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A wise and good man is
composed' and happy; a fool
is always worried and full of
distress.
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A Brief Survey of Cur
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Nation and Abroad
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VOL. XLVIII, NO. 47
FRANKLIN, N. C THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1933
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ERWIN GETS JOB AS
DISTRICT ATTORNEY
Marcus Erwin, Asheville lawyer
who was one of the leaders in the
campaign for the election of Rob
ert R .: Reynolds as United Stales
senate lias been apiointed United
States district attorney, for the
western district of Norh Carolina
and is expected to assume office
December .1. Mr. Erwin was no
tified Monday in a telegram from
Senator Reynolds, In Washington,
that President Roosevelt had sign
e dhis a p po i n tm c ntr ".r w i n w ill
succeed Frank C. Patton, of Mor
gariton. The job' pays $5,000, less
economy deductions.
U. S. RECOGNIZES RUSSIA
Formal recognition of Soviet
Russia by the United States gov
ernment was announced on Friday
by President Roosevelt alter a se
ries of 'conferences with Maxim
Litvinoff, Soviet foreign Commissar.
American observers- expect imme
diate resumption of trade, with
possibbly 1,000,000 bales of Ameri
can,, cotton to go to Russia, in the
near future.
ROOSEVELT IN SOUTH
President RoosevcLtron:,:Saturday
arrived in Warm- Springsr-(ia.to
spend a two weeks vacation in his
resort home there.
ALLOCATE 68,000 JOBS
The state relief administra
tion has allotted 68,000 jobs to
the 100 counties "in the state for
supplying work for needy per
sons, 14,000 of them to come
from the relief rolls and 34,000
. from federal re-employment
rolls. Mecklenburg leads in
number of jobs allotted with
3,351, with Guilford, Wake,
Buncombe and Forsyth coun
ties following in order.
SPEEDING HOME LOANS
Alan S. O'Neal, state manager of
the Home Owners Loan corpora
tion, announced from his Salisbury
office that 114 -loans for $319,330
were approved last week, bring--ing-the
total approvals toJL204
homes involving $2,815,778. During
the week 36 foreclosures were halt
ed. SAYRE IN STATE POST
Francis 13. Savre, son-in-law ot
Woodrow Wilson, has been naniedl
an assistant .secretary of state. He
has been teaching at Harvard uni
versity.
BRITISH SEAMEN ARE LOST
Hope has been abandoned for
thef lives of 27 British seamen who
took to open boats to a raging
sea when the freighter Saxilby
went down 300 miles off the. Irish
coast.
THREATEN LABOR LEADER
Clyde. Munn, American" Federa
tion of Labor representative whoi
has been organizing hosiery work- j ;,h Palis Railway is in the hands
ers at Hickory, reports that agents' nf a receiver and a petition has al
of manufacturers have threatened (ready been presented to ihe proper
him with violence unless he leav i s authorities to abandon the road.
liarafv: 'IV.licor'liiiThf
he will be fully protected.'
EXTORTIONIST SENTENCED
John T, Laiiieiv pleading4;uillyin
federal -district -cmtr-t-at-VV-UkcslKiro.
of an attempt to extort- $10,0tH) from
R. J. Reynolds, tobacco heir, was
on Monday sent to Atlanta prison
for five years.
11 MILES INTO THE BLUE
Eleven miles into the sky soared
Comma lder T. G. W. Settle and
Major Chester L. Fordney , in a
big balloon on Monday. Taking
off from Akron early in the morn-1
ing, the balloon drifted eastward
to settle in New Jersey where it
was the object of a widespread
hunt. The two men communicated
by - radio telephone . with ground
stations during the flight.
SEIZE EINSTEIN PROPERTY
The German government has
seized all property of Albert Ein
stein, famous scientist who has
sought refuge in the I'.niled States.
The seizure was based -on charges
that Einstein is a Communist. This
his relatives strongly deny.
BRAMHAM HOLDS BIG JOB
William G. Bramham, Durham,
president of the National Associa
tion of Professional I'ascbatl
Leagues' was last week at Galves
ton chosen to hold that post for
five years at a salanX of $8,5(10.
