As the World
Bits of Wisdom
The Red Cross is no strong
er than its'. membership..
John Barton Payne.
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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.
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LIBERAL
PROGRESSIVE
INDEPENDENT
VOL. XLVIIi; NO. 46
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 16,1933
$1.50 PER YEAR
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40.000 BACK TO WORK
Over .40,000 striking miners in
the Pennsylvania anthracite coal
fields returned to work Tuesday,
terminating a . week of dispute as
to union affiliations to be sought
by the miners.
SPEED UP HOME LOANS
The Home Owners Loan cor
poration, with office in Salis
bury, last week approved 144
applications for loans on homes
threatened with' foreclosure, in
volving $435,898. The total of
loans approved is now 1J)90
with a value of $2,496,448.
3 NEW N. C. POSTOFFICES
In an allotment of $16,679,075 for
new public buildings, the public
works department has included $50,
600 for a postoffice at North
Wilkesboro, $60,500 for one at Pine
hurst nad $55,000 for one at Ashe
boro.
DEVELOP LINCOLN TIN MINE
U. S. James, of Newark, N. J., is
planning to begin large scale min
ing of tin ore in Lincoln' county
in the near future. It will be the
only large operation of the kind
in the country.
LICENSE LIQUOR INDUSTRY
Under repeal, the federal gov
ernment is to .retain strict con
trol of x the distilling industry
through licensing powers and
through enforcement of a code
for all distilling plants.
SET REDUCTION BENEFITS
The farm administration has set
$17.50 as the amount of benefit to
be payed for each acre of tobacco
removed from production of the
1934 crop and in addition to pay
each farmer 12 1-2 per cent of the
total amount received for his cur
tailed . crop. . It is proposed to
reduce the flue-cured tobacco pro
duction from 700.000,000 pounds this
year to 500,000,000 in 1934.
STATE LEADS IN TOBACCO
The federal crop- reporting boards
estimates tobacco production in the
coWtry this year at 1 ,408,000,000
pounds,"" some-400,000,XH) " pounds
over last year. J"'" North Carolina
leads with 525,604,000 pounds. Ken-
000 pounds." - ;
FOUR DIE IN PLANE CRASH
The .pilot and three passengers
died in the crashing of a big plane
into wooded hills near Portland,
Oregon, - November 9. Six others
were hurt. The pilot became con
fused by a heavy fog.
CUBAN REVOLT IS ENDED
The rebellion against the Gran
San Martin government in Cuba
was put down with a heavy hand
last week, 150 rebels being killed
and 50 wounded in the federal
capture of Atares fortress in Ha
vana. 3 BIG CHURCH MEETINGS
This week sees tllree big church
conventions get underway in North
-Carolina. The 103rdaptisl .con
vention opened in Greensboro
Tuesday. ,. Dr.Zeno , Wall, Shelby,
presiding. 'The Western North
Carolina ConfCrence-of the Mctho-r
dist Opiscopal church opened in
Charlotte Wednesday, Rishop Ed
win Mouzon, presiding. The North
Carolina Conference of the Metho
dist Episcopal church opened in
Thomasville. Wednesday, with lr.
R. M. Andrews, High Point, presid
ing. AUTO DEATH TOLL HIGH
,. An auto crashing into the end of
a concrete- bridge iiear-St.atesv.ille,
Saturday night, caused the almost
instant ueatli ol I. II. l.agwell,
and Stella Sentell, 19, both of
Statesville. At Newton, Sunday
night; Hrl T. M .' Sloan, '30, ; .lied
of a- heart ' attack and of in
wreck that day. A tire blew out
and caused the wrecking of a' car
near Lewisville iTarly Sunday. Lou
ise Burton, of Winston-Salem, was
fatally .'hurt. An automobile .turned
over at a railroad crossing near
Wilmington Sunday night, C. W.
Futch, Jr., was fatally hurt and
Clifton Simmons badly hurt. Ed
ward T, Painter, 30, fanner of
Franklin county, - died Friday of
injuries taken the night before in
collision of his car with another.
Umilrll l'uvvi'll S:imnson ronillv
fnrmrr ns instiintlv killed Satur-
day night on. the outskirts of Clin-J
t,n hv a hit and run truck, not
vft found hv officers. Rav Robin-
son, 10, of near Canton, was in -'
' stantly killed on Saltirday night by
a hit and run car on highway 10.
