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As the World Turns A Brief Survey of Cur rent Events in State, Nation and Abroad the Facts Boiled Down to a Few Pithy Lines. DILLINGER'S ARREST BELIEVED NEAR Federal authorities believed Wed nesday that they were nearing the capture of John Dillinger, notorious outlaw killer, who escaped from a Wisconsin backwoods resort Sun day night after a sharp gun battle with federal and state officers in which four men were killed and two injured. Seven other gangsters escaped with Dillinger, some of whom are believed to be in hiding with their leader in the vicinity of St. Paul. Three women left be hind by the gangsters in their flight are being held at Madison, Wis. MEDIATOR WITHDRAWS Joseph B. Eastman, federal co ordinator of transportation, has withdrawn as mcdiiator in the rail road wage dispute after labor lead ers and railroad managers could not be brought into line. FARM BENEFITS The farm administration is just beginning to approach its spending stride and indications are that American farmers, already enriched by nearly $200,000,000, will pocket $1,095,005,010 in benefit payments by the end of 1934. BUSINESS LEAPS Business barometers last week registered abnormal advances for this season, but retail trade was somewhat hampered by cold rainy weather. SPANIARDS FIGHT Anti-Fascists and Extremists laid siege to Madrid and surrounding towns Sunday, leaving two dead and eleven wounded in bitter clashes with .opponents and the authorities, accompanied by heavy property damage. Seven bombs were ex ploded. LIFTS SUNDAY BAN Sunday amusements, including baseball and theatres, from 1 to 7 o'clock in the afternoon and from 9 in the evening, will be per mitted in Asheville by an ordinance passed last week by the city coun cil. A similar uidinaiiLo uric qUo adopted in Hendcrsonville. FORCE SHOWDOWN The silver bloc are pressing for ward in an effort to force a show down on new monetary legislation, undaunted by their inability to con vince President Roosevelt of the desirability of enactment by Con gress of the terms of the Dies Thomas bill. DEATH THREAT Gov. George White, of Ohio, has revealed recent receipt of a death threat which was contained in a letter saying that unless the gover nor pardons Harry Pierpont and Charles Manlcy, gangsters, convict ed of murdering Sheriff J. L. Sar ber, he would not live until the end of his term in January. PLANE CRASH Two men were killed and a third seriously injured when a privately owned plane crashed near Gibson ville, Guilford county, late Thurs day. The dead are Roy Shepard, 35, and a negro, Vernon Dokcs, both of Gibsonville. The pilot and owner of the plane, David Mc l ean, 24, suffered severe injury. James Lamb Perry . Dies in South Carolina James Lamb Perry, retired law yer, who had spent his summers in Highlands for a great many years, died at his home in Charleston, S. C., on Saturday, April 14. Mr. Perry, who was seventy-five years old, was a son af the late Archi bald Simpson Johnston Perry, and Mrs. Martha Henrietta Lamb Per ry. Though a native of Charleston, Mr. Perry had spent little time there in the last few years. He was particularly fond of out-door life and spent the greater part of his winters on his plantation near Summervillc, S. C, and his sum mers here. Mr. Pcrrv. who had a host of friends in Highlands as well as iu South Carolina, was wide! known as a hunter and fisherman. Ho was married twice, his first wife being Mrs. Carrie Buist. After her death he married Mrs. Agnes Thompson, formerly Miss T'.imt find r sister of his first wife. Funeral services wore held in Charleston on April 16 at the First Presbyterian rhurch, of which Mr. Prrrv was an elder. Interment was at "Magnolia cemetery. Surviving arc three sons, Archi bald S. Perrv, of Charlotte; J. t.nmb Perry, Tr of California, and Edward H. B. Perry, of Charles ton; and a daughter. Mrs. Martha Perry Cobb, ot Highlands. VOL. XLIX, NO. 17 MANY SEEKING POSTAL PLUM Applications Asked for Job Of Postmaster in Franklin SALARY IS $2,400 Porter, Ramsey, Edwards And McCollum among Candidates Just about the time when a number of Democrats were begin ning to wonder whether they would "get a shot" at the job of post master in Franklin, now held by John E. Rickman, Republican, along came one of those formal notices from Washington announcing that the hopper was open for applica tions. The deadline for filing applica tions has been set for Mav 8. Al ready Postmaster Rickman has re ceived numerous requests for ap plication forms; but, in accordance with regulations, he declined to di vulge who made the requests. The names of four of the most prominent candidates, however, are known. They are T. W. Porter, Albert Ramsey, John W. Edwards and E. B. McCollum. Mrs. Lassie Kelly Cunningham and Frank 1. Murray were report ed some months ago as potential candidates for the job, but it is understood that they have dropped out. $2,400 Salary The Franklin office is rated in the second class and the job of postmaster