Asilis.Wnrltl
Turns
A Brief Survey of Cur
rent Events in State,
Nation and Abroad
the Facts Boiled
Down to a Few Pithy
Lines. v
Bits of Wisdom
Justice is truth in action.
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PROGRESSIVE
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INDEPENDENT
VOL. XLVIII, NO. 49 ,
FRANKLIN, H. C, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1933
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PROHIBITION ENDS;
CELEBRATIONS ORDERLY
.' With ratification of the 21st
amendment by Pennsylvania, Ohio
and Utah at noon Tuesday, the
18th amendment passed into the
limbo and liquor shops opened leg
ally in 18 states. Half a dozen
other states were "planning early
action to wipe out or modify state
prohibition provisions;, but the
rest of the nation remained dry,
that is, legally dry. Efforts of
prohibition crusaders to block the
issuance of a repeal proclamation
failed in Washington when a Dis
trict of Columbia supreme court
judge rejected a petition submit
ted by an official of the Interna
tkmal Reform Federation. Repeal
celebrations got under way irffl
many cities, but the conduct of the
celebrants was generally reported
as orderly. In proclaiming nation
al prohibition at an end, President
Roosevelt pled for restoration of
respect for law and expressed the
hope that no state would authorize
return of the old Open saloon.
LINDBERGHS LAND
SAFELY IN BRAZIL
Colonel and Mrs. Charles A.
Lindbergh came to safe land
ing in the harbor of Natal,
Brazil, at 3:10 p. m. Wednes
day after a flight of 1,875 mile
from Bathturst, Gambia, Africa,
in 16 hours and 10 minutes.
3,000,000 BACK TO WORK
Public Works Administrator
Ickes announced Sunday that near
ly 3,000,000 men had been put to
work on funds supplied by the
public works administration. More
than 86 per cent of original $3,
300,000,000 fund had been allotted.
Ickes figures included workers on
regular public works contract, civil
works projects, and the men in
the civilian conservation camps. In
North Carolina the end of the
week found civil works projects
approved to give employment to
43,000. The entire quota of 68,000
jobs will be filled in this state by
Pecember 15.,
STATE'S REVENUE RISES
General fund tax receipts of
the state in November were
$1,047,776 as compared with
$598,131 for November, 1932.
The salea tax netted $590,000.
Highway - fund collections
taled $1,458,343 or $205,778 over
. November, 1932.
N. C. FEDERAL COLLECTION
IS UP
Collector Charles H. Robertson
reports that federal collections in
the state in November were nearly
$1,000,000 over the sum received
in November, 1932.
FACES DEATH 3RD TIME
Heywood Patterson, Alabama ne
gro, on Friday for the third time
was convicted of criminal - assault
of a white woman and heard the
sentence of death. His counsel
will again take the fight for his
life to the highest courts. The
trial of Clarence Norris, second of
eight defendants held -on ..the same
charge, was begun at once in the
.court at Decatur, Ala. :
PROMISE INSULL'S RETURN -
The premier -of Greece, after
conferring with American repre
sentatives, has promised to do all
in his power to return Samuel In
still to this country for trial on
charges of fraud in connection
with the crash of his vast utility
business.
DEATH VOIDS
IMPEACHMENT
Federal Judge James Lowell," 64,
died last week in Boston. His
death ended impeachment pro
ceedings started in congress be
cause of his decision denying the
extradition of a negro, George
Crawford, to Virginia to face a
trial for murder. -
REBEL AGAINST HUEY LONG
Residents of the sixth Louisiana
congressional district staged a re
bellion' Friday against the Huey
Long political machine, burning
ballots for the Tuesday election to
fill a vacant congressional seat,
' destroying advertisements of the
Long . political machine, and se
curing court orders denying pay to
any officials serving in the elec
tion. Senator Long had arranged
for his candidate to be without
opposition.
ALEXANDER LEGGE PASSES
Alexander Legge, 67, first chair
man of the federal farm board as
it was formed by President Hoover
and president of the International
Harvester company, died Sunday at
his Chicago home.
