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1 TJ . W Bits of Vi-dom The world's so full of a number of things I'm sure we should all be as happy as' kings. Robert Louis Stevenson. Yn;ii3 A Brief Survey of Cur rent Events in State, Nation and Abroad the Facts Boiled Down to a Few Pithy Lines. PROGRESSIVE - LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL. XLVIII, NO. 48 FRANKLIN. N. G, THURSDAY, NOV. 30, 1933 S1.50 PER YEAR : ' If 4 I- GOVERNMENT TO CONTINUE MONETARY POLICIES Undeterred by criticisms of . his monetary policies, President Koose velt has instructed Acting Secre tary of the Treasury Morgenthau to keep the administration's cur rency program going ' Unchanged. The government is still in the gold market and the price rimains at $33.76. Alfred E. Smith, f otitic r governor of New York, turned loose a , broadside against the Rooseveltian policies last Thurs day, declaring "I am for gold dol lars as against boloney dollars" and "I am for experience as against experiment." The follow ing day Senator Borah; Republic an, of Idaho, came to the presi dent's support with a challenge that the administration's critics of- 't i n -i r :.. better conditions. At a mass meet ing held in New York Monday night a' prolonged demonstration was given for Roosevelt and the names of "Al" Smith,. J. Pieqiont Morgan and others associated in the public mind with big business and high finance were loudly booed. AMBASSADOR TO RUSSIA LEAVES I William Cr Bullitt, the "state" de partment attache who has been .working for years to win United State's recognition of Russia, was scheduled to sail Wednesday for the Soviet as this country's am bassador to that country. He had instructions to return "as soon as practicable to report on the prob lem of permanent establishment oi the embassy and consulates and to organize the staffs." CALIFORNIA KIDNAPERS LYNCHED BYMOB Thomas H. Thurmond and John M. Holmes, confessed kidnaper slayers of Brooke Hart, San Jose, Calif., youth, were lynched Sunday night by a mob of 100 men who smashed their way into the San Jose county jail after a two-hour battle to seize the pair. A whoop ing cheering crowd estimated at 6,000 persons looked on. The kidnaper-slayers were taken to a nearby park and hanged. The fol lowing ""flay Governor R"6Tph6f California said he would - pardon anyone arrested and convicted of the lynching, declaring it "was a fine lesson to the whole nation." MARYLAND MOB FAILS TO FREE LYNCHERS A mob estimated at more than a thousand men failed in a con certed effort Tuesday to storm the state armory at Salisbury, Md and free four men' accused of lynching a negro in Princess Anne last month. State troopers sent to the scene by Governor Ritchie took the prisoners to Baltimore foT safe-keeping. Even after the troops ' had gone with the prisoners, the mob continued its activities, taunt ing reporters gathered in one of Salisbury's hotels. A movie sound truck was captured and sunk in ...Wicomico river. LYNCHING FRUSTRATED1 "IN MISSOURI Local - officers and -.- national guardsmen, the latter called out by Governor Guy B. Park, pre vented a lynching at St. Joseph, Mo Tuesday night. A mob of men managed to break into the jail but was unable to get their man, a 19-year-old negro accused oF attacking a white woman. The sheriff trapped some of the mobs ters in a tier of cells and locked them tip. DR. WYNEKOOP REPUDIATES SHOOTING STORY , From her "cot in the county jail hospital in Chiongo, Dr. Alice Wynckoop, member of a prominent family of Chicago physicians, was reported Monday to have, repudiat ed the statement that she shot her daughter-in-law, Rheta, as the girl lay dead on an operating table. Earle Wynckoop, husband of the slain woman, is being held with his 62-year-olu mother in connection with' the case, one of the most profound mysteries that has been emblazoned across the front pages of American newspapers in recent months. 13 KILLED. 33 INJURED J IN N. C. OVER WEEK-END Thirteen persons were reportld killed and 33 injured in auton Diic accidents ana otner tragcclifs occurring iri' North Carolina o-Jtr the week-end. Eight of .the deallis and 31 of the iniurv cases vre directly attributed to autornbile accidents. Two ..accidental e1f:tro cutions and one suicide also were included in the list of fatalies. REEMPLOMNT OFFICE DELUGED Many Applications Re ceived For Jobs on C. W. A. Projects 1,600 NOW ENROLLED Report of 1,000 Men .To Be Put To Work in Forest Unconfirmed Announcement of the Civil Works Administration's plans to put two million unemployed men back to work by December 1 has brought a deluge of applications for jobs to the local office of the National Reemployment Service. John W. Edwards, manager of the office, said more than 40 men registered at the office Monday and an equal number Tuesday. he total number of men enrolled since the office opened in August is approximately 1,600, he added The Civil Works program scheduled to get under way this week, but a few days delay is ex pected in getting the, work started in full swing. . 