JOIN THE RED
170RKERS NAMED
FOR ROLL CALL
Annual Red Cross Cam
paign For Members
Starts Saturday
QUOTA SET AT 300
J. E. Lancaster Tells cf
Work By Red Cross
During Fast Year
Plans haw been completed for
the annual Red Cross-, roll call to
start in Macon county Saturday,
Nov. 18, and continue through
Thanksgiving. -
The Rev. J. A. Flanagan,' pastor
of the Franklin., Presbyterian
church, who has been appointed
to direct the drive for Red Cross
members in Franklin, announced
this week that the following Red
Cross -workers would canvass this
'community for 'memberships:
" .Mrs.' Claude Russell, Mrs.' J. Il
l-Yanks, Mrs. W. A. McNeill, Mrs
E. II. McCollum,. Mrs. Roy C.
Dady, Mrs. Phil McCollum, Mrs.
Neville Sloan, Mrs. Harold Sloan,
.Mrs. J. C. Wright, Miss Virginia
McGuire, Miss Helen Sellers, Mrs.
W. T. Moore, Mrs. Lester Conley,
Mrs. Blackburn W. Johnson, Mrs.)
J. G. Siler, Jr., Mrs. W. A. Rogers,
Mrs. John B. Byrne, Mrs. Roy
Cunningham.
Asks for Cooperation
Mr. Flanagan requested that ihe
residents of Franklin assist these
volunteer workers themselves
members of the Red Cross in
every way possible so that the roll
call in Franklin may be completed
in one day. It is inevitable that
some persons will be missed when
the workers call. These were urg
ed by Mr Flanagan to bring or
send their membership dues to the
chapter -headquarters.. '. :
At a meetingv last week of roll
call workers J. E. Lancaster, coun
ty., rhaimanlle3
close cooperation between the conn
ty welfare organization . and the
relief work carried on dur
ing the past year has been done
in an effective manner with the
greatest possible economy - of -administration.
Complete and accurate records
have been kept of the large amount .
of flour and clothing donated by j,, held each Monday and Thurs
the national Red Cross for the re-; ia m.nings ;it the E. B.vMcG.l
lief of need in Macon county. unl liome on Palmer street.
Tells of Work in County
"It is well for us to realize," Mr.
Lancaster added,, "that but for the
generous aid sent into our county
Dy tlie national Keu cross, me uui
den of feeding the hungry and re
lieving the destitute in our midst
would have been a task beyond
our ability.
"Rut for the faithful and untir
ing .help- of district committees
throughout the countv: the StUPen-
nf ,i;trihiitincr trn thous-
and garments, eleven thousand
yards of cloth, nine thousand ba;rs
of flour -and many other supplies
would have been impossible."
The quota for Macon county in
this year's roll call, is 300 members,
but' Mr. Lancaster and Mr. Flan
agan expressed the hope that the
people would show their apprecia-
' tion for aid rendered by the Red
Cross bv going beyond this goal.
Tli..v fiel-i-il Ili:it who could af
fo,.(, to (lo so 1o uivo lhan
(Ju, r0Kuar ln0,bership fee of. one
L(,0.ir Fif,y rcn1s nt -nf o;-h
L,,,,,,!,,.,.., ' . contribution .goes to
.i,,,,, .ll;,,ni u,.,t rr,, The larc-
er the individual contributions, it
was pointed out, the larger. 'will be
the proportionate pari of the total
amount raised tlilit will be available
fir use bv the county chapter.
NEWSPAPER PLANT BOMBED
Racketeer's in .Mansfield, Ohiif
struck back at a newspaper which
has-Tnrrsistmtly rrnsadetl tieainsl
them,' by a bomb attack Sunday
morning. Hurled explosives tore
np the niailing room of the News
Jonrnar Nmw was injured.
3 VICTIMS OF MILK POISON
James Harrison, eight, is (lead.
I and his little brother ami sister
seriously ill "at. the home near
Rutlierfordtoii from, effects ; of milk
poisoning, cause of .'which has not
! been ascertained.'
Red Cross Poster of 1933
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Plan Cantata
Community Chorus To
Give Handel's 'Messiah
The community chorus which gave
cantatas last Christinas and Easter
will give the Christmas portions of
Handel's ; "Messiah during" the" com
ing holidays.
Approximately 30 voices are prac-
tisinsr in the recular rehearsals be-
Among the soloists will be' Mrs.
