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.
SWIFT JUSTICE FOR
GETTLE KIDNAPERS
California dealt swift justice to
three kidnapers, James F. Kirk, Lar
tie, wealthy oil man who was freed
Monday night after a spectacular
police raid on the house where ne
was held prisoner five days, witn
in 24 hours after their arrests, the
three kidnapes, Tames F. Kik, Lar
ry Keigan and Roy Williams ,who
had demanded $60,090 ransom for
release of their vuctim, were sen
tenced to life terms in San Quen-
tin prison. The trio pled guilty to
a charge of kidnaping by extortion
when they were told that unless
they did, they would have to stand
trial under the new California law
providing the death penalty where
a kidnaping victim suffers bodily
punishment. Save for bruises suf
fered when he was seized by his
abductors toward the close of an
all-day party at his magnificent
country estate, Gettle was unharm
ed.
ROBLES CHILD FREED
WITHOUT RANSOM
Jean Rabies, 6-year-oll Tucson,
Ariz., child kidnaped three weeks
ago and held for $15,000 ransom,
was found Monday chained in a
grave-like hole dug under a cactus
bush in the desert lands near Tuc
son. The child was so weak she
could not walk and she was badly
sun-burned. Rough marks about
her ankles, where the chains had
chafed her ,told of the suffering
she had undergone. Doctors said,
however, they thought she would
recover from her gruelling experi
ence. The child was believed to
have lain in the pit dug for her
by the kidnapers for 19 days. A
jug of water and some stale food
was found by her side. She was
miserably dirty and was covered
with vermin. Discovery of the lit
tle girl was made after the govern
or of Arizona had received a mys
terious unsigned note from Chica
go giving directions as to the lo
cation of the hiding place. No ran
som was paid, members of the Ro-
bles family stated. Police believed
Wednesday that they had obtained
information from little Jean which
might lead to the capture of her
abductors. She said they were two
men who called each other "Will"
and "Bill."
TRANS ATLANTIC FLIERS
LAND IN IRELAND
Captain George Pond and Lieu
tenant Cesare Sabelli, who took off
Monday morning from Floyd Ben
net field, New York, on a con
templated non-stop flight of 4,500
miles to Rome, Italy, were forced
down near Lachinch, in southern
Ireland, Tuesday night, 32 hours
and six minutes after their depar
ture. The premature landing fas
necessitated by a broken gas line.
Slight damage was done to the
plane in landing, but the fliers were
uninjured.
REED LEADS
Senator David A. Reed of Penn
sylvania was leading Tuesday night
in his contest with Governor Gif
ford Pinchot for renomination as
senator in the Republican primary.
In the Democratic primary, Joseph
F. Guffey, known as the "iriginal
Roosevelt man" because of his
strong support for the president in
the Chicago convention, was run
ning far ahead of Roland S. Mor
ris, ambassador to Japan under
Woodrow Wilson.
DECLARED AN OUTLAW
Wes Bryson, alias Dick Bryson,
of Cashiers Valley, was declared
an outlaw in a proclamation issued
by Judge Alley in Waynesville
Monday afternoon. Bryson was al
leged to have fired on two men
from ambush in Cashiers Valley
Saturday morning. K. Bumgarner
and Thomas A. Dillard, both of
Cashiers, were wounded, one in the
arm and the other in the leg.
Bryson, brother of Frank Bryson,
who was killed in January, was
allcked to have made threats in
recent weeks to kill nine men of
the Cashiers Valley section. K.
Bumgarner, who was charged with
the slaying of Frank Bryson, was
tried at the February term of
Jackson superior court and acquit
ted. ROOSEVELT PROPOSES
HOME-BUILDING PLAN
Creation of a- home credit in
surance corporation with capital
stock of $200,000,000 to be provided
by the Reconstruction Finance Cor
poration, was proposed by Presi
dent Roosevelt in a special mes
sage to congress Monday. The
legislation sought by the president
is intended to free billions of dol
lars for new building work, repairs
and refinancing of existing debts on
homes and construction work.