IS KILLED FOR QUARTER
An argument over "two bits," or
price of a theater ticket, cost J. R.
Jones his life at Roanoke Rapids
on Friday. Will Gurganus stabbed
Jones when the latter refused to
lend Gurganus ' the quarter.
NEW RAILROAD
PLAN PROPOSED
Clayton Board of Trade
Wants Government
To Run T. F.'
EXTENSION URGED
Seen as Best Means of
Protecting National
Forest Lands
A movement seeking to induce!
the federal government to' take
over operation of thcVralliilah Falls
ailvvay has been started by the
Clayton Hoard of Trade.
In a letter published in last
week's issue of The Clayton Tri
bune a committee of the board of
trade poyvts out that abandonment
of the railroad,, as sought by its
receiver in a petition now pending
before the Interstate Commerce
Commission, would' result in a
heavy loss to the government by
bottling up the resources of the
Nantahala National Forest. . '
An accompanying article in The
Tribune states : - - -
The cost of long transports of
wood products and mineral prod
ucts bv truck, on long stretches,
would be prohibitive,-if the railroad
should be abandoned, and the gov
ernment would lose much more
thereby than it would cost to' own
and operate the road.
Extension Proposed
"A half million kilowatts of
electric energy is being generated
by the hvdro-electric plants near
the railroad and with projected ;
huge generation of electric energy!
by the Tennessee Valley Authority i
the electrification of the Tallulah
Falls railroad, if the government
owned it, would greatly reduce
operating expenses; and by extend
ing the railroad it would serve as i
south from the contemplated Ten
nessee industrial developments and
aKocotiftccrwl
ment-owned Smoky Mountains na-
jjonaLarkreju!!
Aug A!Hlreae7ahienibcfbf "the
Clayton- board of trader- came- to
Franklin Tuesday to interest local
business men in the movement for
Rovernnnt " ownc"r ship and opera
lion of the "T. F."
Copy of Letter
-The letter drawn up by the Clay
ton Board of Trade is addressed to
the United States senators and
congressmen of Georgia and North
Carolina. Following is a copy of
the letter:
We, the - undersigned, a commit
tee appointed by the Board of
Trade, of Clayton, da., respectfully
ask your consideration of the fal
lowing matter which is of vital im
portance to the government.
,s vmi ir lablv know
the Tal-
we contend might well be consider
ed by the - National Government,
especially at this time, when every
thing i.s.bciug done with . J lie
angular .4mrp.0sc.j0f .. trying to re
store the country to a normal busi
ness condition.
The Federal Cuvcrnmcnt owns
approximately 3M.000 acres of for
est lands adjacent to this railroad
ami further, that this is the only
railroad over which it is practical
tii ship products of this forest land
(Continued on page four)
Toys and Gifts Needed for
Community Christmas Tree
A "community "'Christmas tree is
being planned through the co
operation of the churches .of Frank
lin to be gien Saturday afternoon
before Christinas in the courthouse.
The women of the church or
ganizations are meeting at the
Methodist church each Friday f-vr
the purpose 'of dressing dolls, mak-
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nig and meniuug outer ioys u'
be placed j ii the I hnsinias tree.
Many gills, both joyful and use
ful, will be needed, and all who
can assist are urged to' attend
these gatherings, bringing their
lunch with them, and materials for
making animals and dressing (lolls.
Used toys,' as well as new ones,
are being solicited.
Allen Ordway and Joe Duncan
have offered to mend wooden toys,
which donors are requested to de
liver at the former's shop at his
home in the Ashe house n Har
rison avenue.
For those who desire to help
Rev. C. C. Herbert, Jr., To
Succeed Rev. W. A. Jenkins
As Methodist Pastor Here
The Rev. C. C, Herbert, Jr., of
Charlotte, is expected to come to
Franklin' within the next ten days
to succeed he Rev. Weaver A.
Jenkins- as ' pastor of-' the .Firsfc
Methodist church.
' New appointments ; of Methodist
ministers in the Western North
Carolina conference were read
Mondav at the annual meeting of
the bodv in Charlotte.
