PACE TWO
THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONIAN
THURSDAY, MAY 1, 1944
V
President Warns Americas
Dictators Seek To Dominate
Disputes Contention That
Distance Gives Us
'Magic Immunity'
President Rcosevelt warned the
Americans last Friday niht that
modern conquerors seek to domi
nate "every mile of the earth's
surface" and disputed any conten
tion that this hemisphere's distance
from Europe gives it . a ."manic
immunity."
In terms of modern invention,
he asserted, the distance is less
than that covered by the "chariots
of Alexander" rolling from Mace
donia to Persia, or the "'ships and
legions of Ceasar" moving "from
Kome to Spain or Britain."
Unanimity Needed '
He ..questioned whether the new
world could continue its policy of
"peaceful construction" if another
principle of. life spread over all the
rest of the -globe.' The.-American
republics must ponder the problem
deeply, Mr. Roosevelt added, and
"act with unanimity and singleness
of purpose."1
. Me spoke before the eighth
American Scientific Congress meet
ing in Washington. His" audience
was composed of scientists from
all sections of the hemisphere. The
address followed an anxious day of
reading dispatches" telling of the
Nazi invasion of Holland and Bel
gium, and conferring with his: ad
visors on how best to shield Amer
ica from the impact of the broad
ening war in' Europe.
At a press conference during the
historic day, he applauded a proc
lamation in which Queen Wilhel
mina of The Netherlands summoned
her soldiers to fight the invasion
and voiced a "flaming protest
against this unexampled violation
of good faith." i
In the speech, he told the scien
tists :
Dream Of Conquest
"What has come about has, been
caused solely by those who Would
use, and are using your inventions
of peace in a wholly different
cause those who seek to dominate
hundreds of millions of people in
Cong
ressman Weaver
Deserves
Re-Nomination
He has kept faith with his district. He
has looked after the interest of Macon
County in every instance, in addition to his
untiring efforts in the interest of national
legislation to benefit the nation as a whole.
Congressman Weaver is popular with his
colleagues and with government department
officials. His thorough knowledge of gov
ernmental affairs makes him a leader. His
unbounded energy for constructive legisla
tion has put him in the forefront. v.7"
Congressman Weaver ranks high in
Washington, and being an experienced and
capable legislator, he has been of valuable
assistance to his district in securing federal
aid and federal projects of every description.
He has made an excellent record of
achievement, which is better and safer for
the people of Macon County and the dis
trict than mere promises of inexperienced
office seekers.
On his record, as a friend and honest
public servant of this district, Congressman
Weaver deserves the vote and support of
every citizen of the district in the Demo
cratic primary on May 25th;
A Vote For
Congressman Weaver
Is a Vote for an Experienced
and Qualified Legislator
(Adv.)
JERRY DALTON
GAINS FREEDOM
Served 17 Years In State
Prison For Slaying
Two Persons
After 17 years behind State
prison bars, Jerry Dalton has be
gun an attempt to begin life over
again for the second time in the
last score of years. He was re
leased last month, closing one of
the most colorful prison careers
on State records, which 'included
a five-year period just but of the
shadow of the electric chair, an
escape from jail and an attempt
to start life anew under an as
sumed name, and numerous res
pites from, the Governor following
his second apprehension.
It was on a Sunday morning in
1919 in Macon county that Dalton
spent the first of many hours be
hind bars. He was charged with
murdering Maud Grant and Mer
ritt Angel, the former described
as his "girl friend," and the latter
a man who happened to be caught
with her. Officers probed into the
mysteries of the "drunken fray af
fair," and the evidence was against
Dalton.
Two Trials
His first trial resulted in con
viction of murder in the first de
gree, and the jury deliberated only
one hour. An appeal to the bu
preme Court gave him a new trial
on the grounds of an, error by the
judge in his charge. A second trial
tollowed, and the jurors were more
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vast continental areas those who,
if successful in that aim, we must
now ' admit, enlarge their" wild
dream to encompass every human
being and every mile of the
earth's surface.'
And . of the distance which lies
between America and the battle
field of Europe,, he asserted:
'Today- we know that until re
cent weeks, too many citizens of
the American republics believed
themselves: wholly safe physically
and economically and socially
from the impact of the attacks on
civilization which are in : progress
elsewhere.
'Perhaps this mistaken idea
was based, on the false teaching
of geography the thought that a
distance of several thousand miles
from war-torn Europe gave to us
some form of mystic immunity
which could never be violated." .