VOL. XLIX, NO. 20
ADVICE GIVEN
JOB-SEKEERS
Tennessee Valley Author
ity Explains System
Of Employment
MANY APPLICATIONS
38,807 Candidates Listed
For Skilled and Un
skilled Labor
Persons desirous of obtaining em
ployment with the Tennessee Val
ley Authority will be interested in
circular letter recently sent to
job-seekers by the TV A. The let
ter gives detailed instructions as to
how candidates for jobs should
submit their applications and also
xplains the different classifica
tions of employment, qualifications
required etc.
The letter follows in part:
General
(a) Applicants are requested not
to seek interviews unless exnress-
ly invited to do so by a member of
the staff. Should personal inter
views seem desirable, candidates
Will be notified to appear at one of
the offices or at points convenient
to both the Authority and the can
didates. '
(b) All applicants will receive
proper consideratiir. on the basis of
merit at the time when the Author
ity is prepared to consider appoint
ments to fill specific vacancies at
the various occupational and nro-
fessional levels.
(c) Applications already on file
with the Authority will receive full
consideration for employment with
the Electric Home and Farm Au
thority and the Tennessee Valley
Associated Cooperatives, Inc., when
vacancies occur in these organiza-,
tions.
Helper, Skilled and Unskilled Labor
(a) -Positions of this nature are
being filled almost exclusively by
persons who participated in the la
bor examinations held for the Au
thority by the United States Civil
Service Commission in November
and December, 1933, at which time
38,807 applicants were examined.
These examinations were open to
only those persons who fulfilled
certain residential requirements in
the Tennessee Valley and certain
contiguous areas.
(b) Persons who took the exam
inations are being notified of the
results as rapidly as possible and
.,11 --itwi;i-iic ..nil k i.;c ;
vnuuiuuivt) i" u. avit i.ivvi in
due time. Scores achieved will be
considered along with other quali-
lications such as character, physical i tion in St. Agnes' Episcopal church,
fitness, vocational ability, exper-jh was the opening service of the
ience, etc. j spring meeting of the Asheville
(c) Housing limitations at some convocation, which was in session
of the various operations, shortages here Tuesday and Wednesday,
of competent persons in some of The convocation was attended by
the skilled trades, and other factors a number of ministers from various
may make possible the employment parishes in the western part of the
of a limited number of applicants diocese, including: Rev. George
who did not take the examinations. Floyd Rogers, rector of Trinity
For the most part, appointments of church, Asheville; Rev. A. W. Far
those who did not take the labor mini, vector of St. Mary's church,
examinations arc temporary, lien-
erally speaking, however, candidates Saluda; Rev. Harry Perrv, of Bre
who did not take the examinations vard! the Rev. Robert B. H. Bell,
at the proper time must wait until of Black Mountain, leader of the
such future time as additional ex- Life Abundant movement; Rev.
animations may be given. I George A. Sutherland, of Black
(d) If the future personnel needs Mountain; Rev. George L. Granger,
of the Authority make it necessary Canton; and Rev. A. C. Gilmore,
to hold additional examinations, full Otecn.
publicity will be given through the' Bishop Gribbin chose as his text
press and public notices. However, Tuesday night the first chapter of
further examinations are not con-'the Acts of the Apostles. Pleading
templated at this time in view of for more sincere obedience to the
the fact that 38,807 participated in laws of God, as expressed through
the last series a number far in His son. Jesus Christ, Re held up
excess of our present requirements, the twelve apostles as examples to
Clerks, Typist end Stenographer be emulated by men and women
(a) Vacancies in these positions who profess Christianity,
will be filled from the existing
registers of the Tennessee alley
Authority, and in typist-steivograph-(Continued
on Page Four)
Wool Sale
To Be Held at Franklin
Depot May 28
A cooperative wool sale is to be
held at the Franklin depot Monday,
May 28, according to an announce
ment by F. S. Sloan, county agent.
The sale is . scheduled to start at
9 a. m. and continue until 4 p. in.
This year's sale will be conduct
ed, as previous sales in this coun
ty, in cooperation with the United
Wool Growers Association.
A minimum advance price of 20
cests a pound for clear wool has
been set. Last year's advance
price was 16 cents, but the sale
date price was 26 cents. Mr. Sloan church Sunday, May 20. All sing
said he hoped the market would, ing classes, choirs, quartets asd in
improve, warranting a higher price dividual singers interested are in
by the 28th. ivited to attend.
PROGRESSIVE
How They Stand
In the Race For Representative
(Subject To the Democratic Primary To Be Held June 2)
PLATFORM
of
J. Frank Ray
SCHOOLS-
? ?
