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.1 . Think cf your own faults lha first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others when you are asleep. Chinese Proverb. A Brief Survey cf Cur rent Events in State, ' Nation and Abroad the Facts Boiled Down to a Few Pithy Lines. , ntxb. .-, - PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL. XLIX. NO. 5 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY; FEB, J, 1934 $150 PER YEAR f. nil-, j V Pa X mam . "V-Japi GOLD EILL1S PASSLD . By vote ( CS to 23, the en ate on Saturday, night ar-prowed tlta Rxeve!t igold till in much the aaina form propoied by the president. Th biSl placet .: the nation gold fat the vaults of the treasury, reduce the gal J . content of the dollar from" 43 to S3 per cent, gives the treasury a $2,C30S9,CS9 fund for stabilize . ing the dollar in foreign ex- .. change. . FRENCH CABINET FALLS Harried by rioting thousands in Paris, the Chautemps cabinet re signed from the French government on Saturday and. President Lebrun turned his efforts to forming a new cabinet. .. ' ' ; OUTLAW GANG IS TAKEN . Wanted for murders and bank robberies in the middle west as well as for prison break in Indiana, and a jail delivery in Ohio, John DU linger, outlaw chief, and three of his men walked into a trap of of ficers at Tucson, Ariz., last week, and are held as fugitives, $100,000 bond required for each. $950,000,000 FOR RELIEF . President Roosevelt has ask- 1 d congress tor an additional $950,000,000 for continued fed eral relief work, -$350,000,000' to : be used to extend civil works - activities to May 1 and the re- . mainider to go into regular re lief channels. v - PUBLIC GRAFTS COMPLAINTS i. The civil works administration is vsif ting, out the truth in 150 com plaints of petty graft and irregu larities in distribution of the civil works millions in 45 states. On Fri day a federal grand jury at Des Moines, ; Iowa, indicted . Lieutenant Governor Kraschel and Carlton Beh, ' a bond , broker, ; for conspiracy to defruad the federal government, by forgery of, items in applications for public works funds for Iowa cities. 194 STATE BANKS OPEN - Oa January 2, 3933,. there1 were 213 commercial banks and 39 indus trial banks operating in the state. Banks Commissioner Giirney Hood announced that since the ' banking holiday,-463 commercial banks and 31 industrial banks had been licens ed to operate without restrictions. He also announced that attorneys have been paid $85,737 for ' services" in liquidating defunct banks, in the seven months ending January , 1, 1934. ' ' ' TAR HEELS SIGN CONTRACTS Around - 60000 North Carolina growers of tobacco have signed re duction contracts, says E, Y. Floyd, director of the campaign. He esti ' mates 98 per cent of the 1934 crop is covered. The cotton campaign is likewise successful in this state, de dares Director Charles A. Shef field. Over 75 per cent of the cot ton growers have signed for reduc tions and consequent benefksr HOSIERY MAKERS ORGANIZE Hosiery manufacturers of the southeast met at Asheville Satur day to form a southern association and ot elect T. R. Durham, execu-i tive secretary with offices at Char lotte. R. O. Huffman, Morganton, was made president. BOAT LINE FOR CAPE FEAR W. O. Huske, Fayetteville, an nounced thai the Seaboard-Great Lakes corporation, a ' very strong waterway transportation company, is financial backer for a Fayette ville concern which will put a reg ular line of tow boats and barges on the run between Fayetteville and Wilmington as soon as the eight-foot channel, now under con struction is completed. v WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH " HOLOCAUST The northern end of Wrightsville beach was swept by fire Sunday afternoon, damage running over $1, 000.000. In addition to the Oceanic hotel and. a number of other hos. telries, the flames, fanned by a southwest wind, roared through over 100 private cottages. FIRE AT MORRISVILLE Fanned by high winds, fire al- most destroyed the village of Mor risville, between Durham and Ral eigh, Sunday. Five, homes were burned before the blaze was con trolled. ' ; : " ; : KILLED IN LIQUOR RAID Patrolman Collins FittS is held on manslaughter -charges at Roanoke Japids as result of the rnday n'fght killing of Eugene Ellis, 21. Fitts said he fired when Ellis ran to escape arrest .for selling -whisky, tmd refused to halt." FK3RAL HELD FOR F. E. CURTIS 111 " for Several - Months With Brights Disease Funeral services for Frank R Curtis, 54, who died Saturday night. aDOUt 11 O Clock at his hom i nn White Oak street, were held at the Methodist church" at 4 o'clock Sun day afternoon.