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FRANKLIN. N. C., THURSDAY, OCT. 15, 193«
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CARBRYM
|)VS iUlLDlNG
apktes Negotiations
por Purchase of
Joines Building
car C. Bryant, proprietor of
Bryant Furniture company and
Bryant Funeral Parlors, an
ted yesterday that he had com-
d negotiations for the purchase
,e Joines Motor company buikl-
jn the public square from Mrs.
.. Joines, of Brevard.
•ed for the property had not
' recorded today, but a con-
■ for sale, it was stated, had
’ completed and signed. The
ideration involved was not an-
iced, but was reported to be
KX) cash. This is the largest
estate transaction in Franklin
our years or possitoly a longer
r. Bryant said he planned to
e into the new building before
jary 1, but before moving from
present location in the McCoy
ding -he intended to make a
iber fof improvements in the
les building. This buildmg, 50
95 feet, with a basement and
floors, will be the largest store
Franklin. Mr. Bryant said he
mded to utilize all of the space,
had not decided whether to
:e his funeral parlors o.n the
in floor or on the second floor,
j basement will be used as a
age for ambulance, hearse and
cks and will be connected with
: other floors by an elevator,
ich will replace a ramp now
ming 'from the public square to
; second floor.
t was in a small frame building
the present site of the Joines
ilding that Mr. Bryant first
tered the furniture business in
anklin about 20 years ago.
rhe Joines Motor company has
t announced its plans for the
:ure.
ROOSEVELT or LANDON?
Professional politicans of both Republican and Democratic
parties have flooded the country with the rankest kuid of mislead
ing propaganda concerning the presidential and congressional con
tests to be decided at the polls November 3. The real issues have
been beclouded by the injection of personalities and appeals to
prejudice and blind sentiment. In view of all this confusion, it is
refreshing as well as enlightening to read the political views of able,
well informed and incfependent writers who are sincerely trying to
present an honest picture of the situation. This week The Press-
Maconian presents editorials from two outstanding newspapers—the
conservative New York Times and David Lawrence’s critical
United States News—one espousing Roosevelt and the other Lan-
don. Most of the important national issues are carefully weighed
in each of the editorials. The conflicting -conclusions present a fair
challenge to voters. We reprint these editorials, each masterfully
written, with the hope that they will help many of oyr readers to
obtain a better perspective of the political picture and to arrive at
intelligent decisions before they cast their ballots.
Accident Victim’s
Body Found in River
After 5-Day Search
THE NEW YORK TIMES
In an Aditorial Oct. 1, 1936
The New York Times has long
been known as an Independent
Demo'cratic newspaper. It has al
ways placed emphasis on the word
Independent.” Never having follow
ed in blind faith any political lead
er or party, it has exercised the
right to ex-
I ^ ^ erciseitssin-
By DAVID LAWRENCE
In United States News, Oct. 12,1936
The time has come to make an
appraisal of the New Deal—the
good and the bad.
Credit should be given where
credit is due. Blame for sins of
ommision or commission should be
placed where it belongs.
Candor and fairness are essential
I have al-
BREVARD PLAYS
HEREOMAY
Local Eleven Hopeful of
Overccming Previous
Losses
ome-Coming Day
ianned at Cullowhee
CULLtoWHEE, Oct. 14.—West-
n Carolina Teachers college will
iserve I Homecoming Day Satur
ly, October 24.
The two-fold purpose of the
omeconiing Day occasion is to
mor Professor R. L. Madison,
ho founded the school 47 years
fo, and to make plans for the
impletion of the Madison memo-
al.
Plans [are being made to accomo-
ite the largest group of alumni
id friends that has ever assembled
ere. Members of the alumni as-
iciation will be sent letters giving
le program of the day in detail.
While plans have not been com-
leted, it is probable that the
lumni ^ill hold its business ses-
>on in the morning, followed by a
'arbecue dinner on the grounds.
In the afternoon Western Caro-
|na Teachers will meet Eastern
-arolina Teachers for the first time
>n the football field.
Franklin
Pr,oduce Market
LATEST QUOTATIONS
(Prices listed below are subject
to change without notice.)
Quoted 'by Farmers Federation, Inc.
Chickens, heavy breed hens 12c
Chick'ens, light weight, lb. . •
payers, heavy weight, lb. .. 12c
P’T'ers, light weight, lb 10c
'iggs, doz 2Sc
bu. . 90c
^heati'bu. .V. .’.'.’...$1.00
V, Bu. .. ...$1.10
Potatoes, No. 1 !’.!!!! $1-15
Quoted by Nantahaia Creamery
Eutttrfat, lb 29c
cere convic
tions on all
public mat
ters without
fear or fav
or. During
the past
three years
it has felt
compelled to
oppose var
ious policies,
acts and ut
terances of
a Democrat
ic Administration. Not one word of
this criticism does it regret or
would now wish to withdraw. Yet
the larger question of preference
between parties remains; and at
this point in the Presidential cam
paign it is fitting that the reasons
for that preference be frankly dis
cussed.