'Rev. Mr. Jenkins, who was as
signed to North Wilkesboro, in the
Mf. . Airy district, is expected to
preach his farewell sermon to his
congregation here, at the morning
service next Sunday. Mr. Jenkins
came here in July to fill out the
unexpired . term of the Rev. O. P.
Ad'cr,. who. was superannuated on
account of ill health. Although he
has been in Franklin only a few
months he has made many friend?
here.
Rev. Mr. Herbert, Mr. Jenkin's
successor, is a young man and has
been seryi'ig as pastor of the Wes
lev Heights-Methodist church in ;
Charlotte. Prior to going to Char- j The bishop praised the admini
lotte he was assistant pastor of : stration of President Roosevelt
the First Methodist church in! wherein "iniquity in high places"
Winston-Sa'e'm.
Hayes Reappointed
The Rev. L. B. Hayes, a former
pastor of the Franklin Methodist
BOYLOSESARl
WHILEJUNTING
Clinton Brookshire, 17,
Recovering after
Gun Accident
Clinton Brookshire, 17, of Frank
lin, lost one of his arms. Saturday
afternoon when a shotgun was ac-
ci(lentalldischargedhile"he"vas
getting out of a boat:
-Young Brookshire and several
other boys had been duck hunting
on Lake Emory. As they . were
coming . ashore from a boat the
l'.i uc.ksl.ire" boy placed his gun on
a bank and as he went to pick it
up it exploded, the shot-tearing his
arm away.
Charles Palmer, son of Mr. and
i M rs. Joe Palmer, quickly bound
ihe injured youth's arm with a
handkerchief, making a turnquit to
stem the flow of blood. But for
his quick action, it is thought
Brookshire might have bled to
death.
At the hospital the boy's arm
was amputated just below the
shoulder' and' his father, J. H.
Brookshire." gave a blood trans
fusion. Wednesday young Brook
shire was reported on the road to
recovery.
Small Girl's Hand
Badly Injured
Marie Hastings, 3-year-old daugh
ter of Mt and Mrs. Lawrence
I lastings, ' suffered a painful " in
jury to her hand Saturday after
noon when she attempted to seize
an axe from her brother, aged
st ven, who was chopping wood.
The axe descended and almost cut
off part of the child's hand, but
it was reported Wednesday that
' the member could be saved.
this work, but "who 'cannot attend
the Friday "meetings it is suggested
that neighborhood, sewing groups
be organized.
KIDNAPERS CONFESS
MURDER
Thomas 'Thurmond and
Jack
Holmes have admitted to San Jose,
Calif., police that they killed
Brooke Hart, 22, sou of a wealth
merchant within a few hours after
he had been kidnaped and then de
manded $4(),()(K) from the father
for the return of his son "alive."
PR. WALL HEADS BAPTISTS
For the second year. Dr. Zeno
Wall was m Friday in the meeting
at Greensboro, elected president of
the State Baptist Convention. The
convention set $450,000 as the goal
ot contributions in the ensuing
vear. Uver l.tKH) attended tlie
in.1 meeting.
church, was reappointed - presiding
elder of the Waynesville district,
which embraces Macon county. ,
The Rev. G.. N. Dulin, pastor of
the Franklin circuit, was transfer
red to Peachland in the Charlotte
district, and the Rev. B. W. Leftcr
was' assigned to succeed him here.
The Rev. J.. B. Tabor, Jr., was
returned to the Macon county ;ir
cuit. Colleges Merged
The conference . Saturday approv
ed the merger of Rutherford and
Weaver colleges and establishment
of a new institution at Brevard.
In an address on "Christian In
tolerance," Bishop Edwin T). Mou
zon said that "Christianity must be
intolerant, when it comes to the a
titude of men toward the1 person and
nlace of Jesus Christ," and insisted
that Christians "must be tolerant
toward those who are '-Weak" and
sinful." He added, that it was not
the church's business "to make
Christ acceptable to the world but
to: make Him inescapable
has . been attacked, but expressed
regret that the administration had
shown "stupidity in tying up. the
NRA with the saloon panegyrists."
