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Bib cf Vicdom The only reward for a real service to humanity is an opportunity to do more. Henry Ford. LA r f r. lura i 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. XLIX, NO. 1 .FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY,, JANUARY 4, 1934 US PER YEAR BANK DEPOSITS INSURED . Th sUU banking department reports that 181 bank in North Carolina bay qualified for the fetdeml insurance of deposit up to $2,500, only fiv commercial and one. industrial bank having failed to apply for the mpr anoe. A total of $4,600,000 was added . to the capital Structure of state bank. In the nation, it it estimated that 97 per cent of the bank qualified for the insurance; BANK EXPECTED TO OPEN SOON Final Checknup cf 'Books Undei Way by State Examiner MANY MOTORISTS ARRESTED Monday, Tuesday ; and Wednes day saw a concerted rush on of fices distributing the state auto mobile tags, a rush inspired by the systematic arrest by state patrol men of those operating cars with old tags. Over 1,500 were arrest ed, on Monday. For those buying the new tags, such cases ended with payment of $4 in costs. 28 LYNCH INGS IN 1933 There were 28 Jynchings in the United States in 1933, as contrast ed with '10 in 1932. Alabama led "with five, " Georgia and Louisiana had four, South Carolina and Ten nessee three. One was reported for North Carolina. RECOVERY POURS INTO SOUTH , Government ledger show over $300,000,000 allotted In the past year to 10 southern state Cor federal aid in public -work, ' relief, highways, dml works, benefit payments and the like. North Carolina received $28," 450,000 of die federal recovery funds. T COMMON STOCK CUT R.F. C. To Supply $20,000 By Taking Preferred Shares AGAIN ORDER GOLD SURRENDER Another federal order designed to bring all gold coins and cer tificates into the treasury, was issued by the treasury department last . week, the penalty for refusal being set (t double the amount of gold ; or certificates - held. The treasury states $311,044,985 in' coins and $217,486,829 in gold certificates ' is still held in private hands. I CORPORATION BODY :. DISBANDS . - ' Obeying the order of, the last legislature, thestate corporation i commission has surrendered its du ties , of . regulating utilities and railroads to , Stanley Winborne, who assumes the title of state utilities commissioner. . W. ..T. Lee and George T. Pell moved out of Raleigh offices they had occupied frmtt20 years. Plans for reopening the Bank of Franklin without restrictions went steadily forward this week with a state bank examiner making a check-up on the bank's books to be submitted within the next few days to Gurney P. Hood, state banking commissioner, for final ap proval. Mr. Hood already has approved a plan for reorganization of the bank, providing for a reduction of $25,000 of the commpn stock and the issuance of $20,000 of preferred stock to be subscribed by the Re construction Finance corporation. Date Not Set No definite date has been set for removal of restrictions from the bank, which since May, 1931, has beenu operating as a trust de pository and liquidating agency ; but long delay is thought unlikely. The cash for the preferred stock is said to be in readiness and will be. made available to-the bank as soon as the state banking com missioner approves the bank ex aminer's report and issues a char ter to the reorganized institution. An examination also is being made of the bank's records by a representative, of the newly estab lished Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation with view to ascer taining its eligibility for deposit insurance. Closed 3 Years Ago It was three years ago last month that the Bank of Franklin closed following the collapse of the Central Bank and Trust com pany and numerous other financial institutions in Western North Car olina and throughoutlhecountry. the bank reopened the following May -under - restrictionsandJias continued to operate since then as a trust depository, with . the ex ception of the brief time it was closed after the declaration of a national banking moratorium last spring. From Gullies To Forest In 12 Years I1' ' V- - 'W - - -t ' f :- V-,' - I I T -- ; r l!i i z . .. y y i : - 3 UNDER BOND IN KIDNAPING Two Turpin Brothers and Uncle Accused by Rhinehar t HEARING JANUARY 8 President Urges Continuation of PI f I . $1,000,000 PROJECT IN PENDER From 300 to 400 families will he given homes on 4,500 acres in. Pender county as a sub sistence homestead community, under 'a $1,000,000 experiment financed by the federal interior department. Hugh McRae, Wilmington, will be president of the corporation administer ing the affair of. tb colony.. The project will demonstrate diversified subsistence farming as contrasted with single-crop and cash farming. 