In a gratifying w^ the progress
of the political debate which has
been engaging the attention of the
country has cleared away a great
deal of rubbish which encumbered
it at the (beginning. No responsible
Republican any longer froths a
the mouth in charging that Presi
dent Roosevelt is setting out to be
a dictator after the style of Stalin
or Hitler. The wild assertions that
he intends to tear up the Constitu
tion and destroy the Supreme Court
are not heard today from any ser
ious speaker. The Democratic p at-
form by its silence really put
S™us "upon the excited orators
who were saymg such things^
Equally, on the other side of the
party fence, ridiculous person^
accusations have fallen to th
earth. No a
today of Governor Landon as ^
hopeless reactionary. To call him
a creature of Hearst now provokes
only a smile. That he will be a
willing tool of “Wall Str«e an
the big corporations is believe
i by those who believe any
thing that they hear said m a loud
voice The two candidates, Roose
velt and Landon, stand as party
Laiers today free of all this po-
'"‘SLrHewayopenJor.
TstZt'^this !ime‘bSeen the two
TJes Discussion has increasingly
£wn • that at many points the
Les are not sharply drawn. If the
Republicans or^ina^
waysprefer- T
red to give
SS S Administration and all
1 c tVipv have since dropped
f t^Trat^gy Governor Landon has
farm pol.cy spend
■I-"' “ «”e proses to
SC much mon y- continua-
.htRSs.” “policy re-
a man who
to any re
cital of the
reasons why
a President
of the Unit
ed States
should be
retained in
office or de
feated at the
polls.
All things
being equal, . t,--
has perform'Cd the duties ot his
post in worthy manner the benefit
of the doubt. I believe much is to
be said, for instance, in favor of
the experience of the man in of
fice and against the very fact of
change itself with all its oppor
tunities for unsettlement of confi
dence.
,I approach, therefore, the review
of Mr. Roosevelt’s accomplishments
in the spirit of one who would
prefer to find that they outweigh
the criticisms that have been lev
elled against him. For as an in
dividual I have always had a lik
ing for Mr. Roosevelt. His personal
charm is delightful, his geniality
is superb. .
But government is an impersonal
business. Personal likes or dislikes
have never influenced my appraisal
of the acts of men in public life.
Whatever conscious bias I may
have is on the side of sound eco
nomics. I have never affiliated
with any political party or organi
zation and do not consider myself
a Republican or a Democrat for
the simple reason that, having Iwed
in the District of Columbia since
I was of voting age and having
been deprived, therefore, of a vote,
I do not feel myself a part of the
political party system of the United
The progressive philosophy of
government, however, both national
Md international, which I approve
is that of Woodrow Wilson. If that
permits me to be known as a
Wilsonian Democrat I am proud to
avow that classification.
Were Woodrow Wilson ahive to-
(lav I am sure he would approve
of'many of the things which have
been done by Franklin D. Roose
velt but there are many other
things he Would never countenance.
Men like Senator Carter Qass
who were champions of the Wood
row Wilson creed are today un
happy in a party sense. Men who
call th-emselves Jeffersonian Demo
crats are likewise unhappy over
the New Deal.
For my own part, I believe that
Mr Roosevelt displayed magnificent
leadership by his radio addresses
and forceful action during the
bank holiday. I shall always toe-
lieve on the other hand, that the
bank holiday itself could have been
avoided had Mr. Roosevelt as presi-
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After a week of hard workouts,
Franklin high school’s football team
will go into the local field tomor
row afternoon against the Brevard
eleven with high hopes of turning
the tide to victory after last Fri
day’s defeat by Cornelia, 18 to 0.
Tomorrow’s game is scheduled
to start at 3:30. The past week’s
practice has smoothed out some of
the kinks in Franklin’s team, and
the coaches^^Mr. Lee, Frank He,nry
and Roger Sutton—are confident
the boys are prepared to put up a
stronger defense and a faster,, more
smoothly working offense than in
either of the two previous games.
The Franklin team p.ut up a
scrappy battle against Cornelia last
Friday and at times came very
near scoring; but the visitors had
a double advantage of greater
weight and more experience.
Kimzey made a six-yard line
plcnge to cross the line for Cor
nelia’s first touchdown early in the
game after a successful series of
line drives down the field. Try for
point failed, but Cornelia scored
^gain late in the second quarter
when Higdon’s punt was blocked
and recovered by Burrell across
the goal line. The third and last
tally was in the last quarter when
Alden scored after Kimzey inter
cepted a Franklin pass on Frank
lin’s 20-yard line.