Roosevelt Calls on
Nation To Be Grateful
A simple Thanksgiving procla
mation, devoid of the customary
"whereases" and "now; . there-,
fores," was issued Tuesday by
President Roosevelt at his cot
tage at ' Warm Springs, Ga.,
where he is taking a rest and
plans to spend Thanksgiving
Day. , ( .
The president called on the
American people "to be grateful
for the passing of dark days"
and condemned "greed and self
ishness and 7 striving " for undue
riches." He also expressed a de
sire that the nation manifest its
gratitude for "the greater friend-'
ship between employers and
those who toil.
SCOUT EMBLEMS
TO BE AWARDED
Court of Honor To Be
Held Friday Night at
Scout House
Franklin's Boy Scout troop will
hold a court of honor in the
Scout house back nf the Masonic
hall at 7:311 o'clock Friday night,
when Scout emblems will be award
ed to those who have earned them.
A. W. Allen, of Asheville, Scout
exeeu t i ve of - the- Smk y -M t tnit ains
district, is expected to, be present
lor the court of honor. Names of
those who- arc -to-Ttf blems
have not been announced.
""The" FrankliirScont troop -was
organized about n year ago with
Don Young, a former Fade Scout,
as Scoutmaster, and J. I). Franks
as assistant Scoutmaster. The troop
now has 24 members and many
other boys are clamoring for mem
bership, Parents of Scouts and all others
interested in Scout .activities have
been invited to attend the court
of honor Friday night.
Robbed of $100
Assailants Leave Iotla
Man Tied to Tree
Floyd Lowe, who recently return
ed to this countv from Tennessee,
was reported to have been robbed
of a pockethook containing $100 by
a, group of three masked bandits
early Monday morning an'd then
left tied to a tree about 75 yards
from the home of his father, Jess
Lowe, in the lotla .section.
The robberv was reported to
Sheriff A. B. Slagle by the elder
Mr. Lowe. Young Lowe was re
ported to have said he was awaken
ed and called to the porch, of his
father's home about 3 a. 'm. Mon
day. Robbers seized him, clothed
only in his night clothes, it was
said, took the wallet with the
$100 from him and then tied, him
to a tree. Lowe said he managed
to unloose himself after a cold tvvo
hours of struggling with a knotted
rope. He said he could not recog
nize anv of the robbers.
CROWDS ATTEND
C0URT0PENING
Grand Jury Finds County
Institutions in Good
Order
CRISP HELD INSANE
Bunin Pruett Convicted,
Dills Acquitted in
Larceny Case
The opening of November term
of Macon county superior court
Monday, With Judge Felix E. Al
ley, of Waynesville, presiding, drew
a good 'crowd to Franklin; but this
term of court has proved ' a poor
show - as compared with other
terms held this year.' Most. "of
the cases on the criminal calendar
were of a minor nature and there
was not a single homicide case on
the, docket.
The judge delivered an able
charge to the jury, -but furnished
no fireworks. The grand jury, re-portiiig-;-"WcUiesday,---ifoimd..-llic.:
roaiitv-institutions-all Hn -apple pie
order and took occasion to com
pliment the county commissioners
and the courthouse janitor 011 the
improvement of sanitary conditions
in the courthouse.
A jury Tuesday found Parker
Crisp, of the Gold Mine section,
to be insane and the judge ordered
that he was not capable of stand
ing in defense of charges of assault
with a deadly weapon on his wife,
daughter and son. Crisp was or
dered sent to the state hospital
for the insane at Raleigh.
Purlin Pruett and Earl Dills
were brought to trial Wednesday
on charges of larceny in connec
tion with the theft of goods from
the Dowdle Wholesale 'Company's
warehouse. The jury, which re
ceived the case Thursday morning
at 1 1 :39. -o'clock, reported at 3
o'clock in the afternoon, finding
Pruett- guilty on " two counts and
acquitting Dills. Sentence had not
been pronounced when The Press-
M aconianwelit-iopress.
Robert Sanders Was found guilty
Tuesday of disturbing public wor
ship and was given a two-years
sen teiice.usi tended -ong-ol - be
havior and payment of costs by the
April term of court.