580.000-ACRE REDUCTION The cotton farmers of North Carolina are now asked to sign contracts reducing the acreage to the crop in 1934, by 580,000 acres, leaving 900,000 acres in cultivation for the staple. Heavy benefits are to be paid for those who sign. Billings Resigns from CWA-PWA Committee M. D, Billings, county superin tendent of schools, announced Wednesday just before his depar ture for Daytona Beach, Fla., on a brief vacation trip, his resigna tion as1 a member of the local committee in charge of selecting men and women for positions and and the Civil Works Adm in is t ration. : Policy Announced for Selecting Teachers Teachers holding certificates higher than Elementary "A" certificates will be given first consideration in the selection of the teaching personnel of Ma con county schools for the 1934-35 term, it was announced Tuesday by M. D. Billings, superinten dent of schools. If any vacancies are left after the .placement of teacher hold ing the higher certificate, Mr. Billings added, they will be fill ed by teacher holding Elemen tary "A" certificates. This policy in the selection of teacher for 'The ' next chool term wia decided upon at a meeting ol the county board of education Monday. POULTRY HOUSE LOCATES HERE E. E. EUer Produce Com pany Establishes Branch Office NEW SECRETARY OF TREASURY : Ill-health has forced Secretary of the Treasury Woodin to resign his cabinet post and it was filled promptly by the president in the 'appointment of Henry Morgenthau, : Jr., acting secretary since mid ; November. The president ex pressed pleasure .at progress of the Admu&tration's financial and mon- ctary program. TAR HEEL-IS HONORED Garland S. Ferguson, member of the federal trade commission since 1927, when he was appointed by Coolidge, Friday was designated by the commission as its chairman for 1934. The opening of a branch poultry house in Franklin, with headquar ters in Stamey's Store, was an nounced Thursday morning by E. FZ ElTeYTT)fesidenti the-E. E l'.Her Produce company of North Wilkesboro. " ? B. B. Forester will be in charge RUMANIAN PREMIER SLAIN Ion G. Duca, premier of Ru mania since November 12, was on Friday assassinated at Sinaia by a young student, Nicholas Constan tinescu, who fired four bullets into Ducas' head at close ranjje as the premier was -boarding a train for Bucharest, the capital. of the branch. The Eller Produce company, said to be the largest wholesale dealers in poultry in North Carolina, has been doing business in North Wilkesboro for 25 years. Mr. Eller said he hoped to build up a per manent reliable poultry market in Franklin. The company's local branch of fice will buy eggs and dried apples as well as poultry. While in Franklin Mr. Eller was a guest of his relative, the Rev. E. R. Eller, pastor of the First Baptist church. SOIL EROSION BEING CHECKED T. V. A. Cooperating with Farmers To Prevent Huge Waste The washing" away of "the Ten nessee Valley's topsoil wealth," in some instances almost unchecked for generations, is nowbeing com batted by landowners r of the - re gion, in cooperation, with their county agents and the Tennessee Valley Authority, in both fields and forests by the most efficient and economical "methods yef" employed by government . experts. v ' Warfare on soil erosion takes two forms: readjustment of farm ing practices, and the use of pracr tical forestry methods. The ne cessity for checking erosion is, similarly, two-fold. From the far mer's standpoint, erosion represents a considerable annual loss of the fertility of the soil from which he draws his living. Engineers are concerned with the problem of erosion because deposits of silt reduce the usefulness- of reservoirs created by such structures as Wil son dam at Muscle Shoals, Joe Wheeler dam 15 1-5 miles above it, and the Norris dam near Knox- ville the- latter- two now under construction by the Tennessee Val ley Authority. , Engineers estimate that storage capacity of the" Wilsom dam pool All Three Defendants Plan To Enter Pleas of Not Guilty Three men wire arrested