260 Jobs Available Projects proposed for this coun ty will furnish jobs for 260 men, half of them to be employed from the. relief list and half from the unemployed list compiled by the Reemployment office. There have been repeated re ports that a thousand men, pos sibly more, soon would be put to work in the Nantahala National forest; but no official confirma tion of these reports has been made public. $15,000 Payroll The Civil Works projects will give Macon county a payroll of more than $15,000 a month for the next three months. According to plans announced at Washington and Raleigh, common laborers will receive 4 cents an hour and skill ed laborers $1.10 an , hour, for . a 30-hour week. .x Projects proposed for this county-include improvement of the Cowee, Ellijay and Clarke's Chapel roads, and also repairs and im provements for schools and school grounds. Some of the workers al so are expected to be assigned to municipal improvement projects in Franklin and Highlands. 17 BOY SCOUTS ARE PpiOTED District Court of Honor Held in Franklin Scout Hut Seventeen Boy Scouts from the Smoky Mountains district were promoted and awarded merit badges at a meeting of the district court of honor held Friday night in the Scout hut back of the Ma sonic hall. ' The ceremonies were handled by Edward Eaton, R. R. Smithwick. J. D. Pranks, and Scout Executive A. W. Allen, the latter of Ashe ville. Those promoted to Tenderfoot were: Mark Reed, William Craig. William Lambert, and Richard Taylor, all of Cherokee. Second Class rank was conferred on Mil ton Sanders, Fred Murray, Bobby Porter, Frank Higdon, Joe Dun can, and Charlie Slaglc, of Frank lin. Merit badges were awarded to the following Scouts from Chero kee : Lorenzo Swayney, art ; Wal ter Swayney, wood-carving; Fred Bradley, fircmanship; Jack Palmer, f iremanship ; - Joe - Pritcliard, firc manship; and Isaac Ross, first aid. AUTO ACCIDENT An automobile wreck occurred in Highlands Tuesday night, in which occupants of one car were slightly injured. The town lights had gone out, and J. E. Potts, town dork, had started for the municipal plant in a taxi driven by Walter Bryson struck with considerable force a parked car whose occupant as Albert Wiley. Although Bry- son s car was damaged somewni and Wiley's slightly, all parties escaped without serious injury. Box Supper To Be Held At Clark's Chapel A box supper and short enter tainment program will be given at Clark's Chapel church Friday night, December 8. Proceeds derived from the supper will be used to buy heating equipment f;or the church. Sold! V1 JKf .,4 V7Y "Si HO MUM' ( hm r see 1 , ft ' . rv r I ; 1 Highlands Highlights EDITED BY MRS. THOMAS HARBISON CLUB ACCEPTS BOND FOR BANK fDEPOSIT At a special meeting of the Highlands Community club held on November 25 at the home of Miss Bernice Durgin,' it was decided af ter some 'discussion that the club take in exchange for money on de posit at Highlands Bank, which is how closed, one Highlands town bond of 01,000 denomination, ma turing in 1945. x The dub came to this decision after hearing the report of a com mittee of investigation." The situa tion had been explained to absent members of the club by. letter and they were asked to vote "yes" or "no." Those who mailed their votes-were for --takingthe bond. - ENTERTAINMENT PLANNED The following program was scheduled to be presented Thanks giving eve at the Highlands school under the direction of Miss Eva Potts, Miss Ethel Calloway, and Mrs. Jack Hall: Music by Mrs. A. C. Holt. iitl. i u j 1 : r n -.1 r-t x tm. r)--.j uou. vnaracicrs ; ine ramicu Doll, Bernice Rice; groom, Rolliver Batp; minister, Jack Potts; chorus girls, Corinne Paul, Mary Keener, Emma Potts, Frances AViley, Frances Reese and Vivian Potts; Little Red Riding Hood, Carolyn Potts ; Buster Brown, Guy Paul ; Jumping Jack, Harry Beal; bride's maids, Grace McKinney and Sara Nicholson ; - the-dollies;-ten - girlsj Little Mamma Doll, MaryTTiza beth Potts. '. "The Fatal Quest." Characters : King, Howard Crunkleton; queen, Miss Kate Moore duke, Edward Potts; princess, Sara Thompson. The "Family Album." Charac ters: Little Sister, Mozelle Bry son; Big Sister, Grace McKinney; sister's best beau, Rolliver Baty, others. Moving picture. BIOLOGISTS VISIT HIGHLANDS Prof. T. G. Harbison, now locat ed at the University of North Carolina, engaged in classifying and mounting the 'Ashe herbarium, was at his home in