carries with it an an nual salary of $2,400. Following is a copy of the formal announce ment of examinations for the of fice: "To fill the vacancy in the po sition of postniactpr ; the United States Civil Service Commission has announced, at the requested of the Postmaster General, and in accordance with an order of the President, an open competitive examination. "To be eligible for the examina? tion, an applicant must be a citizen of the United States, must reside within the delivery of this iost office, must have so resided for at least one. year next preceding the date for close of receipt of ap plications, must be in good physi cal endition, and within the pre scribed age limits. Both men and women arc admitted. "Under the terms of the execu- j tiv rn-Aer the Civil Service Com- mission will certify to the Post- master General the names of the hiehest three Qualified eligibles, if as many as three are qualified. from which the Postmaster General r .! 1 mav select one tor nomination uy the President. Confirmation by the Senate is the final action. F. Curry, by a vote of 14 1-3 to No Scholastic Test 10 1-6, at a meeting of the Wig- "Applicants will not be required warn executive committee Friday to assemble in an examination room night. A triumvirate is expected to for scholastic tests, but will be rat- be named to operate- the organi cd on their education and business I zation which Curry had? headed for experience and "fitness. 'five years. Hostess School k- 1 A Kelvinator hostess school will be conducted in the offices of the Nantahala Light and Power com pany Thursday and Friday,. May 3 and 4, according to an announce ment by C. W. Allen, manager of the local utilities office. ("lasses will be conducted .each afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Miss Grace Johnston, who has received special training in this work. The classes will be open to the public, Mr. Allen said. Miss Johnston is a native ot North Carolina and a graduate of the Woman's College of the Uni versity of North Carolina. She has also studied in the Kelvin Kitchen, Detroit, where she had special training enabling her to hring to the women of I'ranklin many new ami nc.p.u, food preservation, mem. piannmg home m anagement ana tne an ui entertaining. In the hostess school every wo man attending will get new ideas for being a perfect hostess both to her family and to her guests, and learn to entrtain with greater ease and charm. Through her scientific instructions and pleasing personal ity, Miss Johnston makes the dem- Here Thursday and r riday PROGRESSIVE Steve Porter Elected Rotary President At its regular weekly luncheon meeting last week, the Franklin Rotary club elected Steve Por ter, manager of the Standard Oil Service station on the poo lie square, president of the chib (or the ensuing year. He suc ceeds J. E. Lancaster. S. Edward Eaton, automobile dealer, was reelected secretary JUNIOR ORDER MEETS MAY 3 Prominent Speakers To Be Heard at District Gathering On Thursday, May 3, district No 1 of the Junior Order of North Carolina will hold its semi-annual meeting with Mill Shoals council near Franklin. The business ses sion will be held at 2:30 p. m. with a public session at 8 o'clock that night. W. M. Shu ford, superintendent of the Lexington Home, will be presented with a class of children from the home io will give an interesting program. Prominent , Speakers The principal speakers of the day will be National Councilor William S. Howe, of Baltimore ; State Coun cilor B. C. Siske, of Pleasant Gar den; State Treasurer Gurney P. Hood of Raleigh. E. B. DeHart, of Franklin, is deputy for the first district, which is composed of Cherokee, Clay, Graham, Jackson,: . Macon and Swain counties, with, thirteen coun cils and a membership of approxi mately 800. All the councils are expected to be fully represented. Supper will be served all repre sentatives by the good people of the Mill Shoals community. Funeral Held for William McD. Sloan Funeral services for William Mc Dowell Sloan, 31, who died in Morganton from an attack of heart disease Tuesday morning, were held at the Iotla Methodist church at 11 o'clock Wednesday morning with the Rev. B. W. Lefler in charge. Mr. Sloan, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Leon T. Sloan, of the Iotla section, was born July 6, 1902, at the old Sloan home . in Franklin Besides his parents, he is survived by a sister, Miss Irene Sloan, and "ree Drotners, jac. ana Rouen . I . T . J f I l a. loan, ot iotla, ana iBomas swan, of the state of Oregon TIGER TURNS Tammany Hall, for the first time I . J -J I J m us nisiory, ueposeu ii icauci, the suave and imperturbable John To Be Held m m . m onstration hour both helpful and entertaining. TVA Engineers Survey Hiwassee River Preliminary survey are being conducted along the Hiwassee river by the Tennessee Valley Authority in its general examination of the Tennessee watershed, C. A. Bock, assistant chief engineer for the authority, has announced. Four field parties are