fhu
wood cemetery, Columbia, that af
ternoon. Dr. Sams was one of the most
widely altd'"t,ichlye"xpi,'rieTt cc )a rn -
atists tne soutn nas produced, rie i
was editor of the Atlanta" Journal,
1888-90; - reporter -- on, .- New -York
newspapers, -The Times and The
Herald; serving The Times also as
Washington correspondent and for,
a time as war correspondent in ; are not .required to pay tne new
Cuba; and editor of Collier's Week- floor processing tax on wheat, ac
ly ; then associate editor of dun-1 cording to an' announcement receiv
ton's magazine, devoted - to ec-: ed by The Press from the federal
nomic and 'industrial lines, '1903-04; internal revenue office in Raleigh,
editor of the Japan Times, Tokyo, ; If was stated however, that the
Japan, a daily-newspaper published farmer, in order to obtain' - exemp-
in
I'.nghsh, four years prior to
(Continued on page six)
i "
Condition of S. L. Franks
Reported 'Unchanged'
The condition of Sani L. Franks,
prominent Pranklin. business
AvKr, suffered "a stroke of naralvsis
on June 29, was reported today as;
!...rh:imv,.,1 Mr- ' hViinks is still '
in Angel Brothers' hospital and
Dr. Furman "Angel said he could
not see any improvement in the
patient's condition.
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ANTIOUESHOW
OPENSJULY 26
Unique Doll Collection
To Be Feature of
Exhibition
The Macon county chapter of the
United Daughters of . the Confed
eracy will hold an antique ex
hibition at the Masonic Hall Wed
nesday and Thursday afternoons,
July 26 and 27. The exhibition
will open each afternoon at 3
o'clock.
Those' in charge of the exhibition
have requested that anyone hav
ing antiques or other ' objects of
interest, such as handiwork, which
they wish .to display, to bring them
to ll;e Masonic Hall by 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning. Exhibitors al-sorare-
asked -to-bringwith -each
article
Jrdi-Itta"vTtl 3"SllOTt-
sketch giving' the history and sig
nificance of the article.
A small admission fee will be
charged to help defray expenses.
Unique Exhibit
One of the most unique exhibits
expected to be shown is a series
of 23 dolls, each dressed to repre
sent the styles of various periods
in history. This interesting display !
has been arranged by Miss Lucy
Slagle of Cartoogechaye.
Each doll is 14 inches in height
and every costume is carried out
in minute detail to represent the
style .of; the. 'period which the doll
represents.
Following is a list of the. dolls,
together with the periods . which
they represent and a brief , de
scription of their costumes:
Eve, with apple and fig leaf.
Ase.nacti, Egyptian maiden of 2000
CLJCr-with -form-fit llrtg-eostume of
green and gold. :
Antigone, Greecian girl of 700 B.
C. in flowin g draperies of whi t e
trmnned jn tho . GrcciarjLJC'cyrhsfi'i
embroidered.
Port.i.aJ a Roman lady of 53 B. C
dressed in white draperies and red
Roman toga.
J u di I hor Tr a hire7" 8(XrA'D7,
dres-sed in .-.ptirplo- and crimson-. with
iiianTle'and' 'cap'. !
I'owena. of France, T21K) A. D., in
azure and gold, the' first fitted
dress. ' ' '' .
Lucretia, France, 1500, in green
of long waist, long skirt, long
sleeves, cuffs a yard around, trim
med in white fur on sky blue satin ;
with a mirror suspended from
girdle.
Cordelia France, 1500, in green and
(Continued on page six)
F-scaped Prisoner
Captured by Sheriff
-ItriberrtarTee
county jail here awaiting trial on
a b utghiry char geV- e n joy c d.. .a .Jew
lioUrs oi freedom Friday.
Using a hack-saw, Cartee, who
isfront --Anderson;--S-.---C -cut - the
bars to a window oii the second
floor of the county jail and escaped
at noon Friday.
Hearing, of the escape, Sheriff
A. B. Slagle got busy and by early
Friday evening had captured and
returned Cartee to (he county
jail, the arrest being made 13 miles
south of Franklin. Cartee offered
no resistance.
Farmers Exempt from Wheat
Tax on Flour
Farmers having wheat ground
into flour for home consumption
i .i .
turn from the tax, must supply me
miller with an affidavit to the ef
fect that, all of the flour is for
home use only. If 'Ihe farmer sells
the flour, no exemption is. allowed.
The floor processing tax, 'amount
ing to 30 cents on the bushel of
wiieat or $1.38 a barrel of flour,
1.1
went into effect July 8.' It applies
only to wheat ami wheat products,
not to corn meal.
Explaining how the tax will be
enforced, -the announcement frbm
the revenue office stated;
" wholesaler who is also a re-
ON
About $1,250,000
Lopped off Books
By Reassessment
DOWDLES HURT
IN AUTO WRECK
Artery in Mrs. Dowdle's
Arm Severed by
Broken Glass
Mrs. M. L. Dowdle was badly
cut -and bruised, losing a consider
able anion nil of blood, and Mr.
DuwdU- -sustained :-a -sprained -ankle
a il TTTnniTse s7" whei i a TTauTomobile
driven by Mack -Ledford, negro,
I ran into the Dowdle car on the
curve in front of the county home
about S:30 o'clock Sunday after
noon. -,
An artery in Mrs. Dowdle's right
arm was severed when the wind
shield shattered and she- was re
ported to have lost about half a
igallon of blood. She was taken to
Angel lirotlicrs hospital tor treat
ment. On Monday she was remov
ed to her home and Wednesday
she was repotted to be recovering.
Mr. Dowdle was confined for two
days, but was able to be about
Wednesday on crutches. Mr.-and
Mrs. Dowdle's small daughter, Ida
May, who was on the rear seat of
the car, was bruised and suffered
a cut on her. lip.