in Syl va Saturday by Chief Deputy Sheriff C. C. ' Mason of Jackson county in an investigation of the' alleged kidnaping of Frank kliine hart, 37, school principal of near Webster, on Friday night, Decem ber 22. They are Warfield and Alley Turpin, brothers, ' of. Savannah township, Jackson county, and their uncle, Dock Turpin, of Hay wood county. . Following their arrest, their at torney, C. C. Buchanan, of Sylva, said that all three defendants would enter pleas of not guilty. Arretted Qirickly .Thirty minutes after receiving warrants for their arrest, Deputy Sh,eriff Mason reported the men had been taken into custody. Warfield and Alley Turpin were released on bonds of $2,000 each, while Dock Turpin's bond which was furnished soon after his ar rest, was fixed at $1,500. A pre liminary hearing is scheduled for January 8 before Justice S. H. Monteith, of Sylva. In addition to being charged with kidnaping, Warfield and Alley Tur pin were charged with assault with intent to kill. - Charge Filed Thfe Turpins are charged with "feloniously kidnaping and fraudu lently taking and carrying away tne saia aniani, rranic ivnincnan, and torturing and mistreating him." The warrants were given to Deputy Mason Saturday, following a - visit -to E P Stilwell, whom Mr. Rhinehart employed as coun sel in the case, the officer said. They were served 30 minutes lat er." The warrants were sworn out by M r.hineharTbefofeJustice Monteith, who fixed the amount of bonds for - the -defendants fol lowing their arrest. Dan K. Moore, of Sylva. has been employed to aid Mr. Buch anan in defending the three men, it was learned Saturday. Hog Measures 8 Feet, Weighs 715 Pounds It 'may Mund like a fith ttory, but it' the tory of a hog. We don't vouch for it, hut Jeste N. Lowe's word , is as good or bet ter than ours and he says it's the absolute truth. Mr. Lowe killed the hog, which was a purebred Poland China 25 months old, on Wed nesday, December 27. Strung up for cleaning, the hog meas ured eight feet from fore toes to hind toes and the carcas weighed 715 pounds net One of the hams weighed 87 pounds. Now, if you know of any Macon county hog that can beat this record, -let us hear from you. ' " '" ' "'"-" ' J Chief Executive's Message Wins Applause in Congress RAPS LA W-EVADERS JOBLESS ASKED TO REREGISTER New List of Unemployed Now Being Made by Edwards Proposes Regulations To Curb Business Crimes A continuation of the national recovery program until private en terprise can reassert itself and take up the slack' in employment was requested by President Roosevelt Wednesday in a personally deliver ed message at the opening of con- . All persons seeking jobs through the National Reemployment office in Franklin were urged this week by the local manager of the ser vice, John W.. Edwards, to re-register immediately. Mr. Edwards said he had re ceived instructions from- the state civil works director at Raleigh to, revise his list of applicants for employment. To comply with these Instructions, he said, it is necessary to call for a new registration. It will not be necessary he add cd, for those who already have been placed in jobs to list their names again. All applicants, how ever, who are still without work are advised to present themselves at the reemployment office as soon Rev. F. C. Bloxham To Hold Service at St. Agnes The Rev. -Frank C. Bloxhanvof Faison, N. C, will conduct services at St. Agnes Episcopal church at 11 o'clock Sunday morning. The holy communion will be celebrated. Rev. Mr, Bloxham will be ac companied ..on, his ,.trip..,to;Franklin by Airs. Bloxham. Sundav school will be held as usual at -10 -o'clock, '. 7 NEW YORK IN NEW HANDS The city administration of New York on Monday passed into the hands of F. H. LaGuardia, inde pendent and fiery foe of Tarn Sloan Arranges Meetings For Livestock Producers F. S. Sloan, county farm ' agent, is stressing the importance of the production of nwre and better feeds to reduce the cost -of pro duction for livestock and livestock products. In this connection he , has arranged for four community many Hall, anl with LaOUardia in- nt i!VAK,ri,' ,ir(1Hiirprs and to power stepped a full corps ,ordairymen in various scctions 0fl independent assistants. SEEK SLAYERS OF GIRL Wilkes county officers say they know the identity of two men who on Saturday morning shot and kill ed Leota Childress, 18, in the home of her foster-parents northwest of " Wilkesboro. They