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GOLF COURSE
DEEDED TOWN
Concrete Pool Being Built
Under Civil Works
Program :
TO DRAvFtOURISTS
Golf Course To Be Im
proved With Four New
Fairways
Franklin is Ruing to have a
municipal .golf course and swim
ming pool second to none for a
town its size. ,
The golf course and Camp Nik
wasi, comprising a tract of 90
acres of beautiful rolling . land,
partly wooded, was deeded to. the
town last week by Miss .Laura
Jones and 20 men employed under
the Civil Works program were
set to work Thanksgiving day ex
cavating for a large swimming
pool.
Recreational Company . Formed
Although the deed reposes in
the Town of Franklin, the proper
ty did not cost the town a cent.
The transaction was similar to
one that has been consummated at
Hendersonville and in other com
munities. A corporation, entitled
the Franklin Recreational Company,
Inc., was organized by a group of
local business men and golf en
thusiasts with J. - E. Perry as
president and J. S. Porter as sec
retary and treasurer. This com
pany agreed tounderwritean. in;
debtedness against the property
and to-operate it under lease from
the town, with an option to buy
it from the town at the end of 10
years. The town council leased
the Troperty to .the-recreational
company at a dollar a year and
the corporation agreed to devote
all earnings above current expens
es to maintenance and improve
ments. Twenty more Civil Works em
ployes are scheduled to go to
work on the swimming pool and
golf course Friday.
To Build Big Pool
The . swimming pool will occupy
the same site as the old pond in
a small woodland dale near Camp
Nikwasi lodge. It will be a con
crete pool 75 by 120 feet wi.th the
depth graduated from three to 10
feet. There also will be a chil
dren's pool,-1 5 by- 75 f eetr with a
depth ranging from 18 inches to
three feet. Both pools will have
a steady "stream of water flowing
into them through undei-ground
pipes from Uvp springs on the
hillside above.
To Improve Course
Four new fairways are to be
constructed for the golf course,
substituting for the present , No.
2, 3, 4 and 6 links. This will abol
ish the fairways on the high ridge
along the south of the course,
where it has been found difficult
to grow a good turf, and also the
short link with a water hazard,
which has proved Unpopular with
many golfers.
Gilmer A. Jones is supervising
the improvement work for the rec
reational association, and W. A.
(Continued on page four)
Classes for Adults Planned
Under Civil Works Program
CULLOWIIEE, Dec. 6.-A one
week training course for those who
will soon conduct adult schools
throughout Western North Caro
lina under the auspices of the
Civil Works Administration will
begin at Western Carolina Teach
ers college on December 11. i
"The project that will follow the
training school will give employ
ment to approximately 50 unem
ployed teachers of the mountain
section. The adult schools will
last over a period of four months
and will be organized in the home
counties of the teachers. Adult9
will be taught in the academic
subjects as well as in vocational
and homemaking courses. . The
Scenes and
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1 I'osiiuasier General James A. Farley and his family sailing for a month's holiday In Europe.' 2
Legislative palace In Montevideo, Uruguay, where the Pan-American conference is in session. 3 Crowd
gathering outside the Jail In San Jose, Calif., from which later they took Thurmond and Holmes, con
fessed kidnapers and murderers, and hanged them in the city park, despite the desperate resistance of the
police.
Many Public Improvements
Planned in C. W. A. Program
Examination Announced
For Auto Mechanic
The United States Civil Service
commission announces opencom
petitive examination for the posi
tionof -automotive jnechanic.
Applications for this position
must be on file with the Manager,
Fourth U. S. Civil Service Dis
trict, " Washington, "" D.'C, not " later
than December 21, 1933.
The examination is being held
to fill vacancies in the Forest Ser
vice, Department of Agriculture, in
the Nantahala National . Forest,
George Washington National For
est, Fisgah National Forest, . and
Monongahola National Forest, and
vacancies which may occur in po
sitions requiring similar qualifica
tions at approximately the same
rate of pay.