TEACHERS' SALARIES-
SALES TAX-
7 7
TAX EXEMPTIONS-
7 7
7
AUTO LICENSE TAX-
7
7
PROHIBITION
? ?
GENERAL-
? ?
BISHOP HEARD
AT SI AGNES
A s h e v i 1 le Con vocatiion
Holds Spring Meeting
In Franklin
Making his first appearance in
Franklin since his consecration as
bishop of the diocese of Western
XT , ,.
iNorth Carolina
in January, the Rt.
Rev. Robert E. Gribbin preached
Tuesday night to a full congrega-
Asheville; Rev. Carey-Elwees, of i
Three periods of meditation were
conducted by Bishop dribbin Wed
nesday morning
"The Office and
Work of the Holy Spirit," was his
theme.
The convocation ended at
o'clock with a dinner served
delegates at the rectory by
ladies of St. Agnes church.
1
the
the
James E. Owen Speaks
Here Tonight
James E. Owen, of Asheville,
candidate for congress in the 11th
North Carolina district, subject to
the Democratic primary, is sched
uled to speak in the courthouse
here at 7 :.lll p. m. tonight.
Singing Convention
To Be Held Sundy
An all-day singing convention is
scheduled to be held at Salem
LIBERAL
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY
PLATFORM
of
B. W. Johnson
SCHOOLS-
Free public education, more
than anything else, has been re
sponsible for the state's progress
in the past. We must not allow
development of our public school
system to be hampered. The
state would be derelict in its duty
if it did not extend to every
child the opportunity of obtain
ing an education. This is proper
ly an obligation of the state as a
whole, rather than of individual
commnnitiies. For that reason, 1
favor continuation of the present
policy of state-supported school
terms of not less than eight
months, the revenue for the sup
port of schools to be derived
from some source other than ad
valorem taxes.
TEACHERS' SALARIES
Good schools cannot be main
tained without good teachers. We
cannot expect to retain good
teachers unless we pay them
salaries commensurate with sala
ries paid teachers in other states,
salaries which will enable them to
live on a respectable basis, sala
ries which will encourage others to
enter this great field of public
service. Teachers have taken
larger cuts in their salaries than
other state employes; in fact,
many of them are now receiving
less than what might be regarded
as a fair living wage. They de
serve higher pay, even if it means
reduction of salaries paid other
state employes.
SALES TAX
While odious to some, the sales
tax has been the means of main
. taining a state-supported eight
months school term. At the same
time, it has made possible a re
duction on ad valorem, or prop
erty, taxes. When the last Gen
eral Assembly imposed the sales
tax, it also repealed the 15-cent
state school levy on property.
This meant a saving to Macon
county taxpayers of $22,884 in
their 1933 tax bills. Repeal of
the sales tax inevitably would
result in impairment of our pub
lic school system, or else would
increase taxes on property. Our
farms and homes already are
bearing more than their just bur
den. Rather than see this bur
den made still heavier, I will sup
port the sales tax. However,
there is room for improvement in
the method of collecting the sales
tax. I believe that changes
should be made in the present
law to reduce the overhead costs
of collection and to allow the
merchant, if he so desires, to
absorb the tax. This would sim
plify his bookkeeping and over
come petty bickerings over the
tax which frequently result in loss
of sales.
TAX EXEMPTIONS-
The law now allows an ex
emption of $300 in the valuation
of personal property, such as
household goods, tools and farm
machinery. This doess not apply,
however, to livestock and real
property. Many individuals do
not own $300 worth of the articles
exempted. The present law works
an injustice on such people as
these and should be changed so
as to allow the taxpayer to take
his exemption on anything he
possesses.
AUTO I ICFNSF TAY
Auto license taxes should be re
duced and I believe that this can
be done without decreasing reve
nues for support of our fine
system of highways. Present li-
(Continued on Page Four)
PLEADS FOR LEAS
Asserting she had mortgaged her
home and wedding presents in the
long fight to keep her husband and
his son from prison, Mrs. Luke
Lea made an impassioned plea Sat
urday to Governor Ehringhaus for
clemency for Luke Lea, Jr., her
26-ycar-old stepson who is said to
be suffering from a malignant dis
ease. She aws told that any ap
plication for clemency would be
received through the regular chan
Inels. .
