As the World
Tunis
A Brief Survey of Cur
rent Events in State,
Nation and Abroad
the Facts Boiled
Down to a Few Pithy
Lines.
SALE OF ARMS OUTLAWED
Sale of arms and munitions in
this country to Bolivia and Para
guay, which have been at war with
each other for more than a year,
was prohibited in a proclamation
signed Monday by President Roose
velt under authority of a resolution
hurriedly enacted by congress at
his request. The president warned
that any violators would be "rigor
ously prosecuted." Hope is seen
lor early ending of the military
conflict on the interior of South
America as a result of President
Roosevelt's action and the assur
ances of other governments that
they would do likewise.
FLIERS SPAN ATLANTIC
Captain Maurice Rossi and Lieu
tenant Paul Codos, French aviators,
landed at Floyd Bennett field, New
York, early Monday morning after
a flight of 38 hours and 28 minutes
from Paris. They had planned to
make a non-stop flight to San
Diego, Calif., but said they thought
it advisable to land in New York
on account of vibration in the wings.
PRICE-FIXING CLAUSES
REMOVED IN 7 CODES
Price-fixing clauses in seven NRA
codes were removed in an order
signed Monday by Hugh S. John
son, national NRA administrator.
This action, coming after months
of unsatisfactory efforts to enforce
the dry cleaning and several other
codes, affected the following code
classiifications : Auto storage and
parking, bowling and billiard places,
barber shops, shoe repair estab
lishments, advertising display in
stallers, and advertising distribut
ors. Local prce-fixing agreements
were permitted under these codes
in communities where 85 per cent
of the establishments within a
classifcaton agree among themselves
on schedules.
FIVE GIRLS BORN
TO CANADIAN COUPLE
Five baby girls, weighing in all
13 pounds and six ounces, were
born Monday to Mr. and Mrs.
Oliver Dionne, who live on a farm
near Corbel, Ontario. Mother and
children were reported doing well.
The largest child weighed three
pounds and four ounces and the
smallest two pounds and four
ounces. Their mother is 24 years
old and has five other children.
Asked if he felt proud, the father
replied, "I'm the kind of fellow
they should put in jail.',
ENVOY'S LIFE THREATENED
A soldier who was on guard at
the doorway of the American em
bassy in Havana, Cuba, was critic
ally wounded Sunday when four
men in an automobile fired a volley
of shots into the building, evident
ly in an attempt to assassinate
Uoited States Ambassador Jeffer
son Caffery. The envoy was un
harmed. The Cuban cabinet im
mediately took steps to prevent fur
ther demonstrations of Anti-American
feeling, but the next .day a
group of manifestants broke the
windshield of an embassy automo
ibfle. CONGRESS PLANS EARLY
ADJOURNMENT
Adjournment of congress is look
ed for between June 9 and 15 as a
result of pressure on congressional
leaders from the White House. Ef
forts to push through various ad
ministration measures as soon as
possible have been renewed.
8 WOUNDED IN STRIKE
Eight men were wounded Sunday
night at Laurinburg, N. C, in a
iot which broke out at the Prince
mill, a unit in the Waverly chain,
which has been involved in recent
strikes. Two of the injured men
vcre shot and one was reported in
ritical condition. The outbreak I
followed a parade of strikers during
the afternoon. The situation was
reported quiet Tuesday with the
Prince mill closed.
Baseball
Official standing Macon County
Baseball League:
Won Lost
West End 3 0 1,000
Highlands 1 1 500
Cowee 1 1 500
Holly Springs 1 1 500
Prentiss 0 3 00
Games played Saturday, May 26:
West End defeated Prentiss 9
to 2.
uOwee defeated Prentiss 24 to 2
(Feattire of game was home run by
Bryson.) (with bases full)
Holly Springs defeated Highlands
10 to 7. I
VOL. XLIX, NO. 22
MACON SCHOOLS
GIVEN $70,585
Entire Expense for 8-
Months Term This Year
Borne By State
SALES TAX HELPS
None of Revenue for Sup
port of Schools Derived
From Property
If Macon county depended on
property taxes for support of the
eight-months school term, it would
be necessary to set the countywide
tax rate at $2.30, more than double
the present levy, according to fig
ures made public this week by the
state department of revenue.
"In your county of Macon," it
is pointed out in a letter received
by The Press-Maconian from A.