Dick Hudson, soprano; Mrs. Harold
Sloan, 'alto; Richard Slagle, tenor;
mr; . Chas. Sou9,, bass
Zone Meeting Held
At Union Church
The Macon County Zone 'meet
in it Ol" the -llethodist Missionary
societies was held at Union church
on iioiuiay, Airs, jonnson ot uie
I'-nion church -welcoming the del
tiiateS and Mrs. '""Gordon Moore of
Franklin-making the -response.
The Rev. Mr. Tabor, the pastor
opened the gathering with devo
tions. After reports were made by
all societies represented, there was
a round table discussion on the
subject, "Attitude of Youth of To
day Toward Religion," led by Mrs.
Jesse Sloan of Franklin.
"The. World Outlook,'' a magazine
of the Methodist church, was pre
sented, in an attractive manner by
Mrs. Hattie Jones and Mrs. Alary
Atlman. Officers elected were, Mrs.
John Teae.ue, zone leader; Mrs.
Johnson, secretary; Mrs. ' Hayne
Arthur, publicity chairman; Mrs.
Harry Iliggins, organist. The place
of the next meeting was not an
nounced. injured Youth
.Reported Improving 7
Clyde Houston, son of Mr. and
.Mrs! Ingram Houston, of Gneiss,
who was injured last .Saturday af
ternoon when he was struck, by an
automobile while 'playing, in , the
road near the bridge over the Little
Tennessee rivlr in east Franklin,
was reported Wednesday at Angel
Brothers' hospital to be resting
well. The driver of the automobile
which struck young . Houston gave
his, name . S Hayes Johnson, of
lh'iunwood, Ga.
CROSS - ROLL CALL TO START SATURDAY
Dies Shortly After -En
g agement Announced
M. G, Whigham, of - Bryson
City, an -employe of the Nanta
hala Power and Light company,
died in an Asheville hospital
Friday mornin g after a serious
operation.
" Mr. Whighiam's engagement to
Miss Margaret Cozad, of Frank
lin, was announced a few weeks
ago, the wedding to take place
this fall.
Mr. Whigham's death came as.
a shock to his many friends
here who only recently had had
the pleasure of congratulating
him on his engagement to Miss
Cozad. His fiancee was with
him at the time of his death.
225 Given Jobs
Reemployment Q f f i c e
Gives ReportTonJWork
Jobs have been found for 225. men
out of 1,291 who liau- in oiled at
tlie Franklin office of the National
Reemployment Service, . arcording
to figures announced Tiusday by
John W. Edwards, manager of the
office.
The records show that the Frank
lin office of the reemployment ser
vice has been far more active than
most other reemployment offices
in the state, for... all. the 100 re
employment offices in - North Caro
lina have reported a total enroll
ment of only 55,000 with place
ments of y.iXHl.
Mr. Ed ward ' said that, in reply
to a -letter to officials of the large
rayon plant at F.nka, near Abbeville,
he had been ".informed that all. the
workmen necessary for 'building
the proposed million dollar ad
dition to the plant .would he hired
on the gT'-'ind No. definite, time
as to when the work is to start
has been announced. '
P!an All-Day Singing
At Louisa Chapel
There will.be an all day singing
at Louisa Chapi-1 on Sunday, No
vember .20, beginning at. 9 o'clock.
Several classes' are scheduled ' to
sing, and an ''invitation is' extended
to all singers to attend. Dinner
will be served on the ground.
JOBS PROMISED
ON ROAD WORK
Roosevelt Proposes Plan
To Aid Every County
In Nation
TO SPEND MILLIONS
V; i;uid Supply Employ
lent For Several Hun
dred In Macon
Jobs for several hundred more
men in Macon county are expected
to be made available in the im
mediate future as a result of Presi
dent Roosevelt's latest announced
plans to whip the depression.
At '!:e direction of the chief ex
ecutive, the federal bureau of pub
lid road's has invited the state
highway departments to undertake
road maintenance projects in every
one of the 3,000 counties through
out the nation. Thewoi k, i t is
estimated wotikl-eost approximate
ly $90,000,000, 65 per cent of which
would, be financed by relief funds
and the balance by federal aid
road funds already allocated to the
states.
It was suggested that at least six
projects on which maintenance ex
penditures of not more than $5,000
could be made immediately be un
dertaken in each county.
Ifthe North Carolina highway
commission carries through such "a
program, -as it is expected to, it
should turn loose between $20,000
and $30,000 of new money in Ma
con county.
Jeffress to Washington
A press dispatch from Raleigh
Tuesday said that Chairman E. B.
