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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. Bits of Wisdom Let's live with that small pittance which we have; Who covets more is ever more a slave. Herrick Stye iftglylanite jRaronum LIBERAL INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE VOL XUX, NO. 23 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, JUNE 7, 1934 $1.50 PER YEAR attit i TARIFF BILL GIVES PRESIDENT BROAD POWERS Unprecedented authority to ne gotiate reciprocal tariff agreements was given President Roosevelt Wednesday by congress. Almost immediately two nations, Germany and Argentina, took action seeking to be among the first to negotiate new trade pacts. Granting of this unusual authority to the chief ex ecutive came when the house of representatives accepted senate amendments to the tariff bill, which was then sent to the white house. The president was expected to sign without delay. STOCK CONTROL BILL ENACTED The stock market control bill was . i r 4 r J a taken under the measure is the ap pointment of a board of five mem bers to administer and enforce its provisions. FOOD SHORTAGE NOT LIKELY SAYS WALLACE Secretary Wallace of the depart ment of agriculture said Wednesday that the drought in the western states was not likely to cause any shortage in food, because of an enormous carryover from last year. "The severity of the present emer gency," he stated, however, "May at last jolt us in to action" on a long range program of agricultural plan ning. The administration has tak en steps to relieve human suffering in the drought area and to extend financial assistance where needed and warranted. EXECUTIVES RESIGN Dr. E. C. Brooks of State col lege and Dr. I. J Foust of Woman's college, Greensboro, formally offer ed their resignations Tuesday from the vice-presidences of their re spective branches of the Unversity of North Carolina, and will work after July 1 upon part time and president emeritus duties. Deans of administration will replace the vice-presidencies which were created with the merger of the institu tions. FARLEY CONTINUES James A. Farley will continue as national chairman of the Democrat ic party at least until the last September primary. This word was passed in high quarters this week as Democratic leaders kept a wary eye on the Republican conventiion. BRITISH WON'T PAR The house of commons has ap proved the British stand on war debts which is to suspend payment until the U. S. is willing to confer on full nd final settlement of the whole problem. QUINTUPLETS ILL The Dionne quintuplets Monday night became affected with jaun dice, and their physician flatly re fused to let them be exhibited at the Century of Progress exposition this summer. Dr. A. R. Dafoe is the country doctor looking after them. He said the jaundice is not unusual in week-old children and that it does not lessen their chances for life In other respects, the condition of the children, including little Marie, who weghs only one pound, 12 ounces, is unchanged. They are in an incubator. ASK VAST U. S. LOAN The U. S. Government has asked American investors to put eight hundred million dollars into a new treasury financng operaton, which may reach a maximum of $1,320, 000,000. Secretary Morgenthau of fered buyers two securities issues- three hundred million in 12 and 14 year 3 per cent bonds, and five hundred million in 5-ycar 2 1-8 per cent notes. He reserved the right to increase the bond issue. Baseball Official standing of Macon Coun ty Baseball League: Won Lost West End 4 0 1,000 Cowee 2 1 667 Holly Springs 1 2 334 Highlands 1 2 334 Games played Saturday, June 2 West End defeated Highlands by score of 11 to 3. Cowee defeated Holly Springs by score of 1 to 2. The Prentiss team having with drawn from the league, it will be necessary to make a new schedule for the first half of the season which will be published in next weeVs Press. Games will be play ed this coming Saturday, June 9 : Cowee at Highlands, and West End at Holly Springs. SLiTdlko School Eliminated Slagle, Ray, Cabe, Browning TEACHER LIST IS ANNOUNCED Houk Retained as Principal Of Franklin Consoli dated School FEW CHANGES MADE By Consolidation with Oak Grove In a two-hour session at the courthouse Wednesday morning the Macon county school board selected teachers for the 1934-35 term, vot- d to consolidiate the Tellico school with the