J. Maxwell, state commissioner of
revenue, "the state is paying for
the operation of your school term
for the year 1933-1934 $70,585. The
tax value of property in your coun
ty is $5,025, 741. In order to sup
ply the equivalent amount by prop
erty tax in your county would re
quire a rate on your present prop
erty value of 1.2546. The combi
nation of your present tax rate
with the amount you have to levy
to support the school system en
tirely by property tax would give
you a total rate of $2.30.
Total Stat Cottt
The total valuation of real and
personal property in the state for
1933 is $2,089,209,188. The total
amount paid by the state for opera
tion of the schools was $15,967,976.
In order to raise this amount con
tributed by the state it would re
quire a state-wide levy on property
of .7643. The total combined county-wide
tax levies for 1933 amount
to $18,360,885, representing an aver
age rate of .88. The average rate
in the state, if cost of schools was
supported by property tax entirely,
would amount to $1.64 in order to
pay the present cost of county
government and school costs
amounting to a total of $34,328,861.
Sales Tax Helps
"The foregoing figures we think
are significant and illustrate the
extent to which property has been
relieved of taxes and the burden
shifted from counties to the state
government. This has been accom
plished largely through action of
the last legislature by the enact
ment of the North Carolina sales
tax and increases in other sources
of indirect revenue of the state by
reason of which the state-wide levy
of 15 cents was cancelled and le
vies, made by counties, special dis
tricts and special charter districts
for the operation of schools
throughout the state, eliminated."
CONVICT CAMP
WORK STARTED
25 Prisoners on Job Clear
ing Grounds and Build
ing Roadway
Twenty-five convicts began work
this week on the Macon county
convict camp. John Cabe, former
sheriff of Haywood county, is in
charge of the prisoners, and L. V.
Houston, of Hickory, is in charge
of the building.
At present men are cleaning off
grounds for a new road and the
camp site. Plans call for a per
manent camp with quarters for 100
men. On the grounds will be con
structed prison cells, a laundry, and
a dining room. It is thought that
the building program will be com
pleted within about three months.
The camp occupieis a tract of 100
acres, known as the old camp
ground property, situated about a
mile northwest of the courthouse.
The state highway and public
works commission announced some
months ago that it probably would i
use local labor in construction ofl
the prison camp buildings; but later (
it was nectoen to do as much ot
the work as possible with convict
labor.
Expert Hair Stylist
At Beauty Shop
Mrs. C. E, Lewin, expert hair
dresser and stylist from New York,'
is at the Franklin Beauty Shop this J
week demonstrating a new Realistic,
Combination Helcone and Croqui
nole permanent waving machine re
"ently installed by Mrs. Homer,
Mashburn, proprietor of the shop. I
PROGRESSIVE
How They Stand
In the Race For Representative
(Subject To the Democratic Primary To Be Held June 2)
PLATFORM
of
J. Frank Ray
TO THE PEOPLE OF
MACON COUNTY:
In "the issue of The Franklin
Press of last week, one of my op
ponents, Mr. B. W. Johnson, in the
race lor the nomination for Rep
resentative, gave his views on some
of the issues which will probably
come up in the next session of the
Legislature, and offered space in
his paper to me, for which 1 thank
him, to do likewise.
My views and attitude on the
issues mentioned by Mr. Johnson
are as follows:
SCHOOLS:
The stability of our institutions
depends in a great measure on our
schopls. North Carolina is a for
ward moving state in education, i
would not favor any legislation
which might tend to retard the
progress being made in our present
system of educatiion.
TEACHERS' SALARIES:
School teaching is a great public
service. It is a service which ranks
among other great fields of public
service. Those who perform this
work have spent years preparing
themselves for it. Teachers are
entitled to salaries which will just
ify them continuing in their chosen
field of service, which also means
thaj our state will continue to go
forward in education, and 1 hope
and believe means will be found
(Continued on Page Four)
DEMOCRATS TO
MEETJUNE 11
Ramsey Issues Call for
Precinct and County
Conventions
Call for a Macon county Demo
cratic convention to be held Mon
day, June 11, was issued this week
by Albert Ramsey, chairman of
the county's Democratic executive
committee.
At the same time Mr. Ramsey
set Saturday, June 9, as the time
for precinct meetings of Democrats.
The hour set for the precinct meet
ings is 2:30 o'clock in the after
noon. The county convention on the
succeeding Monday is to convene
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon in
the county courthouse.
At the precinct meetings on June
9, Mr. Ramsev explained, nrccinct
committees of five active Demo
crats are to be chosen and or
ganized, with a chairman and vice
chairman, the latter to be a woman.