- The Rev. Chester C. Herbertf pastor of the church, otticiated, assisted by the Rev Eugene R. Filer, pastor, of. the Franklin Baptist church. -Mr. Curtis had been in ill health for several months. ; His death was attributed to Brights disease. A son of the late W. F. Curtis, founder of The Franklin Press. Mr. Curtis for a number of years was a printer and newspaper man. In more recent years he has been in the plumbing business. Pall bearers at the funeral were W. W. McConnell, C. T. Blaine, M. C, Grasty, Ralph Welch,. ;J, H. Brookshire and Derald Ashe Mr. Curtis is survived by his widow, who before marriage was Miss Aileen Baird ; three daughters, Mrs, Fred Parrish and Annie Lee Curtis, of Franklin, and Miss Sue Curtis, of Durham; two sons, Hugh and Frank Smith Curtis; three brothers, - Henry Curtis, of Sylva; W. F. Curtis, of Franklin, and Clar ence Curtis, 'of Brooklyn; Wash.; and three sisters, Mrs. Jud Allen, of Cottaee Grove. Ore.: Mrs. E. L. Ladd, of Gordonsville,-Va., and Mrs. Florence Hampton, of Brysbn City. ' Death Claims ; .. . Waldroop Infant Harry , Waldroop, 14-month s-old son of Mr! and Mrs.- Bert Wal droop, died at his home on Frank lin Route 1, Friday morning at 10 o clock: after an illness of " several days. : ' Funeral services were' held Satur day morning at 11 o'clock, at Louisa Chapel on Cartoogechayer Surviving are his parents and two brothers. Extension Classes Will Start Saturday - U The second term of university extension classes conducted by Mrs. Grace P. Woodman is scheduled to begin Saturday, February 3, at 10:15 a. m. in the Franklin graded school building. The courses offered this term are: (A.) Grammar grade methods. (B.) Music appreciation. Each course carries two hours credit -toward a university degree and applies on both primary and grammar grade teachers' certificates. Last Call Co)p--Lespedeza--Order- Be Made Saturday -To A last call for those interested in buying lespedeza seed in the sec ond cooperative order this year was made Wednesday by F. St Sloan, county .farm demonstration agent. Mr. Sloan requested that all who want to participate in this order get in touch with him immediately. The order will be placed Saturday, Feb ruary 3. There are some indications that the price of lespedeza seed is like ly to increase as spring approaches, because the large surplus of mar ginal lands created by the govern ment's crop reduction program is expected to create an . unusually large demand for lespedeza. Franklin Scouts To Take Part in Big Mobilization Franklin Boy Scouts are plan ning to participate in the nation wide mobilization of Scouts on Sat urday, February 10, when Presi dent Roosevelt is scheduled to di rect an address to them over the! radio. The president will broadcast his message to Scouts from the White House at noon over a coast-to-coast hook network. This will be the highlight of the 24th Boy Scout Anniversary Week, beginning Feb ruary 8. - Scouts the country over will mo bilize at convenient places to hear the president's address, at the end of which he is expected to give them certain orders. There is con siderable mystery attached to the orders which the chief executive STEEL TRUST HEAD Jr ' v v-;v. J r .' ' V? ''fry... . ' .( :: This Is a new picture of William Irvin, president ' of the United States Steel corporation, made In Washington when he appeared be fore the national labor board. LEGION PLANS TO REORGANIZE Meeting of Ex-Service Men Called for; 8 O'clock Saturday Night- Reorganization of a Macon coun ty post of the American Legion is contemplated at a meeting of ex service men of the county called for 8 p. m. Saturday . in the county courthouse. The., meeting was called by H. W. Cabe adjutant of the old post. It is thought possible the legion, when reorganized, may seek assis tance from the Civil Works Ad ministration in the construction of a post headquarters;--The C W, A. is reported to have extended aid to legion posts in a number, of other communities. Young Democrats To Plan 1934 Activities " John W; Edwards, president of the Young People Democratic club of Macon county, had called a meeting of the club's executive com mittee to take place at 8 o'clock Thursday night, 'February 8, at the home of Miss Elizabeth Slagle, of Franklin, a vice" president of the county organization. Plans for the coming year will be discussed at the meeting, and 'Mr. Edwards urged that officers of all community clubs, as well as officers of. the county organization, be presr ent .. Rotary Club Entertains FormeFMemfcm The Franklin, Jixilarjrlub enter tamed former .members of the club at its meeting at the Scott Griffin hotel Wednesday noon. Five of the nine ex-members of the club were present. An address on the spirit of Ro tary was made by Dr. T, C. Hunter, president of Western Carolina Teachers college, Cullowhee, and a member of the Sylva Rotary club. He expressed the thought that once a man became imbued with the ideals of Rotary, characterized by the stogan "Service before self," he would always be a Rotarian in spir it, althouch not in actual mpmW. f ship. will give as no one, but he alone, knows what they will be. . Since the founding of the Scout movement February 8, 1910, the or. ganization has grown steadily.. Six million boys have been listed in fts ranks. Besides the mobilization on Sat urday week, Franklin Scouts are planning other activities in observ ance of Scout week. For one thing, they intend to arrange an attrac tive window display, of handicraft. The Franklin troop now has 24 members, with J. D. Franks as Scoutmaster and Don Young as as sistant Scoutmaster. Mr.. Franks said this week that two more troops would soon be organized in' the county, one at Prentiss and the other in the Cartoogechaye section. Cold Wave Sends Mercury To Zero or Belov; Warmer Weather Expected Thursday Macon county folk w joyed a balmy Sunday but awakened Monday morning to the pain ful realization that the mercury in their thermometer had drop ped to sero 'or below. It was the first real PU of winter since a. cold snap in November. The thermometer on the edi tor's back porch read sero at 7:30 o'clock Monday morning. It may have been colder in the earlier hours, but he didn't have the courage' to go and see. Tuesday morning it was about the same, but Wednesday morn- . ing it had risen to 1ft degrees. At Highlands the mercury was reported to have dropped Tues day to eight degrees below sero. A number of other points oE DEATH CLARIS LiUlIIILLIPS Funeral Services Held Friday Morning at Clark's Chapel Funeral services for Jonathan Phillips, 77, were held'at the Clark's Chapel Methodist . church , Friday morning at rll o'clock. The Rev. H. C, Freeman, of Gyde, former pastor of the church, conducted the services, assisted by the Rev. B, W.7 Letter," pastor of the Franklin circuit, - ' i . v, '--W" ;- ' -Mr. Phillips, a well known farmer of Macon county, died at his home on the Clark's Chapel road Thurs day morning after an illness of sev eral months. He was a member of the Clark's Chapel church and served on the board of stewards. Thedeceased is survivedby his widow, four daughters, Mrs. Odell Snyder and Mrs. Joe Daves, of Franklin Route 2; Mrs. Harry Mc Nab and Mrs. ' Elmer Baker, of Pompano, Fla.; six sons., Charles R. Phillips, Frank J. Phillips, Louis B. Phillips, Wendell H. Phillips and Clarence E, Phillips, all of Frank lin, and" Tom W. Phillips, of Bre vard; twentytwo grandchildren, one great-grandchild . and one sister, Mrs. S. A. Pattan, of Franklin. The six sons were the active pall bearers. , Marine Dies Funeral Held Tuesday for George Rr Culver" The body of George Robert Cul ver, 22, who died in the Naval, Base hospital at Mare Island, Calif., Jan uary 23, arrived here Monday.. Funeral services were , held , at Clark's Chapel Methodist chur.ch Tuesday morning at 11 o'clock, with the Rev. J. A. Flanagan, pastor of the Franklin Presbyterian church, in charge of the services. Mr. Culver had been ill for the past year. The cause of his death was not announced. He joined the United States Ma rines on May 23, 1931. Surviving are his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Culver ; two brothers, John Cul ver, of Rabun Gap, Ga., and Char lie Culver, of Franklin ; four sisters, Mrs. R. F. Edwards, of Highlands ; Mrs.. A. W. Holt, of Ashland; Mrs. G. L. Loudermilk, of Baldwin, Ga., and Miss Louise Culver, of Frank lin. The pallbearers were John Davis, Mont Sutton, William Cunningham, Harry Cunningham, Carlton Davis and John Guffee. John B. Angel Commits Suicide T. T. Angel received a message Tuesday morning of the death of his brother, John B. Angel, who shot himself through the head at his home in Clarkesville, Ga., about 8 o'clock Tuesday morning. He had been, in ill health for some time Mr. Angel was born and reared in Macon county, and operated a s!:o? shop here for several years. A number of relatives from here attended the funeral in Clarkesville, Ga., Wednesday. v higher elevation than Franklin el eo reported below-zero weath er. The lakes at Highlands were frozen