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FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 30, 1934
VOL. XLIX, NO. 35
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ROBBERS LOOT
1 FETATION
lack Rabbit Motor Express
Driver Held up
Same Night
Robbers broke into the Franklin
dtpot of the Tallulah Falls railroad
early Tuesday morning and escaped
with merchandise valued at $200 to
$250. It was the fourth time in the
past-year the station had been rob
bed. The same night, about 2:30
a. m., three masked men stopped a
Jack Rabbit motor express truck
just this side of the Georgia line
9kJA on highway ' No. 285 and held up
the driver, E. E. Austin, of Ashe
ville. Thursday afternoon no arrests
had been made, but officers had
uncovered a clue as to the robbery
of the depot. A quantity of goods,
said to have been part f the mer
chandise stolen from the "T. F."
stantion ,was found near a C. C.
C. camp in Swain county. Sheriff
Slagle immediately went to Swain
county to investigate.
Reports varied as to the Jack
Rabbit hold-up, and definite infor
mation! was not available here
whether the robbers made away
with any loot. One report was
that they examined the driver's pa
pers and looked over the contents
of the truck, but found nothing
which they regarded of value and
left. Another report was they took
some money from the driver and
stole a quantity of merchandise.
Opinion prevailed in Franklin
that the same gang of robbers
broke into the railroad station and
held up the Jack Rabbit express.
It was also thought that thieves
were either from this section or
had some local source of informa
tion. A night watchman had been
employed at the depot until a few
nights before Tuesday and it is
believed the robbers had learned in
some manner that the places was
no longer guarded. They entered
the building through a window and
then opened a door, through which
they hauled their stolen goods.
Baptist Sunday School
Association Meets Sunday
The Macon County Baptist Sun
day school association will meet at
Ridtrecrest Baotist church on Sun
day, September 2, beginning at 2
o clock.
t All the churches in Macon coun-
tv are urced to send delegates, as
this is to be an important meeting
in behalf of the Sunday school
work in every church in the coun
ty. WORK FOUND FOR 1,187
The Macon county National Re
employment service office in Frank
lin has olaced a total of 1,187 men
and women since the office was
opened August 30, 1933. During this
period a total of 2,616 persons
have reeistered for work. John W
Edwards, manager, said all persons
wishing to be considered for em
ployment must have their cards re
dated every three months.
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NEW FEATURES
IN THIS ISSUE
Many Prominent Writers
Now Contributing
To Press
The Press-Maconian takes pleas
ure this week in inaugurating a
bigger and better county news
paper, carrying a wide variety of
the best weekly newsuaper features
on the market in addition to a
concise and thorough coverage of
local news. An advertising illustra
tion and idea service, designed es
pecially to meet the needs of mer
chants and business men in the
smaller towns, also has been added.
The new features inilude a col
umn, "The Book," by, Bruce Bar
ton, author of "The Man Nobody
Knows;" a medical department,
"The Family Doctor," by Dr. John
Joseph Gaines, eminent physician;
Washington correspondence, in ad
dition to Bess Hinton Silver's lively
column from Raleigh; an unusually
interesting column of comment and
reminiscenses by Frank Parker
Stockbridge, renowned journalist
and editor of The American Press
An editorial page cartoon and a
comic comment feature, "Joe Gish,"
also have been added. Watch for
them every week ; you'll enjoy them
thoroughly. Our feminine readers
will be especially interested in a
pattern service which also makes
its first appearance this week.
All of these features have been
carefully selected with view to
pleasing the readers of The Press-
Maconian. We hope you will like
them. The. price of the paper will
remain the same, -1.50 a year.
Classes Start For
Midwives
A series of instructional classes
for midwives was scheduled to start
in Macon county Thursday under
the direction of Miss B. Dunn,
state nurse.
All practicing midwives, Miss
Dunn said, are required to attend
at least one of these classes. She
arranged the following schedule of
meetings so that midwives in all
sections of the county could be
n resent at one of the meetings with
a minimum of inconvenience:
West's Mill, Cowee school, 3 p.
. 4 A ISY XT 11 I-
m.. Thursday, Aug. ju; nignianus
school, 2 p. m. Friday, Aug. 31;
Franklin courthouse, 9 a. m. Satur
day, Sept. 1; Gneiss, Pine Grove
school, 3 p. m. Monday, Sept. 3;
Otto school, 3 p. m. Tuesday, Sept.
4; Aquone school, 2 p. m. Wed
nesday, Sept. 5.