Delegates and alternates to the
county convention also are to be
selected at the precinct meetings.
Chairman of the precinct meetings
arc requested to certify to the
county chairman on the day of the
county convention the names of the
precinct committeemen and dele
gates. At the county convention dele
gates and alternates are to be
elected to the state convention and
the countv executive committee is
to meet and select a chairman tojat her home on Main street Sunday
serve until the next county con
vention. ,
Funeral Held for
Mrs. Martha Hall
Funeral services for Mrs. Martha
Hall, HO, were conducted at the
(lark's Chapel Methodist church
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock by
the Rev. J. 11. Tabor, pastor.
Mrs. Hall's home was in Bryson
City, but she had been staying
with her dauyhtcr, Mrs. J. Clifford
I'owdlc, near Prentiss for several
months. She had been ill for sev
eral months and her death was not.
unexpected. The immediate cause
was a heart attack.
Active pallbearers were: Ransom
Ledford, Elman Teague, Nat Phil
lips, Thad Nichols, Frank Fleming
and Tim Wood.
The deceased is survived by one
daughter, Mrs. J. C. Dowdle, of
Prentiss, and one son, Ansel Haft,
of Bryson City, and several grand
children. J
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LIBERAL INDEPENDENT
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 31, 1934
PLATFORM
of
Dr. W. A. Rogers
SCHOOLS-
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TEACHERS' SALARIES
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SALES TAX
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TAX EXEfv.PTIOnS
AUTO LICENSE TAX
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PROHIBITION
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GENERAL-
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Wool Sale
$660 Advanced to Macon
County Growers
Macon county sheep raisers re
ceived approximately $660 in ad
vances on wool sold Monday in a
cooperative sale conducted at the
Frankliit depot by F. S. Sloan,
county farm agent, and a represen
tative of the United Wool Grow
ers association.
The total sales by Macon farm
ers amounted to 2,915 pounds. Some
wool was also sold by farmers
from Oay county.
The advance prices were as fol
lows : Clear wool, 20 cents a
pound; light burry wool, 17 cents a
pound ; heav y burry wool, 13 cents
a pound.
An independent buyer offered
252 cents flat per pound, but the
growers declined his offer, prefer
ring to take their chances of re
ceiving more in the cooperative
pool. .
DEATH CALLS
MR1 FRANKS
Funtaral Hejd Monday Af
ternoon at Baptist
Church
Mrs. Ellen Rich Franks, 71., died
night after an illness of several
months.
Funeral services were held at the
Franklin Baptist church Monday
afternoon at 3 o'clock with the Rev.
Eugene R. Eller, pastor, in charge.
Mrs. Franks united with the Bap
tist church at Waynesville in early
life, later moving her membership
to the Franklin Baptist church,
where she was always a faithful
member. Mrs. Franks is widely
known over Macon county for her
many deeds of kindness to the sick
and needy.
She was married to Elisha Henry
Franks on March 14, 1877. To this
union were born 14 children, five
of whom survive as follows: Mrs.
M. A. Powers, of Miami, Fla.,
Mrs. Mattie Higdon and Mrs.
George W. Murray, of Whitla,
Alta, Canada; J. D. Franks and
Mack Frankr. of Franklin. Four
teen grandchDdren and six great
grandchildren also survive.
PLATFORM
of
B. W. Johnson
SCHOOLS-
Free public education, more than
anything else, has been responsible
for the state's progress in the
past. We must not allow develop
ment of our public school system
to be hampered. The state would
be derelict in its dutv if it did not
extend to every child the opportun
ity of obtanmg an education. This
is properly an obligation of the
state as a whole, rather than of
individual communities. For that
reason, I 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 maintain
ed without good teachers. We can
not expect to retain good teachers
unless we pay them salaries com
mensurate with salaries paid teach
ers in other states, salaries which
will enable them to live on a re
spectable basis, salaries 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.
Tiny deserve higher pay, even
(Continued on Page Four)
E. S. MALLONEE
FUNERAL HELD
Well Known Macon Resi
dent Dies after Long
Illness
Elbert S. Mallonee, who had been
an invalid for eight years, died
from pneumonia at 1 o'clock Mon
day night at the home of a son,
George Mallonee, on highway No.
M).
Funeral services were conducted
at 2:30 o'clock Tuesday afternoon
at the lotla Methodist church, of
which Mr. .Mallonee had been a
member for 64 years. The Rev.