Oak Grove school and provided for the instruction of high school pupils in the Nantahala sec tion at the Flats, or Otter Creek school. Only a few changes were made in the various school faculties. Guy L. Houk was reelected prin cipal of the Franklin school and F. Summer was returned as principal of the Highlands school. Teacher List Cut The list of teachers as announced by M. D. Billings, county superin tendent, after Wednesday morning s meeting of the school board, show-, ed a reduction of three in the number of teachers. The Aquone school was reduced from two to one teacher and the consolidation f the Tellico school with the Oak Grove school made possible the elimination of another teacher. The Franklin colored school also lost teacher. It is possibe, Mr. Billings stated, that other changes may have to be made when the state board of edu cation announces county teacher quotas. He expressed the hope, however, that no further reductions in the number of teachers would be necessary. Improving Road Children wh hitherto have at tended the Tellicio school will be taken to the Oak Grose school, which will have three teachers, by srhnnl hus via the Lost Bndec. Work already has been started by , the state highway commission on improving this road. It is to be (Traded and surfaced with gravel, making it an all-weather road from Tellico to highway No. 286. Hitherto high school pupils in Nantahala township have attended the Almond high school, necessi tating a long bus trip. This year, however, they will be taught at the Flats school, which has been pro ided with one high school teach er in addition to two grade teach ers. : . rrr y- , . , Faculty List Following is the list of the teach ers elected by the school board: Franklin: High school teachers: L. Houk, principal; Jennie Gil- lam, Mrs. B. W. Johnson, Airs. Helen Macon, Mrs.1 Eloisc G. Franks, Paul B. Carpenter, W. A. Young, Florence btallcup, irma Seagle, Helen Burch. Grade teachers: Mrs. Kathleen Hudson, Mrs. Pearl Hunter, M ay beryl Moody, Helen Patton, Eliza beth Cabe, Sarah Hicks Hines, Mrs. Olive B. Eaton, Rose Rodgers, Mrs. Katherine Williams, Katherine I oi ¬ ler. Iotla: Robert Wallace, Mrs. J. C. Horsley, Edwina Dalrymple. Olive Hill: Mattie Wilkes. Patton: Katherine Amnions, Kate Reece. Clark' Chapel: Mary Straine, A ,l..ltw I fnollP wiviiii. ii-i.Krank Flem nz. Bess Cunningham, Mrs.. Lucy C. Brai- w - ". , , Mrs. Pauline S. Love, Nancy Jus IVl'RDIEI JiJriK- ' .....v . i c i inor I r:ivlol (l. tice. Hollv SorinK: Elizabeth Deal Eunice Cunningham. Wetua: -Mrs. Lola Riser, Mrs. Fannie Arnold. Oak Rtdge: . J mey, (jiauya (Continued on Page Four) Ice Cream Supper Planned Friday Night An ice cream supper for the benefit of Clark's Chapel Metho dist church is to be held at the home of Charlie Rogers on Route 2, Franklin, Friday night of this week. The supper is being spon sored by the Epworth League of the church. Grading and Surfacing Of Tellico Road Started Stile and Tellico, hitherto al most inaccessible in bad weather, soon will be served by a hard surfacing road. Work on graling the road from highway 286 to Tellico, via the Lost Bridge, was started this week by a state highway crew under the direction of Mr. Plem mons, district highway mainten ance engineer. When grading and ditching is completed, it was said, a surface of gravel is to be laid. Action looking toward im provement of the Lost Bridge Tellico road came as the result of a request by county school authorities, who have let a con tract for a school bus to carry pupils in the Stiles and Tellico areas to the Oak Grove school next term.. The Tellico school has been closed.. The bus also will bring school pupils to the Franklin consolidated school. MEETING HED BY METHODISTS District Conference at Bry son City Attended by Many From Franklin The Waynesville district confer ence of the Methodist church met in Bryson City on Sunday and Monday. The Waynesville district includes the Methodist churches in Haywood, Jackson, Swain, Graham, Cherokee, Clay, Macon and Tran sylvania counties. A number of del egates from Macon county were in attendance. The Rev. L. B. Hayes, presiding elder of the dis trict, presided. On Sunday night Dr. A. W. Ply ler, editor of tin North Carolina Christian Advocate of Greensboro, delivered an address on "Our Her itage," in which he discussed the one hundred and fiftieth anniver sary of the founding of American Methodism. 