Judge Alley took occasion of a
jilea of guilty by Will R'aby," charg--ed
with larceny, to rid Macon
county of what its respectable resi
dents have long considered an un
desirable character. He sentenced
Raby to a total of six years at
work on the roads on three dif
ferent counts, the sentences to take
effect immediately, should Raby be
found within the state's borders,
after Friday, November 24.
Most of the other cases coining
before the court involved viola
tions of the prohibition laws. In
instances of conviction he imposed
heavy sentences, but suspended
them - upon - payment -of -costs --and
the condition of good behavior.
The court expected to proceed
with the trial -of civil case-I-Vidav-
McLAMB ESCAPES CHAIR
Luther McLamb, convicted axe
slayer of 'George R. Hudson, was
saved from execution in the elec
trict chair on Friday morning
when the governor commuted his
sentence to life imprisonment. Mc
Lamb was sentenced from Johns
ton county.
Rain Blots out
Sweeping into
Beneficent rain, a heavy down
pour of it," came. Tuesday night,
blotting out a raging forest fire
which was fast sweeping over the
Covvecs into Macon countv.
The fire, which was reported to
have done damage estimated be
tween $300,(XX) and $500,000 in
Jackson county, spread into Macon
county Sunday and Monday, doing
considerable damage in the vicinity
of Cowee . Gap. The loss from
fires in this county, however, has
been almost negligible compared
to the destruction wrought in
Jackson county.
Boys, in three Civ ilian Conserva
tion camps in the county stood
ready to battle any fires that
might start in or near lands of the
Nantahala National 'Forest; but
none developed. I, (.. l. recruits
quartered in Cherokee county did
have an opportunity to show" their
skill at fire-fighting and deported
themselves well.
260 Jobs Created
In Macon County
By New Projects
School To Have
Broadcasting System
A broadcasting system, with
amplifiers in every class room,
in being installed in the Frank
lin high school under the direc
tion of G. L. Houk, principal;
When the system is completed
it will enable Mr. Houk to
broadcast announcements to the
entire student body or to com
municate with any individual
class room. It also will be pos
sible for him to hook up a
radio set in his office and trans
mit educational programs to
any or all rooms, or to the
school auditorium, which also "is
being' equipped with amplifiers.
ANNUAL-ROLL
CALLSTARTED
Flanagan Reports Over
100 Memberships on
First Day
More than Kkl memberships had
been reported to ' the Rev. J. A.
Flanagan Tuesday as a result of
the first day's efforts of volunteer
workers in Macon county's annual
Red Cross roll' call. h i c H started
last Saturday and is to continue
through -Thanksgiving Day.
The county's joal has been set
at 300 memberships, but Red Cross
leaders are hopeful that this will
be surpassed iis a token of the
county's gratitude for assistance
which has been rendered Mo" many'
of its people through the Red Cross
during the past year.
The reports MrrFlanauaTi-had
received Tuesday were far JYom
complete. Many of the-canvassers;
especially those in the rural dis
trkfsTTiad not reported and "many
others had not completed covering
the districts assigned ; to them.
Greatly Encouraged
Rev. -Mr. Flanagan said he was
greatly encouraged by the loyal
support and interest of the. volun
teer workers. He requested that
any individuals who have not been
solicited for Red Cross member
ship to enroll at Red Cross head
quarters in Sloan Brothers grocery
store or to give their membership
dues to any of the canvassers.
Membership dues in the Red
Cross arc $1 a member and half
of this sum remains in the treasury
of the local chapter, while the
other half is sent to the national
organization. Larger memberships
arcZiea iics'tefl' TroYiTTRosc a-hgTfx;
able to give more-than $1.
Presbyterian Ladies - :.
Give Oyster Supper -
An oyster supper is being spon
sored by the Ladies' Auxiliary of
the Franklin Presbyterian church
for Saturday evening, November
25, in the store building on Main
street formerly occupied by the
S. & L. store. The proceeds will
go for church purposes.