TAKE PART
IN FARM TOUR
Luncheon Served by Ladies
Of Holly Springs
Church
A crowd estimated at 400, in
cluding farmers, farm women and
business men, went on the fourth
annual farm tour Wednesday spon
sored by' the Franklin Rotary club.
It was declared the most successtul
tour the club has ever conducted;
certainly the attendance was the
largest.
The mo.torcade began at the
courthouse here at 9 o'clock and
the first stop made was in the Pat
ton settlement at the home of Paul
Patton, where a demonstration in
the building of a trench silo was
given. From there the motorcade
went to the home of Albert Ram
sey, in the Iotla section, for a
lespedeza demonstration. At the
home of Will Berry, in the Higdon
ville section, a demonstration of
the value of purebred Hereford
beef cattle, was given. At the home
of Fred S. Sloan, county farm
agent, in east Franklin, a field of
Kobe lespedeza was inspected.
At the home of Wayne McCrack
en, in the Rabbit Creek section,
luncheon was served by the ladies
of the Holly Springs Baptist church.
Talks were made after lunch by
S. C. Clapp, superintendent of the
State Test Farm at Swannanoa;
F. H. Farnham, dairy extension
specialist, . Raleigh; J. S. Porter
and R. A. Patton, of Franklin, and
Fred S. Sloan.
The last place visited was the
farm of E. V. Ammons where there
was a demonstration in seed corn
selection.
Counties, besides Macon, repre
sented in the motorcade included
Clay, Cherokee, Graham, Rabun, the
latter in Georgia, and the Cherokee
Indian reservation.
HIGH SCHOOLS
OPEN MONDAY
With indications of a large en
rollment, the Franklin and High
lands consolidated schools will open
Monday morning for the 1934-35
term. The rural schools of the
county opened on August 6.
Several changes have been made
in the faculties of both the Frank
lin and' Highlands schools.
Followingi is a list of the teachers
in each school:
Franklin high school are. G. L.
Houk, Miss Jennie Gilliam, Mrs. B.
W. Johnson, Mrs. Helen Macon,
Mrs. Eloise G. Franks, Paul Car
penter, Miss Florence Stalcup, Miss
Irma Seagle, Miss Helen Burch,
Mrs. B. W. Lefler, Miss Hughes,
and E. H. Meacham, vocational
agriculture teacher.
Elementary teachers are: Mrs.
Kathleen Hudson, Mrs. Pearl Hun
ter, Miss Mayberl Moody, Miss
Helen Patton, Miss Elizabeth Cabe,
Miss Sarah Hicks Hines, Mrs. Ol
ive B. Eaton, Mrs. Elsie W. Franks,
Miss Katherine Porter, and Miss
Margaret Slagle. Andy Gribble has
been re-appointed as janitor.
Highlands high school: O. F.
Summer, F. C. Hentz, and Miss
Kate Moore; grades, Mrs. Annie
W. Pierson, Miss Edwina Dal
rymple, Miss Beatrice Mosley, Miss
Eva Potts, and Miss Vonnie West.
A meeting of the elementary
teachers has been called by Pro
fessor Billings for Saturday morn
ing, at which time the rural teach
ers will receive pay checks for their
first month's duty.
STANLEY APPOINTED
Tames W. Stanlev has been ap
pointed acting postmaster at Rain-
dow Springs, it has been learned
here.
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330 Head Western
Cattle Unloaded;
More Are Coming
400 See Match
Bobby Jones Plays Brilliant
Game at Highlands
A gallery estimated at 400 per
sons watched Crawford Rainwater
and Scott Hudson, Jr., both of At
lanta, defeat Bobby Jones, famous
golfer, and Miss Mary Rogers, of
Jacksonville, Fla., 2 and 1, in an
exhibition match, at the Highlands
country club Saturday afternoon.
The match was arranged for the
benefit of the Highlands public li
brary. Jones, as usual, played a bang-up
game, scoring a 68, two under par;
but his partner was at a disad
vantage on account of a wet course
and her score of 81 brought the
team record down. Hudson netted
a 73 and Rainwater a 74, but their
best ball score was 66. The pair
gained a two-up lead on the first
nine and maintained the advantage
on the last nine in face of a 33
scored by Jones.
A heavy rain fell shortly before
the match, but this did not deter
the crowcls from turning out to see
Bobby Jones m action.