over, with the ex ; ception of a portion of the, big lake hear the power dam. Lake Emory, at Franklin, did not freeze Monday night and was only partly frozen Tues day. Wednesday some of its branches wear sufficiently froz en to permit ice-skating. The United States weather bureau at Asheville predicted Wednesday: "'For North Carolina: In creasing cloudiness and warmer probably with rain or snow in southwest portion late tonight (Wednesday). " Thursday, rain j and warmer." NEW MINISTER BEGINSDUTIES Rev. Frank Bloxham To Serve Both Franklin and Highlands The Rev. Frank Bloxham arrived here Monday to become rector of St: Agnes Episcopal chufch, Frank lin, and the Church of the Incar nation, Highlands, succeeding the? Aev. Norvin C. Duncan, who re signed; January 1 on account of ill health. Rev. :Mr:' Bloxham was accom panied by his -wife and her mother, Mrs. InaC Porter. They will make their home in . St. Agnes rectory adjoining the church". The new , rector announced he would" hold services at St.-Agnes church at 11 o'clock Sunday morn ing, with a celebration of the Holy Communion, and an afternoon ser vice at the Church of the Incarna tion, Highlands. Rev. Mr. Bloxham, a native of Birmingham,' England, saw service with the British army in France during the World War. Invalided" in 1919, he . studied mechanical en gineering. Later his interests cen tered in the church and h,e came to this country as a member of the Church Army, a layman's organiza tion for spread of the gospel. Af ter visiting 31 states in this ca pacity, he entered the Virginia Theological seminary at Alexandria, from which, he received the degree of bachelor of divinity " He comes to Franklin tram Clinton, R C. Rev. Mr. Duncan, who is now liv Ing at "10&TliSenievvT)riverWest Asheville, is reported to be im proving after receiving treatment at St. Peter's Hospital, Charlotte. Claude Turpin Dies At EasJey, S. C. News was roreivp.t pr TJinrsdaV Jast week of the iLvitti of Plmide Turpin at his home, in Easley, S. C. Air. JLurpin was freight conductor on the Tallulah Falls railroad for several years and was well known here. - He was a nenhi'w of Mk loins l nomas, ot hranklin. 2 Missing Rainbow Boys Found by Search Party Gene Stanley, young son of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Stanley, and his companion, Wade Calhoun, son of Martin Calhoun, left their hctmes at Rainbow Springs last Saturcfcay af ternoon to go coon hueting. When the youngsters failed to return home for supper .their parents be came worried. There is some rough country in the Nantahalas and a couple of boys might easily get JOSt. ! When darkness settled; about 7 :30 in the evening and stifl the boys had not appeared, an alarm was spread. Employees , of the W. MJ Ritter Liumber company's plant at Rainbow, Springs turned out full force and organized a searching party. They were 'augmented by 50 mtmbers of the negro Civfilian To Conduct Revival DR. SPENCER B. KING DR.S.B.MG COMING HERE To Preachv at Special Ser vices at Baptist Church The First Baptist church has se cured the services of Dr. Spencer B. King for a series of special ser vices here in the spring. Dr. King, a man . of deep conse cration and wide experience was, secretary of state missions for the Georgia Baptist convention for about ten years. Before going to this important work he was pastor of the First church, Blakely, First church, Pelham, and other impor tant pulpits in Georgia, So success ful was his work as pastor of the First church at Blakely, that "as soon as he resigned Jiis work "with the convention this church "called him back as pastor. On the oc casion of this call, the churches of other denominations of Blakely adopted resolutions "urging him to accept the call and return. He is at the present time the pastor of that church. Dr. King's sonSpencer B. King, Tr.. is a teacher in the Bible de partment of Mars Hill College and was for three "years the successful superintendent of Fruitland Insti tute, Hendersonville, N. C. The services at which Dr. King it to preach are scheduled to start the las't Sunday in April. Recovering- W. N. Sloan Improving after Emergency Operation - '. W. N. Sloan, of Franklin, em-ploycdbynhe-forestry-service- as supervisor of acquisitions in the Carolinas and Georgia, is in an Asheville hospital recovering from an emergency operation for appen dicitis. Mr. Sloan suffered a sudden at tack of appendicitis in Charleston last Friday. Despite the serious ness of his condition, he drove in bis automobile to Asheville, accom panied by Mrs. Sloan, who had been