THE FRANKLIN PRESS and THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1. 1934
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Number 44
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A Fine Record
OHERIFF A. B. Slagle is gaining an enviable
reputation, throughout the state as well as in
Macon county, as a law enforcement officer with
an uncanny way of "getting his man," coupled ;
with good judgment and unimpeachable integrity.
He first attracted wide attention with his mas
terful handling of the Dryman case, in which he ,
rounded up eight members of the Coweta gang
and built up such a water-tight case against them
that all are now serving terms in the state prison.
In recent months his reputation for solving
crime mysteries has been enhanced by two other
cases, in which the accused are now being held
for trial at the next term of superior court. Two
young men are held for the death of "Brack"
Norton, whose body was found on the Georgia
road. At first it appeared he had been killed by
a hit-and-run driver ; but evidence at an inquest
indicated foul play.
Then, last week, Canary Ray, aged Burning
town merchant, was held up in his store, robbed
and left tied with rope. It looked like another
mystery, but in less than 24 hours Sheriff Slagle
had arrested two young men whom Mr. Ray
identified as the ones who had attacked and rob
bed him.
That is a record any officer would be proud
of, but Bert Slagle, modest to an extreme, acts
like it is all routine work for him.
. What a man ! Macon county is fortunate in
having a sheriff of his calibre.
John B. Byrne
POSSESSED of that rare quality of absolute
sincerity, John B. Byrne made a lasting im
pression on anyone fortunate enough to become
acquainted with him. His metal rang true in
everything he did, in his official capacities and in
his personal contacts.
One felt that "Here is a young man of ability
and purpose mingled, strange to say, with unusual
characteristics of personal charm." Yet John
Byrne was an ordinary man, possessing perhaps
no more ability than many other young men.
The secret of his unusual personality was his
earnestness in whatever he did. When, he workv
ed he worked with all his vigor, mental and phy
sical. He used his capacities to their fullest
extent. When he talked, he put his whole mind
into his words. When he laughed, you kngw he
laughed with the same sincerity that he did every
thing else. Sincerity that was the character-,
istic that made him outstanding. One instinct
ively felt he was the same on the inside as on the
surface, the same behind one's back as before
one's face. One could impose trust in him. He
naturally fell into a position of leadership without
purposefully seeking it.
Needless to say, the death of Mr. Byrne
brought more than usual sorrow to his many
friends in Franklin, where he lived and worked
for the better part of six years. He will long be
remembered, not only as supervisor of the Nan
tahala National Forest during a period of inten
sive expansion and development, but also by
many as a man whose friendship was a blessing,
his way of living and serving a model worthy of
emulation.
THROUGH
CAPITAL
KEYHOLES
BY BESS H1NTON SILVER
TEN-STRIKE
Governor Ehringhaus bowled 'em
over when he named Clyde A. Er
win to succeed the late Dr. Arch
T. Allen as Superintendent of
Public Instruction. Erwin is re
garded here as highly capable and
he is extremely popular with the
school teachers and they also vote.
It was another plum for the West
where there has been complaint
that the Governor has not been
passing out enough of the admin
istration sweets.
CHEAPER TALK
By the time you read this the
State Utilities Commission may
have already ordered reduction of
telephone rates in many North
Carolina cities. The order has been
held up by delays in preparing re
ports and briefs but is now expect
ed any day. Capitol Hill is looking
for it before the ballots fly next
Tuesday.
BAD FOR US-
The State of Georgia went hay
wire on diverting its highway funds
while using federal aid money for
road construction. Uncle Sam got
tired of being Santa Claus for
Georgia politicians and passed a
ruling that any State diverting even
one cent of its highway money
would be penalized one-third of the
amount of its federal aid funds.
That means that North Carolina
will lose about $1,000,000 a year,
during the .next two years, if di
version of highway funds is con
tinued. The State is now using
one million bucks collected from
motorists to pay for general State
expenses. The Washington boys are
regular old meanies about diversion.
MAY BE TRAINING
Congressman R. L. Doughton de
nies that his campaign speeches
outside his own District are part
of a drive for the Democratic nom
ination for Governor in 1936. "Far
mer Bob" says he is running for
Congress and batting for the party
and "to say that I now have de
signs upon the Governor's chair
and am making a campaign for it
is manifestly unfair" but hastens
to add "That isn't to say that I
will not run for Governor." Figure
it out for yourself.
A Democratic Song
BY GEORGE L. RABY
I'm going to sing you a little song,
To let you know which side I'm on.
I'm for Bert Slagle, good or bad,
For he's the best sheriff we've
ever had.
(I'm just singing a Democratic song.)
There's going to be a rally tonight;
And we'll have a good time all
right.
I'll tune my guitar for this song,
Then we'll hear the candidates
battle along.
(I'm just singing a Democratic song.)
Talk about Bert Slagle, talk about
John Dills;
They're always on duty and not
prowling the hills.
They'll put you in jail if you get
too bad,
But Bert's the best sheriff we've
ever had.
(I'm just singing a Democratic song.)
Wymer Hastings is a mighty good
man;
He'll help you out if he can;
He'll cheer you up when you're sad,
But Bert's the best sheriff we've
ever had.
(I'm just singing a Democratic song.)
Bert Slagle is the best of all,
Strong and able, slim and tall.
Wymer Hastings is a bit too fat,
And it won't do for a sheriff
like that
(I'm just singing a Democratic song.)
1 wish there was more of this song
to sing,
As they journey along on this
campaign,
But when the election's over and
the 'publicans gone,
Then 111 write another Democratic
song.
(I'm just a yodeling Democrat.)
Public Opinion
port, whoever might be in power.