working along the river, with headquarters at Murphy. One party is making surveys in the immediate vicinity of Murphy, while the others are examining possible dam sites be tween Murphy and the Tennessee state line. Similar surveys will be made on other tributaries of the Tennessee advance Dr. J. R. McCracken Delays Franklin Visit Dr. J. R. McCracken, who spends each first Monday at the Scott Griffin Hotel here, informs us that he will have to miss the first Mon- day in May, but will be here on the first Monday in June. LIBERAL FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL Franklin and Highlands Schools Close Next Week Program Is Announced for Commencement at Highlands .Commencement exercises of tin highlands school will begin Satur- day nignt witn tne presentation ol a play, "A Little Clodhopper," at 8:15 o'clock- in the school audi - torium. There are 12 pupils on the senior class roll , as follows: Harry W. Baty, Louise Beal, Wendell P. Cleavcland, William Maurice Cleave- land, Thomas Crunkleton, Hiram Lee McKinney, Sara lane Nichol - son, Eula May Potts, Mary Eliza beth Potts, Luther Warren Rice Chester N. Wright, Julian Zoellner. (Will get certificate.) The baccalaureate sermon is to be delivered at 11 o'clock Sunday morning by the Rev. C. R. Mc Carty, pastor of the Highland? Presbyterian church. Debate Planned Monday will be featured by a debate and declamation contest at 8:15 o'clock in the evening. Medals should adopt the essential features the best declaimer. The query for the debate is: "Resolved, that the United States should adopt the essenifal feaures of the British system of radio con trol." Appearing on the affirmative will be Eula May Potts and Guy Warren Paul, while the negative view will be supported by Howard Crunkleton and Edward Potts. Entrants in the declamation con test and their selections will be as follows: Estelle Edwards, "The New South," by Henry W. Gradv ; Tessie McDowell, "The American Boy," by Theodore .Roosevelt ; Sar ah Thompson, "In the Grip of the Law," by Will Lillibridge; lack Potts, "The Republic of Our Fath ers," by Joseph W. Bailey. Graduation Exercises The graduation exercises will will be mas bv HKM AeW'bt'Wrh O. F. Summer, principal of the Highlands school, and a response by Wendell Cleavcland, one of the graduates The commencement address will be delivered by Blackburn W. Johnson, editor of The Franklin Press and Highlands Maconian. Wendell Cleavcland has been se lected to make the salutatory ad dress and Eula May Potts has been chosen valedictorian. The class his tory will be told by Louise Beal, while Harry Baty will make the class prophecy and Louise Beal will read the class will. FARMERS URGED TO ACT QUICKLY North Carolina producers of corn and hogs are failing to share in liberal benefit payments by not taking more interest in the corn hog adjustment program. W. W. Shay, swine extension specialist at State College, says that only 1,327 contracts have been signed in 14 counties to date. This is an average of about 95 contracts to the county, yet the facts show that there arc an average of 468 farms in these 14 counties report ing some hogs grown. Shay finds farther that there are 41,189 farms in the whole state where some hogs arc grown. This is an average of 412 farms to each of the 100 counties. "If only 50 farms in each of these 100 counties would sign for a reduction of as much as seven head of pigs per farm, the income in benefit payments would amount to approximately one-half a million dollars this year" Shay says. "A farmer can sign to reduce by as much as one pig and get $15 for the animal; yet, many of our grow ers who arc selling hops are re quired to pay the processing tax and are not protecting themselves by joining in on the reduction pro gram." Only two counties have completed their sisn-uri campaigns to date. Mr. Shay believes there are a large number of farmers who would like to have a part m the pro gram if they knew about it. He has .one contract from a man who is reducing his hogs by 164 head under the base period of 1932 and 1933 and will get a benefit pay ment amounting to $2,460. In addition, corn production may be curtailed and the grower will be paid 30 cents a bushel according 'to the past production of the land INDEPENDENT 26, 1934 Results of Seventh Grade Examinations not Yet Reported Final examinations are under way in the Franklin school this week, i preparatory t the closing of school j with graduation exercises next j Wednesday night, There are 51 pupils in this year's graduation class, as compared with 3fj last year; but G. L. Houk, principal, said the number and i names of the graduates would not I be announced until the close of 1 examinations. Simple Exercise A very simple graduation pro gram is planned for Wednesday night. Two of the pupils, Yancr routs and John Earle Lancaster will be the speakers. One hundred and seventy-six pu pils who had completed the ele mentary grade course in the Frank lm consolidated school and in other schools of the county