DEATH CLAMS
MRS. DOME
Funeral (or Well Known
Macon Woman Held
Tuesday
Mrs. C. W. Dowdle, well known
Macon county woman, died at the
age of 72 at her home at Prentiss
at 1 o'clock Tuesday morning. She
had been in declining health for
ten years and her condition had
been critical for the past six weeks
The funeral was held af 3 o'clock
Tuesday afternoon at the Union
Methodist church. The Rev. J. B.
Tabor, pastor of the church, the
Rev. John Teague and the Rev. L.
B. Hayes, of Waynesville, conduct
ed the rites.
Mrs. Dowdle, nee Ida Patton, was
born April 20, 1862, daughter of
Andrew J. and Jane Patton. She
was married to Charles Wellington
Dowdle on March 26, 1884. They
celebrated their golden wedding an
niversary last March 26 at a family
gathering at the old home place at
Prentiss.
Mr. and Mrs. Dowdle had seven
children all nf whom are livinc.
except one son, Ervin Patton, who !
gave his life in the service during
the World War. The surviving
children are: Mrs. Roy Beshears.
Mrs. E. W. Long, Mrs. Pearl Hun
ter and Thdti, Zeke and M. L.
Dowdle. Mrs. Hunter and Thad
and Zeke Dowdle live in Prentiss,
and the other children make their
homes in Franklin.
Mrs. Dowdle joined the Metho
dist church in early life and was
looked upon by her friends as a
woman of devout Christian charac
ter. She was a devoted mother and
neighbor and was ever ready to
serve others in time of need.
Benefit Supper Planned
At Louisa Chapel
The Ladies Aid society of Louisa
Chapel, Methodist Episcopal, plans
to give a benefit supper at the
chapel at 8 o'clock Saturday even
ing, September 8. The proceeds
will be used toward defraying the
expense of putting a new roof on
the church.
Grazing Fees To Increase
County's Farm Income
$500 a Month
Three hundred and thirty head of
cattle, brought east by the Federal
Emergency Relief Administration
from the drought stricken areas of
the northwest, were unloaded at the
Franklin depot Tuesday and dis
tributed to farmers for pasturage
on Macon county grass lands.
Another shipment of 10 car loads,
expected to comprise approximately
350 head, is scheduled to arrive
here Saturday, according to the
Rev. S. R. Crockett, emergency re
lief farm agent who has supervision
over the distribution of the cattle.
Farmers will be paid 50 cents to
a dollar a head per month for graz
ing the cattle. It is estimated that
this will mean an added income to
Macon dounty farmers of approxi
mately' $500.
Present indications, Mr. Crockett
said, are that the cattle will be
wintered here. The allowance for
feeding during the winter months,
he added, probably will be greater
than the grazing fees. Besides the
increased farm income, it was
pointed out, the county also will
benefit by a greater supply of ma
nure for fertilizing next year's
crops.
Tuesday's shipment of cattle came
from Asheville, to where they had!
been shipped from St. Paul. The
cattle due here Saturday, Mr.
Crockett said, are now at Clyde
awaiting shipment.
Several hundred persons 'visited
the Franklin depot Tuesday to have
a look at the cattle, which were of
mixed breeds and weights, but
mostly one and two-year olds.
There were about two car loads of
steers. It was a good clean lot
of stock and cattlemen expressed
satisfaction in their quality.
The shipment was distributed to
owners of grazing lands as follows:
Alex Moore, 50 head ; R. S. Jones,
20; Wade Arvey, 46; Lyman Hig
dn, 25; W. L. Ramsey, 36; Long
and Mann, 50; D. C. Fouts, 20;
A. L. McLean, 34; Allen Adams,
30; L. J. Moody, 20.
Some of those who received cat
tle Tuesday will receive additional
quotas Saturday and allocations al
so will be made to a number of
other farmers. Mr. Crockett asked
that anyone interested in grazing
cattle under the emergency relief
plan get in touch with him.
Better Times
Former Governor of Geor
gia Is Optimistic
Economic conditions are definite
ly on the up-grade, in the opinion
of former Governor Hardwick of
Georgia, who has been a guest at
The Terrace, Franklin resort hotel.
"I think things are going to keep
on improving steadily," he told the
Press-Maconian editor. "The bet
ter times, we are experiencing now
are not just temporary or local. Of
course, the recovery cannot be
brought about overnight. It will
have to be gradual. A sick man
can't get well in a day.
"With the restoration of normal
banking conditions, the country
again ought to enjoy normal busi
ness conditions."
He expressed the opinion that
Franklin and Macon county would
enjoy an era of development with
the return of more stable con
ditions, pointing out that when
money conditions become easier
tourist traffic should incsease, es
pecially in this region.