As to old man Ray, he was a
great man that has passed on; so
was Calvin Coolidge a great man.
We know nothing against either
of these men's re'cbrds with the
exception of Mr. Coolidge carrying
off with him the "Key of Progress,"
and it is troubling the American
people today to find an imitation.
In my closing remarks let me
ask the people of our different
townships not to hold the ' YoUng
Republican club of Millshoal re
sponsible for what might be said
in the joint speaking campaign, of
which we are not a part of, as it
was a meeting of . this nature that
started the second campaign now
going on.
Yours truly
Dewey Corbin.
P. S. Pardon me again, but the
statement mentioned in regard to
old man Ray was not made in the
joint campaign speaking at Holly
Springs. Dewey Corbin
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STILL RUNNING
Recent developments surrounding
the probably candidacy of Clyde
R. Hoey, of Shelby, and Congress
gressman R. L. Doughton for the
Democratic gubernatorial nomina
tion in the afore-mentioned year
of 1936 have crowded Lieutenant
Governor A. H. (Sandy) Graham
off the front page but word reach
ing Raleigh indicates that Mr. Gra
ham is not letting up on his horses
generally believed to be headed to
ward the same goal. Talk of vi
olent opposition to Mr. Graham by
Senator John Sprunt Hill, of Dur
ham, leads to speculation as to
what sort of committee appoint
ments Governor Graham will dish
out to the wealthy Durham law
maker next January.
STRONG TALK
Congressman Vv alter Lambeth
took his foot in his hand and de
livered a wallop at Harry Hopkins,
federal relief administrator, for
paying what he termed higher-than-normai
wages in the South. Ral
eigh is wondering if the hundreds
of persons enjoying federal relief
in the Eighth Congressional Dis
trict will vote for Mr. Lambeth
next Tuesday.. If they don't a lot
of other folks will, as Mr. Lam
beth only said out loud what oth
ers have been whispering around
the Capitol for some months.
SITTING PRETTY
Probably the safest Democrat in
North Carolina, so far as next
week's election is concerned, is
Stanley Winborne, State Utilities
Commissioner. C. Zimmerman, his
G. O. P. opponent, is not rated a
triple-threat under ordinary cir
cumstances but Mr. Winborne is
bulwarked with recent reductions in
electric light and power rates that
will mean millions of dollars in the
pockets of Tar Heel voters. It's a
guess in Raleigh whether Mr. Win
bourne or Charles M fatinann
State Treasurer, will pile" up the
largest majority next Tuesday.
AN EXPLANATION FROM
MR. CORBIN
Editor of The Press:
With much embarrassment to me,
I again ask for space in your pa
per, not for an announcement this
time, but for an explanation in be
half of myself, or rather our Young
Republican club of Millshoal, Holly
Springs community, of which I am
chairman.
.. I noticed on the front page of
the Press of October 25th an ar
ticle stating that at a recent meet
ing of the Young Republican club
at Holly Springs school that it
was reported that some one of our
club urging the election of J. L
Sanders 'for representative had
made the statement that J. Frank
Ray, Democratic nominee tor the
same office, "isn't the same man
that his father used to be." The
writer of this letter doesn't believe
that there is a Democrat or Re
publican resident of the Holly
Springs community that will say
that they ever heard such a state
ment made by any of our local
candidates or local speakers. Neith
er can we recall any time at any
of our meetings when we urged or
even mentioned the election of the
said J. L. Sanders. True enough,
by request of our club, we was
fortunate at some of our meetings
to have some of our candidates out
with us. And since I was the only
one of our club that ever intro
duced the speakers and our candi
dates, I will say again that we did
not urge the election of J. L. San
ders. But we did try to tell the
people that he was a good man.
We are not changing these state
ments, but we wonder yet to what
extent we would have violated the
New Deal codes should we have
urged his election? True enough,
young Ray is a good man and
that is why the Republican party
selected J. L. Sanders as a man
of Mr. Ray's equal to make the
race for representative against Mr.
Ray.
As to our club at Holly Springs,
1 congratulate our older, influential
men of both parties for their in
terest they have shown during our
club meetings and by us counseling
with them we the younger members
have kept our club free from criti
cism to the extent that both parties
have well attended, both men and
women.
In my closing remark at each
meeting and one especially at a
Democratic rally at Holly Springs,
at which Mr. Johnson, our editor,
was principal speaker to an audi
ence of equal mixed politicians, I
got up to make an announcement
of our next meeting and it was
there again I asked the people that
after Nov. 6th to let's lay down
politics and not criticise, but sup-
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NOTICE OF SALE
North Carolina,
Macon County.
Under and by virtue of the pow
er of sale contained in a deed of
trust given by J. L. Kinsland and
wife, Margaret Kinsland, dated Sep
tember 3, 1927, and recorded in the
Office of the Register of Deeds
for Macon County, North Carolina,
in Book No. 29, Page 439, and de
fault having been made in the pay
ment of . the amount secured by
said deed of trust and demand
having been made on the under
signed trustee to sell the property
described therein, I will, therefore,
on Wednesday, the 28th day of
November, 1934, at the court house
door in the Town of Franklin, at
12:00 o'clock, noon, sell, to the
highest bidder for cash, the follow
ing described tract or parcel of
land :
Being all lands described in a
deed from L. A. Higdon and wife
to J. L. Kinsland, bearing date of
Feb. 17, 1917, Recorded in Book
0-4, Page 222, Records of Macon
County, containing 40 acres, more
or less.
Distributive shares of W. W.
Higdon lands to Margaret Kins
land, Eva Hoibrooks and Mattie
Vanhook.
This 24th day of October, 1934.
GEO. B. PATTON, Trustee.
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