Highlands for a few hours Friday. Others in the party were Dr. Coker, Chapel Hill, Dr.. Davis, Richmond, Va., and Dr. Hanson, New York Qty. Prof. Harbison and Dr. Coker were dele gated to come to Macon county with Dr. Davis and Dr. Hanson, offirials of the General Education Board of the Rockefeller Founda tion, to look over the biological situation in Highlands. CLEAVELANDHOPPER The wedding of Miss Evelyn Elizabeth Cleaveland to Mr. George Dewey Hopper, both pop ular members of ; the young set here, took place at the Cleaveland home on Sunday, November 26, at 5 p. m. The ceremony was per formed by the Rev, Mr. Reed of Sylva in the presence of relatives and a few friends. The bride was lovely in a navy swagger suit of basket weave, with matching accessories. She wore a shoulder corsage of lilies of the valley. Her attendant, Miss Mary flL BUY mm AF3i hey, Elizabeth Potts, was dressed in dark blue crepe and wore a cors age of pink rose buds. Fred Hop per, brother of the groom, attend ed him as best man. Before the ceremony two musi cal selections, "Song on the Is lands," and "The Rosary," were rendered by W. A- Hays and W. . Brannan with Hawaiian guitar and piano. The wedding march from Lohengrin was played by MrBrannaj!jasth the . room . and was met by the groom at the altar. He continued playing softly as the marriage rit ual was J consummated.' A beauti- ful background for the wedding was the floral bower made of ever greens and white chrysanthemums centering .. around a softly lighted lamp at the end of the living room. vAfter the ceremony the guests remained for a buffet supper giv en in honor of the bride and ft The' bride is the daughter, of!in ?f I? ""i!1" Mrs. and the late Mr. W. M I Cleaveland, and is a member of one of the first families of High lands, the Cleavelands having come here many years ago from Bridge port, Conn. Mrs. Hopper attended Western Carolina Teachers col lege, and has held a position with the Highlands Bank for the past few years. Mr. Hopper is the son of Mr. and.Mrs,Ml.MwHopper, of . this place,- and holds a -Civil Service po sition. He has been working with the Forest" Service since 1930. Mr. and Mrs. Hopper will be at home here after December 1. . MRS. McKINNEY HONORED ON 79TH BIRTHDAY Honoring Mrs. J. P. McKinney, 79, on her birthday, November 17, was an old fashioned turkey din ner given at the home pf her daughter, Mrs. Helen Thompson. Guests present at the dinner were Misses Eva and Elinor Cleave land, and Miss Bernice Durgin. Mrs. Thompson also arranged a delightful affair for her mother, serving delicious birthday cake and creamed cocoa. Among the guests at the afternoon affair, besides the dinner guests, were Mrs. Mar tha Gottwals, Mrs. Meta Hall, Mrs. Frank Potts, Mrs. Charlie Potts, Mrs. Carl Zoellner and Mrs. Wal ter Bryson. Mrs. McKinney . and her hus band are deeply respected citizens of Highlands, having lived here for many years. Most of their children are still residents of the town, including Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Frank Potts, Mrs. H. .1. Paul, Miss Monty McKinney, Mr. Wendell McKinney and Mr. Char lie McKinney. One son, Mr. Alli son McKinney resides in Birming ham, Ala., but is a well known and frequent visitor here. CARPENTER-HENRY Miss Ruby Carpenter and Mr. Oliver Henry were married in Walhalla, S. C, on Sunday, ' No vember 26. Mrs. Henry is- the daughter of Mr. Judie Carpenter, and Mr. Henry is the son of Mrs. Mat Henry of Highlands. STILES SEEKS BETTER ROADS Community Bottled up in Bad Weather, Says Postmaster ROADS IMPASSABLE Extension of Mail Route From Dean's Mill Also Sought Bent on securing better roads for their community, a delegation of residents from the Stiles section came to Franklin Monday to en list the aid and cooperation of any and everybody who could help them. ,ln the group were Carl B. Mor gan, Stiles postmaster; J. L. Smith, T. J. Carnes and Fred Carnes. Mr. Morgan said they had been hoping for and expecting improve ment of their roads ever since the state took over maintenance oi county roads last year ; but little had been done to them, . ' ' " , Road Often Imputable "One road, the one leading to Almond, was scraped once," he said, "but that didn't do much good. At times it is impossible for us to get out in an automobile and in very bad weather one has to walk or ride ' horseback, as the roads are so bad they are impass able for wagons." Mr. Morgan said he hoped the state, the county or the forestry service would soon see fit to re pair the Burningtown road from Dean's Mill to Stiles, a distance of four miles, and from Stiles to the county line, towards Almond, a distance of three miles. The road toward Almond is es perially important, he pointed out, as