INDEPENDENT
17. 1934
PLATFORM
of
Dr. W. A. Rogers
SCHOOLS-
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it
TEACHERS' SALARIES
? ? 7
e
SALES TAX-
? ?
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7
TAX EXEMPTIONS-
? ?
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AUTO LICENSE TAX-
PROHIBITION
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GENERAL-
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it:
CAPUS WAYN1CK
TO SPEAK HERE!
Will Be Heard Friday
Night at Young Dem
ocrats' Banquet
Preparations for an attendametfl
of more than 100 persons are be
ing made by the Young People's
Democratic Clubs of Macon county
for the banquet and dance to bed
held Iriday night ot tnis week at.
Lamp Tan kee tali in the Patton Val-
Capus M. Waynick, editor of the;
High Poini Enetrprise, state sena
tor in the last General Assembly:
and now state director of the Na
tional Reemployment Service, willl
be the principal speaker.
Convention Saturday
Mrs. May Thompson Evans, ofj
High 1'oint, state president oj the
Young Democratic organization,, j
and Doyle D. Alley, of Wavnes-t
ville, vice president of the YoutuJ
Democrats, are also scheduled to
be present and to make short ad
dresses. Mrs. Thompson and Mr.
Alley will be heard again at the
annual county convention of Young
i emocrats to be held at 1 p. ni.
Saturday afternoon in the court
house. Election of officers for the
coming year is to be held at this
meeting.
John W. Edwards, present head
of the Macon County Young Dem
ocrats, will preside as toastmaster
at the banquet Friday night. Mus
ic will be furnished i by a nine
piece orchestra, the members of
which are offering their services
free of charge.
Candidate To Attend
Practically all of the county can
ddates in the Democratic primary
to be held June 2 are expected to
attend the banquet and dance, as
well as a number of candidates for
district offices. Both drover C.
Davis and Judge Felix Alley, of
Waynesville, candidates for judge
in this district, have signified their
intention of being present.
A delegation from Asheville also
is planning to come, including Wil
liam J. Cocke, district chairman of
the Young Democratic clubs, and
Sam Cathey, the blind judge of
Asheville's municipal court, who is
famed as a caller for square dances.!
The dinner will be served by
Miss Olivia Patton, owner of
Camp Taukeetah. An admission
fee of 75 cents will be charged for
the banquet and dance, while only
50 cests a couple will be charged
those who attend the dance only.
The banquet is scheduled to begin
at 8 o clock and the dance at 10
o'clock.
Free Space
An Offer to Dr. W. A.
Rogers And J. Frank Ray
Last week the editor of The
Press-Maconian, who is a candidate
for representative subject to the
Democratic primary, offered to
print the platforms of his two op
ponents, Dr. W. A. Rogers and J.
Frank Ray, free of charge.
When we went to press Wed
nesday afternoon neither Dr. Rog
ers nor Mr. Ray had taken ad
vantage of this opportunity to ex
press their views on the issues at
hand. Although the voters natural
ly would like to know the opinions
and attitudes of candidates, they
have choten. to remain eloquently
quiet.
Should they change their minds,
however, and decide to express
themselves, our offer of free space
still sands good. Anytime between
now and the primary, The Press
Maconian will be glad to remove
the question marks and print their
statements of policy.
300 MEN LOSE
FOREST JOBS
Projects To Be Continued
With Labor from
C. C. C. Camps
Approximately 300 men working
on road projects in the Nantahala
National Forest were dismissed last
Friday. Funds for continuation of
this work under the natiional in
dustrial recovery program had been
exhausted, it was stated in expla
nation at headquarters of the for
est in Franklin.
Work on these road projects, it
was said, would be continued with
labor supplied by the Civilian Con
servaitcm camps.
Most of the men thrown out of
work last Friday are residents of
Macon county. One hundred and
four of them were civit service
employes, while the rest were re
cruited through the National Re
employment Service.
The projects upon which they
we're working included: Improve
ment of the Horse Cove road near
Highlands; improvement of die road
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and relocation of the forest senrfae
roarl in the vicinity of Aquone
CANDIDATES TO
ADDRESS VOTERS
Schedule of Joint Speak
ings To Get under
Way Next Week
.The schedule oi joint speakings
planned by the Young People's
Democratic clubs of Macon county
will get under way next Monday
night at a meeting of the Otto
club.