1'he Monday morning devotional service was led by the Rev. L. C. Herbert, of Franklin. A feature of the morning session was an ad dress by Dr. E. J. Contrane, presi dent of the newly-formed Brevard college, in which lie told of plans for the opening of the college in September. Reports were made by the pastors of the 28 charges of the district on the work done. The Franklin Methodist church re ported 13 new numbers and all fi nancial goals reached. Lunch was served to the delegates and visitors by the women of the Bryson City Methodist church. Monday afternoon Dr. E. C. Widenhouse of Cullowhee preached on "Christian Experience." Various connectional interests of the Metho dist church, such as hospital work, orphanage work and woman's mis sionary work, were presented to the conference by representatives. Mrs. C. C. Herbert, of Franklin, sang a special musical number. H. T. Sloan read the report of the facts and findings committee. Delegates to the annual con ference were elected, and Harold T. Sloan, of Franklin, was one of eleven lay delegates selected to go from the Waynesville district. Among those in attendance on the conference from Franklin and vi- eintty were Dr. V. E. Furr, C. G. Moore, . S. ( onlcv, G J. Johns- ' . ii rp fi i n n ri ton, it l. Moan, Airs. is. w. ne .1 r i I " r. wiu , r. W. Porter, i kcv. ano Mrs. C. C. Herbert, Rev. B W. Lefler, Rev. and ' Mrs. Mrs. T. R. Tabor, A. L. Ramsey, Henry Slagle, Rev. A. A. IfAngcl, Rev. John Jcnnitu R. L. Mashbuvn Injured When Car Overturns R. L. Mashburn, 22, suffered se vere burns when the automobile in which he was riding turned over the gasoline ignited and Mashburn received burns otl the feet and legs before passers-by rescued him and brought him to Angel hospital here. He also suffered bruises. He is expected to recover. The automobile, a 1927 model Chevrolet roadster, belonged to Ralph West, of Iotla. Here's How For Judge, 20th Judicial District: FELIX E. ALLKY . . GROVER C. DAVIS For State Senator, 33rd District: R. A. PATTON V. A. BROWNING . For Representative: DR. W. A. ROGERS J. FRANK RAY .... B. W. IOHNSON .. For Clerk of Court: GILMER L. CRAWFORD HARLEY R. CABE For Sheriffs For Chairman of County Commissioners: C. F. MOODY ...... E. B. BYRD J. M. RABY For County Commissioners (2): J. S. GRAY For Congressman, Uth Congressional District: EDWARD B. ATKINSON ZEBULON WEAVER .... ROBERT R. MULLIKIN . For Utilities Commissioner: STANLEY WINBORNE CfflLD WELFARE BEING STUDIED Miss Ella Jones Named To Conduct Survey in Macon County Miss Ella Jones, of Franklin, has been appointed to canvas Macon county in a statewide child welfare survey sponsored by the North Carolina departments of the Amer ican Legion and the American Le gion Auxiliary. The survey was started rnday, May 25, under the direction of Mrs. W. S. Absher, state president of the legion auxiliary. The survey has a four-fold pus poe and is expected to result in the recording of the status of every needy, blind, deaf, or crippled child in the state; and in the listing of every World War veteran and World War orphan. The needy children of veterans will be recorded so that those eli gibe to receive help from the le gion's national child welfare endow ment fund of more than $5,000 may be determined. "There are many children in North Carolina entitled to relief from this source and a few already are receiving it," Mrs. Absher stated. It is also aimed under the survey t0 ust every needy orphan and any other children needing assistance so the cases may be brought to the attentiion of relief agencies. Every blind or deaf child not receiving ad- equate care will be listed, and also blind adults and al crippled children and other persons who need in- 'youth dustrial rehabilitation. I Mr. Gibson is survived by his wid Wages of canvassers employed in 0, the former Miss Arabelle Hurst, the different .counties will be paid three daughters, Mrs. B. O. Barnes, out of federal emergency relief Mrs. E, M. Barnes and Miss Pearl funds. The appointment of Mi98 Gibson, and one son, Carl Gibson, Jones to conduct the canvas in this all of Iotla county was announced Tuesday by! Miss Rachel Davis, county welfare superintendent and relict director. "In the child welfare survey, Miss Jones said, "we desire that every one who knows of any child who should be included in the cen sus of veterans' orphans, physically handicapped, or other under-priv ileged children, please notify the canvasser personally or bv mail. It s verv essential that we have the whole-hearted cooperation of every J the present generation the direc civic organization, if the survey is tors in charge are striving to make to be a success in Macon county.", the . event old fashioned in every OFFER WEED BILL The tobacco tax reduction bill was offered n the house Tuesday by Representative Doughton, chair man of the ways and means committee. Macon County Voted Saturday v SC "O ' ca o u "C u 0 C " zl. f cfl O 1 ? 