The entrance salary for this position-is
$1.10 -per houn
Fishermen Return ...
From Crystal River," Flar
W. T. Moore, W. T. McConnell
and Wade Arvey returned to
Franklin early last Friday morn
ing from a ten days' fishing trip
to Crystal River, Fla., bringing
with them a string of fishes
weighing 110 pounds. This, how
ever, was just a mere fraction of
their total catch. Bill Moore said
they landed more than a thousand
pounds of fish in all. One of them,
a sea bass weighing 11 pounds,
gave Bill a royal fight. Accord
ing to Wade Arvey's watch, it
took Bill 42 minutes to land the
fish, which towed their boat for
nearly a mile. - -
teachers will be paid "$13.50
week for their work.
Course iof Training
The teachers will also be paid
$13.50 for the week that they are
attending the training school at
Western Carolina Teachers col-
. . . ' k
lege, ihe' training course here
will be in methods of teaching
home economics and vocational
subjects., The college has agreed
to furnish room and board to the
students of the training school
for $1.00 per day. ' "
President H, T. Hunter ' of
Western Carolina Teachers col
lege will be general director of
the Cullowhee training school. Miss
(Continued on page four)
Persons in the Current News
Weekly Payroll To Range
From $2,500-$3,000;
--260 Employed-
Macon county's full quota of 260
CivilWorks employes will be -on
the job tomorrow.
About half of the number, those
who were taken from the county's
relief roll," were 'set " to work last
Thursday and Friday. The rest,
those recruited through the local
Reemployment office, are scheduled
to pick up their shovels and pick
axes tomorrow.
All of which will mean many
public improvements throughout
the county, ranging from stopping
the leaks in school roofs to the
construction of a municipal swim
ming pool for the town of, Frank
linall at . the . expense of benefi
cent Uncle Sam, whose payroll in
the county for the next three
months ""will range from $2,500 to
$3,000 a week.
4 Road Project
Four major road projects are be
ing-undertaken," including 'grading
and surfacing with gravel of the
following roads :
From the Franklin depot to
Clarke's chapel and from Otto to
Clarke's Chapel; the Ellijay road;
the road from highway No. 286
to Leatherman, and the Horse
Cove road.
Crews of workers also have been
assigned to the towns of Franklin
and-Highlands for street work and
other improvements.
Fixing Athletic Field
Another crew is already at work
completing the Franklin high
school athletic field and building a
fence around it. Plans , are also
being considered for the construc
tion of a frame building at the
school to serve as a gmynasium.
Yet another group of Civil
Works employes has been set to
work improving the Franklin
cemetery, while others, under the
direction of M. D. Billings, super
intendent of schools, are making
necessary repairs to county school
buildings.
Records in the County Relief
Office; under the direction of J.
E. Lancaster, and the County Re
employment Office, "under the di
rection of John W. Edwards, show
that the men employed On the
Civil Works projects have been
recruited from . all parts of the
county. Wages for those on the
C. W. A. projects range from 30
cents to 45 cents an hour for com
mon labor and 60 cents to 90 cents
an hour for foremen and some of
the skilled laborers. Each em
ploye is limited to 30 hours work
a week. .,
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Camp News
Recreation Hall Finished
At N. C. No. 9
A large frame recreation hall has
been completed at Civilian Conser-vatioiuX,'amp-NC9rHJitiiated
just
south .of Franklin, .. and . the young
woodsmen are looking forward to
warm evenings of fun and enliuht-
enment during the winter..
The recreation hall will serve as
a scnooi room as well as an
amusement- center, - for plans are
now under way to start classes .in
mathematics, advanced grammar,
literature and other subjects. Lieu
school room as well
tenant H. M. Pickell will be in
charge of the educational activities j
and will be assisted by several
Franklin teachers who have volun
teered their services. Although the
classes are entirely optional, many
of the C. C. C. boys are expected
to take advantage of this oppor
tunity to make their idle hours
rofitable by increasing their learning.