C, C. Herbert, pastor of the Frank
lin Methodist church, officiated in
the absenceo f the pastor, the Rev.
15. V. Lefler. He was assisted by
the Rev. Eugene R. Eller, pastor
of the Franklin Baptist church.
Active pallbearers were Lou
Campbell, C. Tom Bryson, Robert
1 hmaldson, Horace Bryson, Will
Shields and Harold Moore.
"Uncle Elbert," as he was knovn
to scores of frionds, was a patient
sufferer. About eight yearsa go he
fell and broke one of his hips. A
little later he broke his other hip
in another fall and from then on
lie was confined to his bed. De
spite his suffering, he never com
plained and always . greeted mem
bers of his family and visitors wth
a sinlie.
About two weeks ago Mr. Mal
lonee developed pneumonia, which
was the immediate cause of his
death.
Mr. Mallonee was a staunch Dem
icrat and, though bedridden, took
a lively interest in political matters
Indicative of the esteem in wheh
he was held by a wide circle of
friends were the floral offerings at
the funeral. They were so nu
nieious that they covered four
graves besides Mr. Mallonee's.
Surviving Mr. Mallonee are four
sons, George Mallonee, of Frank
lin; James D. Mallonee, of Murphy
Charles Mallonee, of Darington
Wash., and Harley Mallonee, of
Winston-Salem, a number of grand
children and great-grandchildren.
LEGION MEETING TO BE
HELD MONDAY NIGHT
The regular meeting of the Ma
con County post of the American,
Legion, scheduled for Saturday
night of this week, has been post
poned on account of the election
until 8 o'clock Monday night. The
I meeting is to take place in the
1 county courthouse. Refreshments
'.are to be served. All ex-service
'men, whether members of the le
I gion or not, are invited to attend.
Released
Hyman Sutton under Bond
Pending Hearing
Hyman Sutton, of Jackson coun
ty, operator of an automobile which
struck and fatally injured Robert
Shields on the dcorgia highway last
Thursday afternoon, was released
from the Macon county jail Satur
day under $1,000 bond pending a
preliminary hearing set for June 15.
His release followed a coroner's
inquest, at which the amount of
the bond was set.
Funeral services for Shields, a
CCC worker who lived in the North
Skeenah section, were held at 3
o'clock Friday afternoon at the
Aquone Baptist church. The Rev.
Mr. West, pastor of the church, of
ficiated, assisted by the Rev. B.
S. Beech, CCC chaplain.
Shields is survived by his widow,
two sons and three daughters.
PROF. MADISON
TO BE HONORED
Memorial To W. C. T. C.
Founder To Be Dedi
cated on June 4
On June 4 Western Carolina
Teachers college at Cullowhee will
celebrate the 45th anniversarv of
ts founding. The celebration will
center around Robert Lee Madison,
great-great nephew of President
James Madison and founder of the
institution that has played an im
portant part in the educational de
velopment of the mountain section
of Tarheelia.
It Lai-gett CUtt
This year is the largest gradual'
ing class in the history of the
institution. Thirty-six men and
women are scheduled to receive
the bachelor of science degree and
51 are prospective two-year normal
graduates.
The Rev. Dr. Richard L. Own-
bey, pastor of the Myers Park
Methodist church, Charlotte, will
deliver the baccalaureate sermon
June 3.
Dr. Charles E. Brewer, president
of Meredith college, Raleigh, will
deliver the annual commencement
address Tuesday morning, June 5.
President H. T. Hunter will de
iver his annual address to the grad-.
uates Sonday afternoon at 3 o'clock.
Sunday evening a vesper service
will be held in the campus amphi
theater. R. L. Madison, college
founder, will be the speaker, The
faculty quartet, composed of Presi
dent Hunter, Dean W. E. Bird,
Mrs. Charles (J. Gulley, and Mrs
C. C Buchanan, will sing, accom
panied by W. A. Potter.
Classes To Reunite
Monday, June 4, has been desig
nated as Alumni day. The day will
see the election of a new presi-
lent of the Alumni association and
the dedication of the alumni me
morial to Mr. Madison.
Class reunions will be held in the
morning and a general business ses
sion of the alumni association will
be held at noon.
Mrs. Jeanele Coulter Moore, of
Sylva, will be the principal speaker
at the annual commencement lunch
eon of the alumni association, at 2
clock Monday.
Welch Calloway. Ashe v die at
torney, will deliver the chief ad
dress at the Madison memorial
dedication service that will be held
Monday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.