Jeffress of the state highway com
mission planned to go to Wash
ington Thursday to confer with
the public works commission in re
gard -to-th e-proposed-new'h fgh way
w ork. : " : "' "-"' "
Should each of North Carolina's
one h u nd red con n ties t ake f i ve
projects, such as. proposedt-the ex
tra amount spent in this state on
roads would involve $2,500,000.
Waldroop Defends
Maintenance Work
Tlie state highway commission
maintenance forces have been tak
ing a drubbing recently. Many
folks, especially those in the rural
districts living on side-roads, have
been complaining since bad weather
set in that their roads were not
maintained properly. So numerous
were the ' complaints received by
R. H. Plemmons, of Andrews, main
tenance engineer for thft district,,
that, he referred them to the high
way authorities at Raleigh, result
ing in the following explanation by
Mr. Waldroop, chief engineer:
"I have your letter of the 21, in
regard to the increasing number of
complaints that you are receiving
relative to" your maintenance work,
and I can appreciate fully the dif
ficulty in which you and the other
division, engineers now find your
selves. "I have no recent figures relative
to the gasoline and license taxes
increasing and the commission sur
plus growing. However, - whether
or not this fund is increasing at
the present time hasno bearing
on our maintenance, due to the
fact that the Budget Bureau al
located to the State Highway Com
mission for maintenance at the be
ginning of the fiscal year a certain
definite sum and all maintenance
budgets in the individual divisions
were based on this allocation and
it is, ' therefore, impossible for us
to spend more than this allotment
until the ' Governor or, the Budget
Bureau authorizes the same.
"It might be wcll for you to ex
plain to some of the folks in your
vicinity that this is the situation
and it may be that they will tinder
sand just-whv it is that we cannot
do more work than . we are doing.
T, imagine that if our highway
funds show a marked or decided
increase this fiscal year over the
last fiscal year that the Budget
Bureau will undoubtedly allow us
a - larger appropriation accordingly
for our next year's work. How
ever, that is problematical and a
matter for the future to determine.
"In the meantime.it is absolutely
necessary for all of us to siav
within our budgets as set up for
this year"
Hundreds
Funeral
For Dr.
TAKEN BY DEATH
DR. S.
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H. LYLi.
slieville ( i-.ien Tinic"
COURT OPENS
HEREMONDAY
Judge Alley To Preside;
Few Criminal Cases
Listed
The November term of Macon
county superior court is scheduled
to convene Monday for two weeks
with Judge Felix E. Alley of
Way nsville7H resid ing:
The criminal docket is lighter
l,1:" llsl,al. with no cases
f out
standing interest listed tor trial.
but 67 cases are on the civil cal
endar. Although ihe Supreme -Court has
granfefl-a ftewTTfial ""1or'ko"berl
Bell, serving 25 to ' 30 years in
State's Prison"' for second degree
murder - in connection with 1he -fatal
attack am) robbery' of George
Dryman last December, no date has
been set for the rehearsing and it
is not thought likely that it will
come up 'at the November term of
court.
I'ollowing is a list of jurors
drawn for the November term :
First Week
Ernest Moore, route 2; I). C.
McCoy, Etna; Lester l.edford.
Prentiss; Leeman Fox, Ellijay,;" C.
A. Henson, Route ; Pearl John
son, Prentiss; M. E. Fraier, route i
2; Jno. M. Norton, Dillard, Ga.,
route 1; Ed Campbell, route 3;
Joe -Palmer.- Franklin-;- -San-ford
Smith, Otto; J. L. Parker, route
2; J. Lr Clarke, " Cullasaja ;" Tiini
Allen, lotla ; J. L. Womaek," Frank
lin; L. P. Roper, route 3; V. M.
Collier, route 1; Fred Davis Flat'ls;
C TrStanTield, Cullasaja; John H
Dalton, West's Mill ;' Gordon Mn
mons, route 2; Ashurv Gregory,
Gneiss; C. E. Carnes, Stiles; Sam
Gibson, lotla; J. II. Me.Connell,
route 2; L. A. Boone, I "kits; (). 1"..
Buchanan, route 4; John Borlesoti,
Franklin; C. R. Martin, N'atitahala ;
Dan Chastain, Highlands; T. W.
Angel, Sr., Franklin ; Tom F. Stiles,
Prentiss; T. E. Breedlove, 'Etna;
DerahL she, ' Franklin; W. II.
Cabe, route 2.
Second Week
IT. G. Brendle, route 4
Rice, Highlands; Ed L.
Dillard, Ga., route 1 ; E.
Hart, Prentiss; Lyman
(
; r . w.