took the seventh grade, or high school en trance, test last Saturday. The Press-Maconian had hoped to pub lish in this week's issue the names of the pupils who passed the ex amination; but the list had not been announced when the paper went to press. Mr. Houk said those who took the examination would be notified by mail whether they had passed or failed and cer tificates would be presented Tues day night to the successful candi dates. JURY ACOUUS BILLPICKENS Held not Guilty of Slaying Fred Stiwinters Last Dvenbci Kill Pickens, 03, was acquitted by a jurv in Macon county superior court Friday morning of second de- grcc muraer, or mansiaugmer, m donnection with the fatal shooting of Fred Stiwinters, 34, after a candy pulling, party in the Walnut creek section on the night of De cember 23 The jury received the case at noon Thursday and retired tor the night without reaching a verdict. When court opened the next morn ing, however, it brought in its ver dict of "not guilty." Taking the stand Wednesday, Pickens claimed self defense, testi fying that he shot to save his own life as Stiwinters was advancing upon liirn with a knife. Trial of civil cases was under way in superior court this week with Judge P. A. McElroy, ol . Marshall, presiding. I i 150 MINERS DIE IN BLAST j Subterranean explosions in coal mines in Yugoslavia killed at least 150 miners Saturday, according tojby about 30 mica miners, most of reports which evaded censorship, mil the disaster threatens to be the worst in the history of southern pect of improving prices through European coal mining. the proposed mining code. Cowee Couple To Celebrate Golden Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. John W. Murray, of the Cowee community, will cele brate their golden wedding anni versary Sunday. Their marriage was solemnized the latter part of April, 1884, at tin home ot the late Rev, Raleigh P. Ricnman, of this county, with Rev, Mr. Rickman officiating. Three of the couple's friends Who attended the wedding are still liv ing. They are John E. Rickman, of Franklin ; Wiley Rickman, of Leatherihan, and Mrs. Lee Rick man, of West's Mill. Before her marriage Mrs. Mur ray was Miss Martha Rickman, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. lohn Rickman, of this county. Mr. Murray, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Murray, of Flag Pond, Tenn., came to Macon county 51 years ago and settled in the Cowee section, where he now iwcir fs I-e ee eniated HIS roui , .i i... ,.i.i.1. :. n ..... birthday last January 20. Mrs. ( it best not to try to go. Of Murray will be 74 years old June course, we would enjoy being with 14 : you all ; but the trouble and wor- Mr. Murray, affectionately known I ry would overbalance the joy of it." as "Uncle Fed" tn hundreds of I The Bradleys have eight children, people throughout the county, is j four sons and four daughters. 34 frequently referred to as "the ap-! grandchildren and one great grand pie and honey man," because for i child, all living but. one child and years he has been much interested two grandchildren. Singing Convention To Be Held Sunday The Macon county quarterly singing convention will be held at the courthouse Sunday. A full clay's program is planned. Singers are expected to be here from Cherokee. Clay, Gra ham, Jackson, Haywood, Bun combe and Macon counties, as well as from Georgia and South Carolina, says James Raby, chair man of the convention. MICA MINING CODE PLANNED Hope Is Seen for Improv ing Prices and Wages In the Industry Raising of inlta prices to a point which will enable mine operators to pay living wages to their work men and reap a fair profit on their mining projects is expected as a result of a series of code con ferences now under way. A preliminary meeting of miners in the Spruce Pine vicinity was held at Spruce Pine Monday after noon and a similar meeting of miners in the Franklin area was held here Wednesday afternoon. These meetings were attended by Dr. E. K. Pratt, of New York, secretary and supervisory agency of the National Mica Code author ity. A final meeting of all mica min ers, the country over, is scheduled to be held at Spruce Pine Satur day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock to continue discussions of a code for mica miners and to perfect plans of organizing a mining division of the mica industry with code regu lations. Mica manufacturers al ready have organized under the code authority and have taken ac tion to rcgulatenriw- son w W&lmh 'Ju'rJcnmy expec tant that this situation can be cor rected by the organization ofv a code group. . ". :- : ---Propose Classificaions M. D. Billings presided over the meeting here Wednesday and P. P. Rice acted as secretary. After a discussion of price-fixing, a reso lution was adopted requesting the .mica code authority to establish standard classifications tor mica. A. W. Rcid was elected to repre sent the Franklin area on the pro posed mining code authority. Jim Mabcrry, of Spruce Pine, has been elected to represent miners