with him in Charleston. His an- tjendix were removed Saturday and 'he operation was reported success ful. ' , Tuesday Mr. Sloan was reported to be on the road to recovery. Conservation Camp about a milej. from the village, and blood hounds were ordered from Clayton, Ga. About dawn Sunday morning the bovs were found near Aquone. They were tired and hungry but had not become frightened and were none the worse for their experience. The youngsters werj; . taken back to Kambow springs on a railway mo. tor car. The big whistle at the band mill was sounded to announce the boys' return unharmed, and happy parents greeted them jubilantly. IS SENTENCED TO CHAIR Spit Bittincrs, Person county ne gro found guilty of the murder of T. M. Clayton, has been sentenced to die in the electric chair on March 30. 170RK STARTED ONNETROiiD 7-Mile Link from Broadway To Tesenta Under Construction IS T. V. A. PROJECT Expected To Pave Way for Development of Rich Farming Area Construction was started this week by the Tennessee Valley Authority ot a new outlet tor Broadway a seven-mile" road through Hickory Gap to Tesenta. Ten men, recruited through the Macon county office of the Nation al Reemployment service, started work on the project, Tuesday under the supervision f J. E. Root, T. V. A. engineer with headquarters in Highlands. FifteeK more workmen have been instructed to report for work next Tuesday. . For the present the work is be ing carried on with C. W. A. funds, but the Tennessee Valley Authority, expects to take it over later and re imburse he C. W. A. Mr. Root was quoted here as saying $500 a mile had been alloted for labor on the project. This will hardly al low surfacing of the road with stone, but it is thought probable that additional funds will be made available later to provide an aH- waether road. Rich Saction. The section around Broadway, situated about five miles southwest of Highlands on the Highlands Dillard road, has a -rich soil well suited for growing cabbage and notatoes. Development of the area, r ' however, , has been slow on account of poor roads. Truckers seeking cabbages have preferred in many instances to go to the Hamburg u section in Jackson county rather than attempt the road to Broadway.' With completion of the new-Toad from Tesenta to Broadway, this area is expected to come into its own-- Other Road ImprawMnte . Construction of an all-weather road between Scaly and Otto al ready is under way. This work it being done by the Civilian ' Con servation corps. The road from Highlands to Dillard, Ga., also is being improved. In time, the. sec tion within the triangle formed by Highlands, Otto and Dillard, one of the most fertile fields for develop ment in Macon county, will be serv ed by a network of good roads. Completion of the Broadway road will be of considerable importance to Franklin, for it will enable resi dents of the Broadway section to come here without going aronnd by Highlands or Dillard and therefore," should have the effect of bringing more business to Franklin. Story behind Project Back of this oroiect is an inter esting story of a college girl, Miss Frances Morgan, 19-year-old daugh ter of Dr. Arthur Morgan, . chair man of the-Tennessee-Valley-Authority. Miss Morgan, a senior at Antioch college, Yellow Springs, Ohio, became interested in the mountain bovs and eirls of western North Carolina. Every student at Antioch studies ten weeks and works away from school ten weeks, alternating be tween study and experience in his or her chosen field. Frances Mor gan was studying to become a teacher and community worker. Last fall, when the time came for her to undertake some work away from Antioch college, she decided to come .to Broadway and start a school for mountain children. She saw the necessity of a new outlet for the community and this is be lieved to have had considerable bearing on the decision of the T., V. A. to construct the road to Tes enta, Zone Meeting of Mission Groups Called . The zone meeting of the Wo- .... . a . fl man s Missionary Societies ot we Methodist churches of Macon coun ty is scheduled to be held at the Franklin Methodist church on Tues day, February 13. "An all-day session is planned ana the members attending are request ed to bring basket lunches. Baptists Plan More Sunday School Work A large delegation from the Franklin Baptist church went to Bryson City Saturday night to at tend a district organization meeting of Baptist9 for the promotion of more extensive Sunday school work in Western North Carolina.
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