this is the road used, when passable, to bring the mail from Almond to Stiles. In bad weather the mail carriers have to go around by the Lost Bridge to staff highway "286," then " to high way No. 10 near Bryson City and thence to Almond. The Stiles -delegation also ex- Njressed the desire that the link with No. 286 over the Lost Bridge, a distance of one and an eighth miles, be put in good condition. Franklin Losing " Trad Improvement of this road and the Burningtown road to Dean's Mill would result in considerably more trade coming to Franklin, it was stated, as many of the people co are forced in bad weather to walk or ride horseback to Almond to get their supplies. Want New Mail Rout Stiles gets its mail only three L times a week and frequently let ters or parcels from Franklin to say nothing of the county news- paper-are three days in reaching there. Fifty-two families are serv ed by the Stiles postoffice. They are planning soon to ask postal officials to put them on a route, preferably arTextension of Route 3 from Dean's Mill.' This would assure daily mail deliveries for them. . Shookville Mr. and Mrs. N. F. Rogers, of Newland, spent the week-end with home folks. Mrs. Carl Moses and children spent last week-end on Ellijay. Mr. and Mrs. Phill Cooper are moving to Eastfork. Don Watson and Luther Rice, of Highlands, ' were visiting here Fri day night. Mr. and Mrs. Lee Phillip, of Westminster, S. C, spent the week with Mr. and Mrs. A. B. Miller. We are sorry , to say , that A. G Barnes is very ill. Miss Lassie Talley, of the D. A. R. school, has recently been visiting Miss Leona Rogers. Miss Mary Barnes and brother, Willie, of Tamassee, S. G, spent last week-end here. Herman Rogers has been attend ing the singing school at Yellow Mountain. Miss Alaska Woods and brother, Earl, of Maggie, were visiting here last Week-end. Nelson Stiwinter preached at the Baptist church Sunday morning. ROAD CONTRACTS INCREASE A steady rise in the number of contracts awarded by the states for road work under their shares of the $400,000,000 federal high way fhnd, with a resultant rise in employment, was reported to the public works administration by the bureau of public roads. Sale of Municipal Power Plant Completed Transfer of Franklin's muni cipal .power plant to the Nan tahala Power and Light com pany was officially completed at a special meeting of the town council Tuesday afternoon. J. E. S. Thorpe, president of the power company, delivered to the councilmen a deed oftrust cov ering the property and the council, in turn, gave the pow er company title to the hydro electric generating plant on Lake Emory and its distribu tion system. Sale of the prop erty was approved at a special election last July. Final confirmation of the sale had been held up pending ap proval of the papers by the Aluminum Corporation of Amer ica, of which the Nantahala Power and Light company is a subsidiary. C W. A. OFFERS AID TO SCHOOLS Funds Made Available for Repairs and Other Improvements RALEIGH, Nov. 28. Immediate aid for improvement of school buildings and grounds and school busses is available from the Fed eral Civil "Works Administration and school officials throughout North Carolina are urged to re port any such improvements need ed to the local director, in a letter sent out by LeRoy , Martin, secre tary of the state, sclwul commis sion. Mrs. Thomas O'Berry, stat Civil Works Administrator, is desirious of getting all worthy projects un der way immediately, as it has to be started by December 1. Funds for labor for minor school repairs and improvements are available now,and in special cases, where no money is available within the school unit for buying materials, the larger jiart of such materials will r be r furnished "by " tin; Civil Works Administration. " Projects which contemplate new school buildings or additions of classrooms to present buildings will have ... to be approved . in . Washr ington,-but minor projects can be approved in Raleigh, Mr. Martin points out. "We feel that this is an excel lent opportunity to get the school buildings, mechanical equipment and the school grounds in first class condition. We urge you to act promptly and make application to your local director of the Civil Work Administration. Each school building should be listed as a sep arate project," his letter' states. Among the projects' which will be approved, although by no means all that would get .approval, and as a guide to the nature of work projects, are listed the fol lowing : ..Painting -school buildings inside, and out and school busses; grad ing school grounds, putting in win dow lights, repairing roofs and fixing leaks in roofs, heating boil ers, heating systems, plumbing fix tures and