of that area. There will be one other man on the authority committee; lie is to be named by mica miners in New England. A committee, consisting of P. P. Rice, A. W. Reid and Grant Lowe the latter of Waynesville. was named to represent miners of this section at the meeting to he held in Spruce Pine. Miner Enthusiastic The meeting here was attended 1 them from this county. They were! openly enthusiastic over the pros in producing fine apples and ex cellent honey. All of Mr. and Mrs. Murray's three children, Sam and Frank Murray, of Franklin, and Mrs. Elizabeth Higdon, of Gay, together with their families are planning to attend the celebration Sunday and make it a gala day for the happy couple. Many relatives and friends of the family also have been in vited to join the celebration. Mr. and Mrs. Murray planned to make the celebration a double affmr, having invited Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Bradley, of Etna, whose fiftieth weddingX anniversary came last March 12, to be present; but the Bradleys will be unable to at tend- We would love to meet with Urother Murray," Mr. Bradley member of the Murray family, "but it is about seven miles and we can not get our children up there. Af in uiuiKiiii; u an uvci, wc uiiiiiv Bite of Wisdom Whoever fights, whoever fails, Justice conquers evermore. Emerson. $1.50 PER YEAR MOORE, ROGERS ENTER PRIMARY Political Veterans Seeking Offices Each Has Held Before POLITICS WARMS UP . Tim Calloway and J. M. Raby Announce for Board Positions Dr. W. A. Rogers and Alex Moore unlimbercd this week and hopped into the political limelight, both announcing themselves as can didates, subject to the Democratic primary to be held June 2, for offices each has held before rep resentative and sheriff, respectively. Both had been talked of widely and there was little doubt that Mr. Moore was in the running; but friends of Dr. Rogers were begin ning to doubt that he would seek the job again. As things loom now, the race for sheriff is between Mr. Moore and the present sheriff, A. B. Slagle, and between them only. 3-Cornered Race The contest for representative is a three-cornered affair between Dr. Rogers, J. Frank Ray and Black burn W. Johnson. Dr. Rogers has held the office four or five times since 1904; he also has served as county chairman of the Democratic party for 22 years. Mr. Slagle has been sheriff for two terms. Ihe late Shentt In gram held the job before him, and for 13 years prior to that it was Alex Moore's. Mr. Moore said this week in announcing his candidacy that Mr. Slagle was one of the best friends he possessed, but "I've just got a feeling 1 would like to get back into the harness." Other candidates announcing this missioners ; E. Tim Calloway for member of the board of com missioners, and Will Dills for con stable in Cartoogechaye township. W. G. Stewart, of Otto, who has been regarded a potential candidate for the board of commissioner, announced he was definitely out of the running. New Prospect R. A. Pat ton continues to be the only candidate in the field seeking the Democratic nominaion for sena tor in the 33rd senatorial district, a job which he held in the last gen eral assembly; but talk has de veloped over two other possible candidates. Reports have reached here that Kelly Bennct, whom Mr. Patton defeated in the primary two years ago, is considering announc ing himself. Friends of R. S. Jones, Franklin attorney, have suggested that se seek the nomination; but thus far he has given no indica tion that he would file for the po sition. Register of Deeds C. Tom Bry son continues without opposition in his own party. In the race for the Democratic nomination for clerk of court, a contest which promises to begone of the most interestine; in this year's primaries, are Harley R. Cabc, the present assistant clerk; Gilmer Lee Crawford and Erwin W. Long. Republicans To Meet Republicans of the county are to nominate their candidates at a county convention scheduled to be held in the courthouse at 1 o'clock Monday, April 30. Precinct chair men and delegates to the county convention are 10 De named ax pre cinct conventions on Saturday! The deadline for filing notices of candidacy for legislative and coun ty offices has been set for May S. Registration books will open the same day. Music Recital To Be Given Saturday The music pupils of Miss Edwiua Dalryniple and James B. Porter will be heard in a joint recital in the high school auditorium at & o'clock Saturday night. The public is invited to attend. Mrs. C. C. Herbert, Jr., will be . guest soloist. The following pupils of Miss Dalrymple and Mr. Porter will take part in the recital : Robert Dady, Myra Slagle, Bar bara Stockton, Martha Rice, Rosa Lee Riser, Dorothy Jones, Wilburn Conley, Clara Sue Pannell, Lane Porter, Lillian Jones, Dorothy Grindstaff, Meda Peek, Katherine Ellard, Sara Conley, Frances Dav enport, Leida Beshears, Katharine Ellard, Beverly Erwin, Virginia Slagle, Mary Will Higdon.
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