The Franklin eleven worked bet
ter in the second half than in the
first, with Higdon and Perry gain
ing ’through the line repeatedly.
Dan Reynolds and Wilkie also
showed up well. The outstanding
feature of the game, from a local
viewpoint, was a pass in the third
period from Higdon to Pattillo,
who raced from his own 40-yard
line to Cornelia’s 10-yard line,
where Cornelia held the line and
got the iball on downs.
Franklin made five first downs,
the visitors seven.
One accident marred the game,
a Cornelia player suffered a frac
tured shoulder in a spread eagle
tackle.
The line-up:
Franklin Cornelia
Patillo I. e Burrell
Palmer 1- h Keller
Jones 1- g Tinkham
Pendergrast ...c Crunkleton
Setzer r. g Jenkins
Slagle r. t HusUy
D. Wilkie r. e Kerry
Perry Q- b Alden
B. Wilkie 1. h. b Bently
Reynolds r. h. b... Christian
Higdon f. b Kimzey
Subs : Franklin—Waldroop, Slagle,
Jones.
Cornelia—Brown, Tate, Chambers,
MacDuffy, Tucker, Turpin, Grant,
Irvin, Husky.
Clyde Jarrett
To Speak Saturday After
noon at Courthouse
Clyde H. Jarrett, Republican
nominee for congress from the 11th
North Carolina district, will speak
at 2:30 o’clock Saturday afternoon
in the courthouse, it was announced
today by T. W. Angel, Jr., chair
man of the Macon county Repub
lican executive committee.
One Dead, Another Badly
Injured After Auto
Plunge in Gorge
Robert Ccnningham’s body was
pulled from the Cullasaja river at
2:30 o’clock this afternoon after
volunteer workers and CCC boys
had prodded and dragged the
stream for five days in search of
the missing member of a party of
four that plunged off highway No.
28 in an automobile late Saturday
night and hurtled 75 feet down a
steep embankment to the river bed.
Cunningham’s neck was broken
and his skull fractured. His body
was found caught under a ledge in
a pool 12 feet deep about 100
yards down stream from the gush
ing rapids upon which the auto
mobile landed after somersaulting
down the declivitous side of Culla-
saja gorge.
Bernice Seay Injured
Two of Cunningham’s compan
ion’s in the car—Charles Penland,
who was driving, and A^jnes Seay—
miraculously escaped serious injury
in the plunge from the highway.
They suffered o,nly bruises and
minor cuts. But Bernice Seay,_ a'
sister of Agnes, sustained an in-
juret^-foot and ankle, a broken hand
and internal injuries. She is still
in Angel hospital, but was reported
today to be recovering.
Discovery of Cunningham’s body
brought an end to the arduous,
even dangerous, labors of a corps
of a dozen CCC boys and nearly
a score of volunteer workers, in
cluding two of Cunningham’s broth
ers, who had been searching the
treacherous stream daily.
Rumors Quieted
And, too, the discovery brought
an end to ominous rumors that had
cropped up after first efforts in
locating the body had failed.
“I’m mighty glad they have found
him,” said Charley Penland. “Folks
were saying all sorts of things.”
Cunningham’s sorrowing father,
Jim Cunningham, of lotla, com
mented that the news hurt but he
was glad the suspense was over.
He said the funeral would be held
at 11 o’clock tomorrow morning at
the lotla Methodist church.
After the body had been brought
to the Bryant funeral parlors Cor
oner C. M. Moore impaneled a
coroner’s jury which examined the
body and then adjourned until 3
o’clock tomorrow afternoon, when
witnesses will be heard. No charges
have been made against anyone in
connection with the case.
Retui'ning from DaWce
Penland, who was driving the
car, said he, Cunningham and the
Seay girls had been to Highlands
to a dance and had left immediate
ly after the dance to return to
Franklin, He told the Press-Macon-
ian he was at a loss to tell just
how the accident occurred. The car
left the highway after rounding a
sharp curve on a steep grade in
Cullasaja gorge 14 miles east of
Franklin. The road s.urfacing show
ed tire marks where brakes had
been applied as the car came
around the curve and the shoulder
of the road showed signs indicating
that the car came very .near top
pling over the brink of the preci
pice just as it rounded the curve.
Evidently, however, the driver
managed to swing it back into the
road, only to swing out again and
into the gorge.
Penland said when he came to
he crawled out of the machine,
which was lying on its side in the
rapids, and found the Seay girls
sitting on the upper side of the
car. He helped them to the bank
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