6 s O 79 73 4 157 5 266 169 19 6 33 176 744 1740 68 39 9 26 4 92 85 24 7 31 147 325 857 112 45 8 134 4 266 233 22 7 32 92 667 1622 31 62 0 43 5 73 40 10 6 31 148 397 846 86 38 10 63 0 88 99 6 0 3 55 326 774 60 62 7 96 4 251 111 37 13 45 119 652 1457 4 19 1 35 5 26 38 2 0 15 65 127 337 81 33 1 20 0 43 170 36 3 37 106 502 1032 47 71 8 145 4 319 61 5 11 17 121 494 1303 22 18 1 25 9 8 35 5 0 7 14 96 240 111 61 8 141 12 300 201 34 13 48 197 839 1965 42 60 11 52 1 69 60 15 2 16 37 252 617 32 13 0 62 1 36 62 23 7 10 17 338 601 60 83 4 86 1 259 124 11 4 54 176 563 1425 56 12 9 22 8 48 28 9 1 1 35 99 328 112 52 4 63 3 40 90 19 9 35 209 392 1028 75 80 11 181 9 236 155 15 5 27 124 621 1539 89 24 0 37 2 311 124 13 8 51 58 595 1312 12 14 5 54 7 28 18 1 1 4 17 170 331 3 39 1 19 0 51 13 4 3 6 14 104 257 121 1 1620008 16 38 96 66 1 183 5 275 209 43 13 58 145 741 1835 29 0 3 226 4 10 1 8 32 88 41 42 12 8 0 31 41 3 0 4 57 250 489 28 34 3 29 4 102 60 1 3 29 91 387 671 93 43 4 111 2 157 117 13 9 28 57 431 1067 Plan Reunion Members of Gibson Family To Meet Sunday Members of the Gibson family will hold a reunion Sunday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Setser five miles west of Franklin on highway No. 28. The day's exercises will be in honor of "Aunt" Betsy Jane Grant, who is 94 years of age and the oldest surviving member of the Gibson family of 15 children. Oth er living members of the older generation of Gibsons are. Mrs. Eli za DeHart, of Bryson City; Mrs. Margaret Carter, of Anderson, S. C; Mrs. Fannie Dillard, of Dem orest, Ga. ; Thomas Gibson and Mrs Nancy Cardon. of Macon county- A picnic dinner will be served on the lawn at noon and immediately afterwards the secretary of the family organization will read a list of the births, deaths and marriages which have occurred in the famly since the last reunion, and a prize contest will be he 1I. Asbury Jacob Gibson Claimed by Death Asbury Jacob Gibson, 52, of the Iotla section, who suffered a stroke of paralysis about six weeks ago, died at 7 o'clock Monday after noon following an peration for the removal of a tumor on the brain. Funeral services were conducted at the Iotla Baptist church at 11 o'clock Tuesday morning by the Rev. W. L. Bradlev, of Oak Grove. Mr. Gibson had been a member of l.bertv Baptst church since his Asheville Plans July 4th Celebration Under the auspces of Welcome To Asheville, Inc., all of Western North Carolina has been Invited to participate in an old fashioned celebraton at the Asheville Me morial Stadium on July Fourth. Harking back to the events ap predated by the grandfathers of 1 particular. The affair will be an all day one, starting in the rnorning with a pa triotic parade followed by a speech to be delivered by an orator well known throughout the entire moun tain region. d i So .5 & 1 g 1 Quia a c u M 'J U, o h O DEMOCRATS TO MEET MONDAY Nomination o f School Board Likely To Come Before Convention The priimary over, political in terest in Macon county now cen ters in the Democratic county con ventiion scheduled to convene at 2 o'clock Monday afternoon in the courthouse. Although there are no avowed candidates for the chairmanship of the county's Democratic executive committee, the names of several men have been prominently men tioned for the post and a lively contest is expected. It is thought likely, too, that the nomination of a school board will come before the convention. The Selection of a Chairman The selection of n county chair man, under the usual plan of or ganization, rests with the executive committee, composed of the chair man of the various township com mittees. There is a possibility, however, that the executive com mittee may fail to meet and act on the matter. In such an eventuality the choice of a county chairman will come before the convention as a whole. Members of the county school board are appointed by the legis lature on the recommendation of the state board of education, which custoinariuy accepts the nomina A . 