Forest Fire
Macon County
- Besides the Cowee fire, there
was only one other forest fire of
any consequence reported ' in this
county. About eight acres of tim
ber and brush were binned over
in the Tellico section.
Jackson county, where such
great damage was duhe bv forest
fires, is . one of the few icountie
in western North Carolina.' which
does not have a fire protection
svstem. Seven large fires were
reported in Jackson county Tues
day before the rain came. Matiy
homes were threatened and one
was reported to have been burne
The situation became so serious in
parts of Jackson and Transylvania
counties that motorists were warn
ed to beware of burning trees that
, might tall across the roads, three
.men were reported to have had
. narrow escapes from death while
attempting to save the home of a
neighbor.
Many Projects Planned
Under Civil Works
Program
ROADS TO BE FIXED
Wages Set at 45 Cents
And $1.10 an Hour
For 30 Hours
Jobs for 260 men have been '
I made av ailable in Macon' county
I by projects already - started or
'soon to he undertaken with the .
laid of funds provided by the Civil
j Works' 'Administration, - the most
t recentlv xTvated branch -of - Fresi-
dent Roosevelt's-'; enormous nation
al recovery organization.
The jobs are to last for. three
:u..iiit!i and tie. wages. 'have'been
set at -15 cents an hour for com
mon laborers , and $1.10 an hour
for skilled workmen tor. a thirty
hour week, :
Many Improvements Planned
A wide variety of public im
prmcments are contemplated under
the CTi i 1 Works program in this
county. Four road projects already
have been outlined by' the county
commissioners, with the approval
of the . state highway maintenance
forces. These call for improve
ment of the F.lli.iay, Clarke's Chap
el, Co wee. and Horse Cove roads.
Another group of projects will re
sult in improvement of school build
ings and grounds. It is also plan
ned to allocate a number of work
ers to the towns of Franklin and
'Highlands for municipal projects,
such as the surfacing and drain
ing of .streets.
(iiLhundredndM.hirty,..oLthe
C W. A. workers are to be taken
off the county's, relief roll, while
an vqual number are to be recruit
ed by thelocal office of the Na
tional Reemployment Service, of
which John W. Fdwards is man-
a g e r , Selection o f em ploy es from
the relief list will be in the hands
of Miss Rachel Davis, county Ayel
fare 'superintendent'."" assisted by J.
F. Lancaster, chairman of -the -county
Red Cross' chapter," and ;
other members of the welfare
board. . .
No definite sum of money has
been ' allocated to the county for
Civil Works projects, but it is
estimated that the work to be
undertaken will cost approximately
'$40,000. most of it to be spent
;ii wages. The whole, purpose of
the program, by which ' President
Roosevelt hopes to provide a
means of support through the
winter for two million men, is to
create as many jobs as possible
it living wages. The C. W. A.
authorities in -"WasTimgton "Rave aT-
Mocatcd G8.000 jobs to North Caro
lina and it jis planned to have all
of them filled bv next "Mondavi
Box Supper
To Be Held at Patton
School December 2
A box supper is to be given at
the Patton school at. 7:30 o'clock
Saturday night, December' 2.
The proceeds will be used in de
fraying the expenses of a commun
ity Yuletide celebration and Christ
mas tree to be sponsored by the
Patton church and Louisa chapel.
Such a celebration last year
proved' ' a big success, bringing
Christmas 'joy to, the entire Patton
settlement. It is hoped this year
to make the community Christmas
celebration even a greater success
vvilh the aid of funds raised at the
box supper,
Those in charge of arrangements
for the supper, said everybody who
vvT.shesni;aiend will be given a
warm welcome, especially the boys
at C. C. C. Camp No. 9 at the foot
of Pint on Yallcv, .
MRS. MASSEY HEADS U. D. C.
Concluding their annual meeting,
the liiitcd Daughters of the Con
federacy on Friday, at Baltimor
elected Mrs. William E. Massey, of
Arkansas,, as president-general.
WELLS BACK TO CUBA
Sumner Wells has been sent
back to Cuba by the president-to
continue .his efforts to stabilize
conditions in that country, without
recourse to American intervention.