The recreaion hall, about 40 by
90 feet, will be equipped with read
ing ' material, a piano and pool
tables much the ---same--as the -canteen
huts and recreation halls of
wartime days.'
Camp X.
9'TlpTW"7.r200
was completed Jast wcek. with . the
arrival Wednesday from Camp
McPhcrsou, Georgia, of 76 new
recruits, most of thein from Guil
ford county, North Carolina.
Many of the boys at the camp
had their first taste of fire fight
ing last week, 'many of them being
employed in extinguishing a blaze
on Whitesidcs mountain. As yet,
however, there have been few fires
on the lands of the Nantahala Na
tional Forest in Macon county.
Richard B. Mellon, ranking with
his more famous brother, Andrew,
as one of the world's richest men,
died at . his Pittsburgh home on
Friday - '--
New Methodist
i
Assume Franklin Charges
The
Rev. C. C, Herbert, Jr.,
appointed pastor of the
newiv
First Methodist church, and Mrs.
Herbert, have arrived in Franklin
and are occupying the parsonage.
Rev. Mr. Herbert comes to the
Franklin church from the Wesley
Heights .Methodist church, Char
lotte, where he and Mrs. Herbert
endeared themselves to the con
gregation. A young man with four
years' experience in the ministry,
Mr. -'Herbert comes to his work
with- a strong background of prep
aration, having received his B. A.
degree from Wofford college and
his M. A. from Duke university;
also receiving his bachelor of di
vinity degree from the Duke The-
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Byrne Takes Rest
F o r e s t Supervisor on
Leave For 2 Months
John 15. Byrne, 'supervisor of
the -Nantahala National Forest, hu
obtained a two months leave of
absence on account of his' health,
Air. Byrne is now taking a much
needed rest at liis home on Har
rison avenue and - plans.' later to
spend .some time iii Florida.
J. 11. Stone," formerly technical
assistant to Mr. Byrne, who sev
eral months ago was made as
sistant supervisor of the Cherokee
National Forest, with headquarters
at Athens, Tenn,, returned to
Franklin last 'week to serve a
acting supervisor, of the Nantahala
orest during .Mr, Bvme's ab
sence.
TIE EXTENDED
FOR ROLL CALL
124 Members Signed Thus
Far; - County's Goal
Is 300
BY REV. J. A. FLANAGAN
(County Chairman, Red Cross
Roll Call)
Kepons nave been coming
in
slowly from the Red ros roll call
now in progress in the county.
Pfoir-XXr-FiSu mme r, chairman o f
the Highlands district, has reported
to headquarters that 43 niember-sbip&.Jiavebeenstcucd-b-4bedijt.
trict, giving Highlands the distinc
tion of having more nearly coni-
pleted its campaign than any other
part "oT the county. Memberships
totaling 124 in full have been, re
ported to the chairman of the roll
call; some . workers have not -reported.-
The amount of moneythns
far raised is $148. The goal for
the county is 300 members.
Plans are under wav to earn- the
campaign to all parts of the coun
ty and to com
plete the .cam
paign in Franklin
within the next
ten days. It is
the hope of the
workers to give
everyone with an
income or employment an oppor
tunity of becoming a member of
the American Red Cross. One never-
knows- -when-Red -Cross help
will be needed in sonic part 'of
the county ; during this . campaign
thelinericairied Cross needs the
hclpoLe.vcry.iudividuaL.whois
able to help.
' It is the feeling of the executive
committee of the Macon county
chapter that with the employment
of a larger number of the unem
ployed in the county in the pro
jects of the C. W. A. and the re
lease of a corresponding amount of
money in wages, that there will .be
a more generous response, to the
canvass for memberships.
. List of Members '
A list of the members Who hav e
thus far .enrolled for 1934 is given
below. V Additional members secur
ed during the week will be 'added
to the list in "next" week's issue of
" " (Continued on page four) "
Ministers
oiogicai scnooi. Air. Herbert is
the son of the Rev. C. C. Herbert,
! 1 I 1 ' t r i r .