systems, water systems, lighting plants;, building and re pairing pit privies, insulating steam .boilers and Steam . mains, repairs to floors, supplementing janitorial assistance for such work as wash ing windows and woodwork, clean ing out basements, etc.; supplemen tary work .in repair' and mainten ance of school busses, ' washing and greasing school busses, build ing small . gymnasiums, building and repairing county garages. Many Expected at Box Supper Saturday Night A boxj supper will be given at the Patton school house at 7 :30 o'clock Saturday night, the pro ceeds to be used in defraying ex penses for the annual Patton com munity Christmas tree. Those in charge of the supper said they ex pected a big crowd and were pre paring to have a sufficient number of boxes to serve scores of peo ple, i Rev. G. L. Granger To Preach at St. Agnes Evening services will be held at St. Agnes Episcopal church at 7:30 o'clock Sunday night with a sermon by the Rev. George L. Granger, of Canton. There will be no morning ser vice, but the Sunday school will meet as usual at 10 o'clock. REPEAL OF DRY LAWSNEARIKG Liquor To Become Legal In 21 States on Tues day, December 5 27 STATESARE DRY Roosevelt Takes Action To Control Distilling Industry Ratification of the 21st, or re peal, amendment to the constitu tion at noon next Tuesday by Pennsylvania, Ohio and Utah, will mark the end of national prohibi tion and pave the way for the legal sale of liquor in 21 states. Preparatory to letting down the bars in the states which have no prohibition laws, President Roose velt Monday established federal supervision over, the liquor indus try by signing an NRA code gov erning the new whisky trade. In a formal statement, the president declared : C Provides Temporary Control "J have approved the code of fair competition for the distilling industry. Of course, it devolves upon congress to determine what legislation it wishes to enact as to the control of the liquor traffic and the protection 'of those state which wish to remain dry. Rut in the meanwhile it is hoped that the signing of this code will pre vent the uncertainty and confusion which would necessarily arise be tween the actual legal repeal of the (18th) amendment and the passage of appropriate legislation by congress in consequence there of. While the industry has not yet formally signified its assent to this code, we have the assurance from the leaders of the industry of their earnest desire to cooperate in every manner possible with the government during this emergency. iiti.. I. . :ii I. it !'c-i.H.ier'i ii r Der:Tirecmreana can t rol the rin du s tryun t il such time as congress shall pass suitable thereof. "This code in no way limits the authority of., the . several states - to regulate the method of sale of in toxicating liquors, but seeks to eliminate abuses of liquor traffic and the evils of bootlegging." 21 States Wet . When repeal becomes effective on December 5 there will be three classifications of wet or drv states 21 states without statewide pro hibition of any kind; 16 states, in cluding North Carolina, with state prohibition laws; and 11 states with constitutional prohibition amendments. The constitutional conventions for repeal of the IRth amendment n Pennsylvania, Ohio and Utah are, called for noon Tuesday, but the" three states " are In " different time belts and the conventions will not be simultaneous. As Utah is in the Mountain time belt, the decisive vote on repeal will be cast there, at 2 p. m. or shortly there- In the 16 states with state pro hibition laws, legal liquor sales will become possible only by act of their legislatures repealing or modifying their existing statutes, while the 11 states with constitu tional provisions against intoxicat ing liquors must first repeal or amend these provisions. Eleven of the wet states have new liquor control laws; five will return to pre-prohibition laws in less new ones are, adopted, and at least three have commissions pre paring new control laws. It is thought there will be little likelihood of the return of old open saloon in any of the wet states, as sentiment throughout the country is so ovenvhelminerly against this evil of the old order. Chairman for Christmas Tree Committee Named Mrs. Steve Porter has been ap pointed general chairman of the community Christmas tree that is to be given at the courthouse on Saturday afternoon before Christ mas. Mrs. Porter will be assisted by Mrs. J. A. Flanagan, from the Presbyterian chiirch ; Mrs. Charlie Blaine, of the baptist church; and Mrs.' Thomas J. Johnston of the episcopal cnurcn. The groups will continue to meet on Fridays to make gifts and deco rations for the tree.
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