Norton.
' Lr Dc
Higdon, Franklin; Z. I). Buchanan, route
4; E. F, Evan's, Kyle; Grady
Waldroop, route 1 ; John 1 lelfart.
route 3; C. T. Anderson, Stiles;
D. L. Parrish, route 3; C. W.
Henderson, Gneiss; William Pick
ens, .Gneiss ; Lawrence, McCon-
nell, route 2; E. C. Painter, I.eath
erman ; H. J. Batey, Hibhlands;
Charlie Seay, route ' 4; A. A.
Angel, Franklin.
FAST FLIGHT TO RALEIGH
James Wedell, holder of the land
plane speed record, was forced to
halt at Raleigh by a' damaged cowl
ing. ' Out to fly from New York
to Miami in four hours, .Wedell
had consumed only H'J .minutes and
had made 300 miles an hour.
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Services
S. H. Lyle
72 - Year - Old Physician
Succumbs to Heart
Attack
PRACTISED 54 YEARS
Long Career or Service
To County, State
Ends Suddenly
Funeral. er ices for Dr. Samuel
Harley I. vie. 72, who died of a
heart attack early Tuesday morn
ing after more than half a cen
tury of distinguished service to his
coinniunrty and state as a physician
and public-spirited iitizen, were
held at 11 o'clock Wednesday
morning at the First ... Methodist I
church ' 1 :
Between WK) . andv 700 , persons,
representing all walks of life, came
to pay their last tribute to the man,
whom through long association they
had come to respect, revere and
love. The church was filled to
capacity and outside several score
men stood in silence during the
service,
As one looked over this throng
of people, the thought came that
many of those assembled to do
honor to the memory of this fam
ily . physician and surgeon , had
been brought into the world by
his skilled hands. And many oth-
ers perhaps owed their good health,
even their very lives, to his min
istration. Simple Service Held
The service, conducted by the
Rev. John Teague, of Prentiss, who
officiated in the absence at con
fcrenceof the pastor; the Rev. W.
A. Jenkins, was short and simple,
a those who were familiar wi'thl
Dr. Lyle knew he would have it. '
'i:Ktrca11iTiSin1ceidu'ringpaiez
war as -a h army- surgeon-stationed -at
Camp Greene, near Charlotte,
thccaskct4v-asdraped with - the -American
. flag.
Floral tributes were - so numerous
that many of them had to, be
placed in the windows of the
church.
The funeral procession reached
nearly from' the church to the
cemetery, where a short committal .
service was held.
The Franklin public school, in
which Dr. Lyle as a member of the
county school board had long
shown a personal interest, was clos
ed for the day out of respect for
the deceased. So was the Bank of
Franklin, which Dr. Lyle had serv
ed for many years as a member
of its directorate and chairman of
the board. Many business houses
closed voluntarily during the fun-
ciraX . " i.z zzinrrTrr;"""."
- Dr. Lyle had been in failing
h(.valthforevej-.al.j.yearswffe.rinf
.from a heart affection; but he
steadfastly refused to enter the in-
activity, of .retirement. Those who
knew of his condition marveled at
his physical and mental - vigor. At
times he would answer professional
calls which sorely taxed his en
ergy to attend to the needs of pa
tients who were suffering far less
than himself.
Suffers Heart Attack
The end came as a shock to the
community, for it was not known
generally that Dr. Lyle was ill. He
was seen on the streets, his usual
self. Saturday and Sunday, and
Sunday night he answered a call.
Monday he was seized with indi
gestion and his condition became
critical. , A heart attack that night
foreshadowed the end and he died
at 4:30 o'cloek Tuesday morning.
Survivors
Dr. .Lyle is survived by his wid
ow, who was Miss Ella Staton, of
Tarbo.ro; one son, S. H. Lyle, Jr.,
of Franklin; a daughter, Mrs.
Clement Sutton, of Washington,
Ga. ; two brothers. Dr. J. M. Lyle,
of I.cwiston, Tdaho'; and Daniel .
Lyle, of Peck, Idaho; two sisters,
Mrs. L. L. Bryson, of Tucson,
Ariz., and Mrs. Mary Waldroop,
of near Franklin.;' and two grand
daughters. Miss Dorothy Lyle, of
Atlanta, -Ga.', daughter of a deceas
ed son, James Burton Lyle, "and
Anne Lvlc, small daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. S. H. Lyle, Jr.
Serving as active pall bearers at
the funeral were: J. S. Porter, J.
(Continued on page four) .