Other meetings to be held next
week follow:
8 p. m., Wednesday, May 23,
Holly. Springs; 8 p. m., Friday,
May 25, Cowee; 2 p. m. Saturday,
May 26, courthouse. Franklin; 8
p. m.. Saturday, May 26, Slagle
school.
The Cowee meeting was original
ly announced for Saturday night,
May 26, but on account of a con
flicting meeting in the Cowee
school, dates for the meetings at
Cowee and Slagle were exchanged, j
A large crowd is eapected at
the Cowee meeting. A box sup
per for the benefit of rt& Cowee
baseball team and a free one-act
play are also planned.
Hitherto the Young Democratic
Clubs have asked canHidates at
tending their meetings 'to refrain
from talking in behalf of their own
political aspirations. At the joint
speakings starting next week, how
ever, candidates will be ljiven an
opportunity "to speak their minds."
Trimont Inn Opens '
Under New Management
Trimont Inn on Harrison asvenue
opened for guests Tuesday, May
15. under the management of Mrs.
J. W. Cantey Johnson.
The entire property has been
renovated by the owner, Mrs. S.
H. Lyle. The buildings, which have
been freshly painted, now present
a most attractive appearance.
Bits of Wisdom
We ought to be willing both
to be ourselves and. to let
other people be themselves.
M. E. Robinson
$1.50 PER YEAR
GOVERNMENT TO
BUY MORE LAND
Ultimate Purchase of 411,
000 Acres in This
Area Planned
MONEY IS AVAILABLE
Program Calls for Buying
3,000,000 Acres
In South
Plans made public in Washing
ton Sunday for the expansion of
the government's forest holdings
contemplate the ultimate purchase
of 411,000 acres in North Carolina
and Georgia for addition to the
Nantahala National Forest, the ad
ministrative offices of which are
situated in Franklin.
When this additional acreage will
be bought by the government, has
not been learned. Small acquisi
tions for the Nantahala forest are
being made from time to time; but
no concerted movement to in
crease the forest area is now un
der way. f,
Vatt Program Planned
The forest expansion program was
disclosed by Secretary Dern of the
department of the interior, who is
also president of the national for
est reservation commission. He
said the program involved the ulti
mate purchase of 762,186 awes in
45 units scattered throughout the
eastern states.
Acquisition of new units, approx
imating 2,326,000 acves on the head
waters of the Tennessee river, Sec
retary Dern said, would nearly
double the areas of national for
ests in the southern Appalachians,
and would enable the forest ser
vice, cooperating with other agea
cies, to consolidate fire protection
and to combat excessive erosiion
on the Tennessee drainage system.
Money Available
The purchases announced by Sec
retary Dern are to be made with
money from the $20,000,000 fund
allotted by President Roosevelt for
this purpose as an emergency re
lief measure.
One new unit approved by the
forest reservation commission it
the Clinch national forest, to com
prise 658.000 acres in southwest
Virginia. Contemplated additions
to existing units contemplate 411,
000 acres for the Nantahala forest
and 348,000 acres for the Pisgah
forest.
It has not been learned here
whether any immediate large scale
purchases are planned by the Nan
tahala forest. The average price
for immediate purchases approved
by the forest reservation commis
sion is $2.45 an acre.
The present net area of the Nan
tahala forest is slightly more than
333,5 acres, of which 95,794 acres
are in Macon county. The gross
area of the forest, that is the area
within which purchases may be
made, is 1.067,600 acres.
Injured ft
John Willis Fox Hurt in
Bus Accident
John Willis Fox, sports write
for the Louisville Courier Journal,
vas reported to have been injured
in a bus accident near London, Ky
Tuwday while on his way to
FrajaWiji with his wife to spend a
vacatio with an uncle anH n.
Judge asm Mrs. John B. Willis, at
The Terrace
Mr. Fox hat. visited PranU; ,
....ft . .
uuiuti ui unies ana has many
friends here. Details of the jrri.
dent were not learned, but it was
said Mr. Fox suffered a broken
collar bose and was in a hospital
at London. Friends here hoped
he ivould recover sufficiently in a
few days to continue on his way
to Franklin.
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