stole $650 and stripped the house of valuables. The girl gave a scream for help .over the, telephone. Neighbors answered to find her beside the telephone, a bullet through her farm on Route 4, and at 2 p. m. at Hall Patton's farm on Route 1. On Tuesday meetings will be held at 10 a. ni. at Dutch Mason's farm on Route 3, and at 2 p. m. at Carl Slaglc's farm in the Cartooge chave section. "Other matters of importance will also be discussed at these meetings, Mr. Moan ,saia, ana i the county next Monday and Tues- fed that those attemiing nay at wnicn two experts . state-federal extension service are expected to be present. J. A. Arey i and F. R. Farnham, who have m;iile an intensive study of livestock f reduction and feed ing practices, Bind also of the pro duction of f f ls, are the men in vited by Mrf jSloan to assist ' him at these mei ngs. Both have ac cepted. '- 1 1 -,On Mondo meeting will be I held at 10 a-s i. at J. R., Franklin's Tuesday. pet a ot ot gooa lntormation which they can use to good ad vantaee." . Mr. Sloan is planning to send off a cooperative order for les- pedeza seed on January 13 and has requested all farmers interested in planting lespedeza to get in touch with him before that date He said he would announce the price of the seed at the livestock leetings to be held Monday and has been reduced 10 per cent in less than a decade. At such a rate, the investment in storage reservoirs would be wiped out in the course of years, whereas, the dams themselves are constructed to stand for many centuries. New Method Used The methods of combatting eros ion perhaps most familiar to farm ers are the building of terraces on sloping lands and the piling of brushwood in gullies. Nowadays, farmers of the Tennessee Valley are making additional use of vines, bushes and saplings by practicing forestry methods of erosion. - The accompanying "before-and- after" photographs, taken in West Tennessee, prove what can be done by such methods. Picture No. 1 shows a farmer plowing down a badly washed piece of land during the winter season when he has time, for such odd jobs as erosion control. Picture No. 2 was taken 12 years later. The same spot now shows, instead of bare sub soil incapable of pj-oducing any thing, a fine stand of black locust which will be cut for fence posts in a few years. In addition, yearly layers of fallen leaves and other decaying vegetation are building up a new and fertile topsoil so that future tree growth will be speeded. 1 SuccMful Projects VUited These photographs were exhibit ed duj-ing a recent conference at Jackson, Tennessee, of foresters from Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio. Missouri and Mississippi which wa9 attended by Edward C M. Richards, chief forester of the (Continued on page four) APPROVE FOOD STORE CODE President Roosevelt on Saturday approved the code to govern the vast retail food and grocery trade, embracing 480,000 stores. It was the 182nd code of fair competition to be . signed by the president. 297 HIRED FOR N. C. CENSUS Work for, 297 North' Carolinians is provided in the takidg of seven regional administrators v. to draw $300 per month. gress , r . -r- The president made no recom mendations as to "special or de-; tailed items of legislation," but he left no room for doubt as to the policies he desirid to be followed. Went Permanent Recovery He outlined his conception of re covery not' as a return to' the old order and old methods, but the establishment of new and bettet methods which would lead to a more permanent and stable welfare' for the American people. "Now that we are definitely i the process of recovery," Mr. Roosevelt said, "lines have been rightly drawn between those to whom this recovery means a re turn to the old methods and the number of these people is small and those for whom . recovery means a reform of many old methods, a permanent readjust ment of many of . our way, of thinking and therefore of many of our social and economic arrange ments. , -"Civilization-cannot go back ; ci vilization must not stand stilL We have undertaken new methods. It is our task to perfect, to improve, to alter when necessary, but in all cases togo foTwardJToJ:onsoli- date what we are doing, to make our economic .and social structure capable of dealing with modern as possible so that their names may be. recorded on the new list of unemployed. The new list will be made up,,-, tu tasu nf