Several other negroes were in
the automobile driven by Ledford.
The - machine belonged -to Dr.-' W:
A. Rogersand-.-Ledford was said
to have take n itouTwtt liour" Dr.
Rogers' permission.
f Ledford -was - reported - to-"have
"driven wide". in going around the
curve, scraping an automobile driv-eny'RerSVi"tfbli-aTiutheh6l-liding
with Mr. Dowdle's car,. The
Sutton car -was - not badly -damaged
but the other two. were wrecked.
J. A. Ballentine Sells
Macon Mica Company
Sale of the Macon Mica Manu
facturing company to Philip S.
Hoyt was announced this week by
J. A. Ballentine, who recently or
ganized the-concern, which has a
niica-pum hing shop in the base
ment -of the McCoy building. The
shop is now being operated for
,Mr. Hoyt, who is in the west on a
business trip, by Major Higdri.
...Mr. . Ballentine said his physician
hlid "auvTsetTTiTm
tains on account of TisTTiearthTTIe
plans -.toJea.ve. JaJ:ejkdavsJpj
Columbia, S. C. . He said, however,
he hoped to return to Franklin
Porter To Give Organ
Recital in Asheville
James Porter, organist of
Franklin Methodist church,
the
will
give an organ recital Sunday night
in the West Asheville Methodist
church.
for Home Use
tailer, carrying on business at the
; salllc y:xC. Ilu)St pay the tax on
his entire processed wheat stocks
as though the retail phase of the
business did not exist.
"If a retail merchant has such
stocks stored elsewhere than his
retail floor, the tax attaches to
such stocks.
A . floor tax is imposed on all
processed wneat products m trie
hands of millers, wholesalers, bak
ers, hotels, restaurants, cafe's, and
cafeterias as well as to stocks held
by retailers in storage.
"Retailers have until August . 7
in which to dispose of all stocks on
hand in his store at midnight, July
8, but must keep a record of goods
received from July 9 to August 7,
and make an inventory August
of stocks on hand at the close of
business then."- '
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u
No Increase in Tax Rate
Deemed Necessary
By Bryson
FRANKLirpTO SAVE
Valuations by Townships
For 1932 and 1933
Announced
The tax valuation of Macon coun
ty has been cut approximately a
million and . a nuartpr dnllara hv
ihej-t-iissesiintnt authorized bv ihe
Trurrnm hill ,-ri:irt-rt nt ttiA Inct cc.
sion of the legislature, according to
C. Tom Bryson, register of deeds..
and county tax supervisor.
Desnite the hit' dpereasp in valua
tion, Mr. Bryson said he thought
it would be unnecessary to increase
the tax rate, because the state has
assumed full responsibility of op
erating the schools' for eight
months, instead of six. In the spe
cial school districts the total levies
will be considerably reduced. State
operation of schools will mean a
sa.ing to taxpayers in the Frank
lin district of 51 cents; in the
Highlands district, 35 cents, and in
most of the other . special school
districts, 20 cents. , .
Revaluation Completed
The revaluation of property, as.,
ordered in the- Ingram bill, has
Klxt iti ate till f .'i rm trat VtA.IIICA
ul,tmc tiai.'A nttt- Kfil rmfftwpA
from tlielfoTporaTion Commission
on the valuation of -.all cornorate
the total valuation for the county
as given by Mr. Bryson as $5,431,-
08rrThealimi"orr1asryearwaa
$7,048,079. The difference between
these figures- shows -a - decrease- in-
valuation of Sl..yi0.998: but when
tiuurpuratcprop.rtyxeturns.ax
filed ' this decrease is expected to
be cut to approximately a million
and a quarter dollars, according, to
Mr. Bryson.
A reduction of approximately . 21
per cent was ettectea Dy the re
valuatior in Franklin township. In ,
Highlands township it was about
13 per cent, in Smith's BridKe. 29
per cent. Reductions in other
townships ranged around IS to. 20
per cent.
Township Listing
Following is a tentative,,; list of
the ' valuations (including personal
nrtii)ttr.t.viiixirl932;.-a!idJ933 in the
Franklin township, 1932 valuation,
A- . ,rt 1 OA ,nl J. i rv" 4 r
.pnv.iov; ivoj vaiuauon, $,iuv-6.
Millshoal township, .1932 valua
tion, $456,306; 1933 valuation, $374,-
4fi : : -
Ellijav township, 1932 valuation,.
$351,891; 1933 valuation, $288,913.
Sugarfork township, 1932 valua
tion, $141,900; 1933 valuation, $111,
302. Highlands townsiup, tyjt valua
tion, $886,902; 1933 valuation, $775,-
682..
Flats township, 1932 valuation,
$80,872; 1933 valuation, $69,920.
Smith's Bridge township, 1932
valuation $506,059 ;J933valuation,
$364,9887
Cartoogechaye townshiy, 1932 val
uation, $573,567; 1933 valuation,
$433,179.....!
A'antnhnhi townshin. 1932 valua
tion, $675,494; 1933 valuation, $408,
385. - -
Blirningtown township, 1932 val
uation. $197,513; 1933 valuation,
$147,222. ' " .
Cowee township, 1932 valuation,
$527,780; 1933 valuation, $404,862. '
v.,.,-.i,i., ..,.,..,;,. ion .,t
turn less me vatue oi ouincrn
"i i 1
Jurors Are 'Prawn
Not 'Selected'
In reporting the jury list for the
August term of court, The Press
last week inadverdently stated that
the county commissioners had "se
lected'' the jurors. This was an
unintentional mistake.' Jurors are
"drawn," not "selected." The Press
is glad to make this correction lest
1 anyone be misinformed.