1 I . lions of oountv Democratic con ventions. The last Democratic con (Continued on Page Four) Auto Leaves Highway; 3 Occupants Injured K. L. rowlkes and daughter, Miss I tot Fowlkes, of Atlanta, Ga., and John W. Miller, of Newport News Va., are in the Angel hospital here recovering from injuries received when the car in which' they were riding left the road Sunday after noon about 2 o'clock just south of Otto. Fowlkes and his daughter suffered internal injuries but Mill er was not seriously hurt. STRIKE ENDED Toledo's strike situation was vir tually settled Tuesday night when union members of the Electric Auto-Lite company and two smaller subsidiaries in a mass meeting ratified a contract worked out by federal mediators. Win HEAVY PRIMARY VOTE RECORDED Ed B. Byrd Given Large Majority for County Chairman WEAVER IS VICTOR Felix E. Alley Gets Nomi nation For Judge in 20th District Macon county voters swarmed to the polls Saturday for the biennial Democratic primary and nominated J. Frank Kay for representative, A. B. Slagle for sheriff, Harley R. Cabe for clerk of court, Ed B. Byrd for chairman of the board of coun ty Commissioners, arid Frank H. Potts and C. L. Blaine for com missioners. They also contributed a comfort able majority for the nominiatfion of Felix E. Alley as superior court judge of the 20th judicial district gave Zebulon Weaver a flattering vote for renomination as congress man fur the 11th congressional dis trict, and stood by Stanley Win borne, incumbent, lor state utilities commissioner. Browning Win K. A. Patton, running for senator in the 33rd tate senatorial district, carried his home county of Macon by a majority of 776 over Vance A. Browning, of Bryson City; but Browning won the nomination with a majority for the whole district in the neighborhood fo 1,000. Returns were lacking from some of the precincts in Cherokee and one precinct in Swain, but the reports' available from these counties clear ly showed that Crowning carried them by wide margins. Browning also carried I'iraham county, but Patton, in addition to Macon, won in Clay county. In the 20th judicial district con test returns from 91 out of the 105 precincts in the district gave Judge Felix F. Mley 12,509 votes as compared with 5,490 for Grover C. Davis, his only opponent. Weaver Renominated The majority for Zebulon Weav er continued t mount as returns from the various counties came in. A total of 194 precincts out of 246 in the Uth congressional dis trict vave Weaver 31.483 vote's; Dr. J. E Owen, 5,493; R. R. Mullikin, 3,528; and E. B. Atkinson, 2,075. Weaver's majority over his three opponents was 20,387. In the Macon county contest for Kcpresentaiuve rrank Kay won a majority of 346 over the combined votes of his two opponents Dr. W. A. Rogers, who polled 774 votes, and R. W. Johnson, who imlled 337 votes. The total number of ballots cast for Ray was 1457. Byrd for Chairman In the triangular race for chair man of the county commission Ed B. Byrd, who lixes near Stiles, was an easv victor, polling l,42.- votes to 601 for C. F. Moodv and 328 for J. M. Raby. In the commissioners contest Frank H. Potts, of Highlands, led the ticket with 1,539 votes, closely followed by C. L. Blaine with 1,312. Sheriff A. B. Slagle was re nominated with 1,965 votes to 617 for former Sheriff Alex Moore. One of the most interesting con tests was that for clerk of court. Harley R. Cabe won out with a majority over his two opponents of 31. The candidates stacked up as follows: Cabe, 1,303; Gilmer L. Crawford, 1,032; F. W. Long. 240. Voting Unusually Heavy With scores of cars on the road taking voters to the various pre cinct polls, the balloting was un (Continued on Page Four) American Legion Meeting Set for Saturday Night Ihe Macon county post of the American Legion is scheduled to meet at 8 o'clock Saturday night in the courthouse, according to an announcement by Kerr Cunning ham. All war veterans are invited to attend and each member of the legion is requested to bring with him to the meeting at least one ex-service man Mr. Cunningham said the entertainment committee had arranged a nice program. A meeting of the legion called for last Monday night was postponed.