The memorial is being erected at
I lie place on the campus where the
original wooden building stood.
Dean W. E. Bird will introduce
Mr. Calloway.
President Hunter will accept the
memorial for the college and Thom
as W. Bird, of Asheville, chairman
of the board of trustees, will ac
cept it for the trustees. Tributes
will be paid to Mr. Madison by
Crover C. Davis, Waynesville at
torney, and Lewis P. Hamlin, Bre
vard attorney. At 5 o'clock Mon
day visiting alumni will be tea
guests of the college.
The music department of the col
lege will give a concert Monday
evening at 8 o'clock in the training
school auditorium. Mrs. Charles G
Gulley and W. A. Potter, of the
music faculty, will direct.
Graduation exercises will begin
Tuesday morning, June 5, at 10
o'clock. President Hunter will pre
sent the degrees and diplomas.
Bits of Wisdom
By any reasonable plan
I'll make you happy if I can;
My convenience count as nil :
II is my duty and I will.
-W. S. Gilbert.
$1.50 PER YEAR
PRIMARY TO BE
HELD SATURDAY
Democratic Voters To De
cide On State, District
and County Nominees
LIGHT VOTE LIKELY
Candidates Wind up Cam
paigns at Series of
Joint Speakings
Democratic voters of Macon coun
ty will go to the polls Saturday to
elect nominees of their party to
Oppose Republican candidates in
next November's general election.
At the polls the voters will re
ceive two ballots a state ballot, one
of the shortest in recent years; and
a county ballot.
On the state ballot are the names
of two candidates for utilities com
missioner, E. C. Macon, of Ashe
ville, and Stanley Winborne, the
incumbent, and the names of four
candidates for congressman in the
eleventh congressional district, Zeb
ulon Weaver, the incumbent, Ed
ward B. Atkinson, Robert R. Mul
likin and James Edward Owen, all
of Asheville.
The candidates for superior court
judge in the 20th district and for
state senator in the 33rd senatorial
district are listed in the county bal
lot along withe the candidates for
strictly county offices. A complete
copy of the county ballot appears
on the back page of this week's
issue of The Press-Maconian.
Unopposed Candidates
C. Tom Bryson, Democratic can
didate for register of deeds, is
without opposition and, therefore,
his name does not appear on the
ballot. Neither does the name of
John M. Queen, solicitor, who also
is without opposition.
C. D. May field, of Murphy, has
withdrawn as a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for state
senator in this district; but as the
ballots had already been printed
when he announced his withdrawal
his name will be on the county
ballots. Voters, however, will be
instructed at the polls to vote for
either of the other candidates, V.
A. Br-wning or K. A. Patton.
While there has been talk of the
possibility of one or two other
county candidates withdrawing, no
formal announcements of such have
been received.
Candidates Heard
The last week of campaigning by
the various candidates has been
featured by joint, speakings in va
rious sections .of the county.
Last Friday night more than 200
persons attend a box supper and
speaking at the Cowee school house.
Saturday afternoon a crowd of ap
proximately 150 persons turned out
to hear the candidates peak at the
courthouse, and that night the
Slagle school in the Cartoogechaye
section was crowded for another
joint speaking and box supper.
Monday night the candidates
spoke at a meeting in the High
lands school auditorium.
Although the candidates have
been unusually active for several
weeks, the campaign has been a
quiet one alnd predictions are that
the voting Saturday will be light as
compared with voting in the pri
mary two years ago.
As usual, the polls will be open
from sunrise to sunset.
West's Mill
Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Pressley
and family, of Canton, were visiting
Mrs. Pressley' s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. C. Bryson, the past week
end. John lav is improving after be
ing confined to his room for several
days.
Miss Alva Dalton underwent an
operation for the removal of her
tonsils ai the C. J. Harris hospital
in Sylva recently. She is reorted
to be doing nicely.
Rev. and Mrs. B. W. Lefler and
two sons visited Mrs. W. C. Shef
field Friday
The box supper, play, and po
litical speaking, which was given
at the Cowee school house Friday
evening were quite a success. A
very large crowd was present and
the proceeds from the box supper
amounted to $49.
Mrs. J. B. Matlock attended the
district meeting of the Woman's
Missionary Society of the Metho
dist church at Sylva Friday.
Clyde Clark made a business trip
to Sylva Friday.
Mrs. Grady Reno, of Detroit,
Mich., arrived here Sunday to be
at the bedside of her mother, Mrs.
W. C. Sheffield, who is seriously
ill.