the lesris- immediately, Mr. Edwards said, and:, ;udicial and the execu- in accordance with instructions he has received, future placements will be made from the revised listings. One of the purposes of the call for new registrations is to deter mine how many unemployed have been put back to work since the Civil Works and Public Works programs were launched. It is be lieved that these projects have created jobs for many more men and women than those directly em ployed. . FAMED BANDIT CAUGHT In a gun battle with federal and slaleo7ficers aTShawneerOkla., Saturday, Wilbur: UnderhilLwas downed with five bullets. Dying in a hospital, Underhill admitted six bank robberies and numerous other crimes. A woman bystander was killed by stray shots in the battle. tive branches of the national government." The president's message was en thusiastically received by congress, with the exception of a .small mi nority of old guard Republicans. Many congressmen, including in dependent Republicans, expressed the opinion it was the finest mes sage they had ever hard. , Urges Wr on Crime For new fields of immediate ef fort the president asked "stringent preventative " or regulatory meas ures in the nations business af fairs and a governmental and pub lic war against organized crime. I - am peakwgA-4ieconUnueL- WOMEN BREAK FLIGHT RECORD Having stayed aloft 237 hours and 44 minutes, Frances Harrell K jn;ured the value of the far "of those individuals who have ... . evaded the spirit and purpose of our tax laws, of those high of ficials of banks or corporations who have grown rich at the ex pense of their stockholders or of the public, of those reckless specu lators with their own or other people's money whose operations and Helen Rickey landed their , mefs crops and the sav;ngs cf reconi-DreaKing airplane saieiy ai Miami, Fla., on Saturday. They broke the sustained flight record ' for women by nearly 42 hours. Duel in Cashiers Valley Fatal for Frank Bryson Frank Bryson, 48, is dead and J. E. Bumgarner is being held in in. Jackson county jail; following a gun battle in the Cashier's Valley section Wednesday. Both men are well known in Macon couny. Word of the slaying was taken to officers at Sylva Wednesday by Bumgarner, who surrendered. . He was locked in jail and officers ber gan an' investigation. Sheriff John J. Maney said the investigation showed Bumgarner had shot Bryson in self-defense. A rifle, identified as the' property of the dead man, had been fired three times, thq sheriff said. The shooting followed a quarrel between the two men, it was reported garner with a rock before the shooting started. Bumgarner was unharmed. Bry son was struck several times by pistol bullets. The shooting occurred about .12 o'clock. Coroner C. W. Dills, of Sylva, is assisting officers in the investi gation. Bryson was married and had a family. Bumgarner is also married. DRASTIC CHANGES IN AAA Chester C. Davis, who succeeded George N. Peek as farm adminis trator, has made drastic changes in the set-up of the agricultural adjustment administration, aban doning eight sections and unifying control with appointment of three Sheriff Maney said that according J assistant administrators. The de infnrmstinn nhtninpd Huriniy the nartment will more immediately con- investigation, Bryson struck Bum-centrate.on the welfare of farmers. 1 farm prices to parity." the poor. "In the other category, crimes of organized banditry, cold blooded shooting, lynching and kidnaping have threatened our security. "These violations of ethics and these violations of law call on the . r - - strong arm - ot government ior their immediate suppression ; they r call also on the country for an aroused public opinion-." Wants Balanced Arjusbnent The president asked for a bal-; anced adjustment between indus try, agriculture ind finance, point- . ing out that all are dependent on each other for any permanent re covery. He said there had been "great strides'- under the national indus trial recovery act and proposed , that this be made a permanent thing "under the supervision but not the arbitrary dictation of gov ernment itself." : "The actual experience with ope ration of the agricultural adjust- ment act," he said, "leads to the belief that thus far the experi ment of seeking a balance between production and consumption h succeeding and has made, progress entirely in line with reasonable ex pectations of the restoration of heart.