I). ))., a prominent minister in
the South Carolina .conference,' now
pastor of Trinity Methodist church,
Sumter, S. C. '
Mrs. Herbert, who is also from
Sumter, was Miss Elizabeth Rose
before her marriage.
The Rev. H. W. Lefler and fam
ily have arrived from 'Peachland
i ...
ana are occupying tne parsonage
on Bonny Crest. Rev. Mr. Lefler
succeeds the Rev. G. N. Ihilin on
the Franklin circuit.
Rev. Mr. Lefler received his
training at Asbury college and
Duke university. He and Mrs.
Lefler have two children.
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WORK ON PLANT
IS UNDER WAY
To Have Daily Capacity
Ut 25,000 to 30,000
Board Feet
IN MARKET FOR LOGS
Mill To Employ about 25
Men When Running
At Cacacity
Construction of a hand saw mill,
whiih when o nnpleted will have a
capacity -.iitj.ut of 25,000 to 30,000
hoard feet f lumber a day, was
started in Franklin last .week by
the Zickgraf-Warri-n. Lumber com
pany, which . formerly operated a
lai'ju- saw mill at Denmark, S. C.
The field above the plant of the
Franklin Mineral Products com
pany has. been n lcctYd as the site
for ilie mill'. '
V. ' C. Zickgraf, senior partner of
the firm, is superintending con
struction of the saw mill and will
be in charge of its operations
when it is completed. He said he
selected Franklin as the site for
the mill after making a thorough
study of numerous other iwssible
locations in southern timber areas.
Associated with Mr. Zickgraf in
the business is FYank -Warren, of
Perry, Fla., who is expected, to
bring his family to Franklin in
about1; month.. Mr. Zickgraf mov
ed his family here Tuesday and
tli ey are occupying trie hob se in
east - Franklin f ormerly- occupied -by
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Bowles.
M rr t'.kkgraf halxen prorrt'
nent in the manufacture of high
grade lumber. in .. .South ...Carolina.-
and Georgia for . a number of
years. -
Has Modern Equipment
The machinery to be installed in
the new mill here' will be of the
most modern band mill type, Mr.
Zickgraf said. A steam derrick. is
to be erected for "leading and un
loading logs and lumber.
When operating at full capacity,
he added, the mill will furnish em
ployment for about 25 men. Mr.
Zickgraf is bringing with him sev
eral experienced employes, but oth
ers will be engaged locally. He
said the mill would operate un
der the fair practice code for the
lumber industry anil would pay
vvages refpnrel umler-his coder
In Market for Logs
The mill will - specialize in the
manufacture of high grade oak,
pnplai and - nh -lumbei for - the
envirrn fnrnitnrc trade -and also -for
automobile manufacturers. Mr.
Zickgraf said he would be in the
market immediately for oak, poplar
and ash logs, for which, he would
nay cash on delivery at the plant.
He requested that all persons in
terested inquire first as to specifi
cations, before undertaking to de
liver logs.
As the mill will, buy logs local
ly, iL will furnish employment for...
many more men than those engag
ed in the operation of the mill
itself. It also will furnish a much
needed market for farm land' tim
ber and open . an. opportunity for
those desiring to buy stumpage
from the Nantahala National for
est. Mr. ' Zickgraf said he hoped he
would be able in the future to in'-'
ducc some ; furniture factory or
other wooil-v r''P"" industry to lo
cate here. J!. : highly pleased
with "the " field here and thinks
Franklin is an ideal location for
certain manufacturers of wood
products. ...
Sloan Rickman Busy
Man These Days
Slo.'tn Rickman has been a busy
man recently. Last week he Was
busy . liv A iug his family to Sylva,
where he has accepted a position
yvilh the Med ford Furniture com
pany.' And now he's busy selling
furniture and receiving congratula
tions, for Mrs. Rickman presented
him Thursday morning with' a
bouncing baby daughter.