In the new world, he .said, "we
live for each other and in the
service of a Christian faith." That
he termed "our solution." But he
asked whether this solution is
"permanent or safe" if it solves
the problem for the American na
tkms alone. That, he said, was
"the most immediate issue" before
the Americas.
"Can we continue our peaceful
construction if all the other conti
nents embrace by preference or by
compulsion a wholly different prin
ciple of life ? he inquired.
Singleness Of Purpose!
"Surely it is time for our repub
lies to spread that problem be
fore us in the cold light of day,
to analyze it, to ask questions, to
demand answers, to use every
knowledge, every science we pos
sess, to apply common sense, and
especially to act with unanimity
and singleness of purpose.
1 am a pacifist. You. mv fel
low citizens of 21 American re
publics, are pacifists.
But I believe that bv over
whelming majorities you and I,
in the long run and' if it be neces
sary, will act together to protect
and defend by every means our
science, our culture, our freedom
and our civilization."
The President wasted no words
in getting into the subject which
had absorbed him throughout last
night and today. All came to the
convention hall tonight, he said,
wim neavy nearts." All had seen
event follow event in the last few
years, each ont a "shock to our
hopes for the peaceful develon
ment of modern civilization," he
tonunuea. then he added simply
that the day had seen "three more
independent nations cruelv invaH
, -, .
1 tu.
"In cnniA 1. f f h .
ov....v uuiiumi auairs. tie mn
tinued, "the mind of man trow.
accustomed to unusual actions if
mey are ott repeated. That is not
so in toe world happenings of to-
uay ana 1 am proud that it i
not so.
"f am glad that we
and angered by the tragic news
rom neigium. The Wrt,.,!,
and Luxembourg.".
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me only part of th- irth
in wmcn such a meeting as that
which he addressed r.M
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tics has compelled irh.r. --j
oiar 10 leave the r rrt
ing and to become agent f A.
aiiuciion.
After spendine a
less night receiving the grim new.
from abroad, Mr. Roosevelt toM
reporters that he wa, "i fui,
sympathy with the verv nlU,
statement- of the Dutch queen.
c rresiaent indicated, in
!TfSt t . rePrt' question,
at he believed American rr
uncertain. After 36 hours of wran
gling, they asked for more infor
mation. The verdict was guilty in
the first degree again, and Dalton
was sentenced' to die in the elec
tric chair.
His attorney prepared another
appeal to the State's highest court,
and the defendant was lodged in
the Buncombe county jail While
his appeal was being perfected, he
and several other inmates escaped.
From that day until November,
1922, nothing was heard of Dalton.
Afoot, he made his way across the
Blue. Ridge Mountains, and even
tually into Wyoming, Oregon, Cal
ifornia, and Mexico. He returned
to San Diego, Calif., and settled
down to work, a man in, his early
twenties.
Find Aunt
He noticed the name of his
mother's sister in at San Diego
paper-one day. He checked up and
found that it was his aunt. In a
cautious manner, he disclosed his
identity and confided in her.
From her he picked up news of
happenings back home. But his
aunt left San Diego to live in
Michigan.
She felt that someone should
look after her nephew, She told
a neighbor her secret and asked
her "to take care of Bill," as he
had changed his name to Bill
Birchfield. Somehow, the law man
aged to get in on the secret and
on Thanksgiving Day, 1922, he was
arrested.
The following January he was
brought back to North Carolina
and put on Death Kow to await
execution. His attorney, J. N
Moody, prepared to renew an ap
peal before the Supreme Court.
This failed, leaving ' the Governor
his only recourse for life. His
execution date was changed several
times, but he never left Death
Kow. Reprieves continued until
December 15, 1923, when Gover
nor Morrison expressed his dis
belief in the "premeditation
clause" of the first degree murder
sentence, and commuted his sen
tence to 20 to 30 years.
Thousands of letters flooded the
Governor's office, pleading for
mercy for Jerry Dalton, and 10 of
the 12 jurors who condemned him'
to die asked for commutation. His
sentence was later communted a
second time, setting the minimum
at 17 rather than 20 years.
It was seventeen long years ago
that he escaped death as was de
manded for the slaying of two per
sons. He was a happy man then,
as he said : "I know I've got a
long sentence before me to serve,
but I'm going to show them how
thankful .1 am for what the Gov
ernor did by being the right
kind of prisoner."
Apparently he was' the "right
kind of prisoner," for he was re
leased on April 15, a man 43 vears
old.
Final Rites For
Horace R. Gibson
Final rites for Horace R. Gibson,
22, were held at' the" Liberty Bap
tist church on Friday afternoon at
3 o'clock. The Rev. Norman E.
the services. Burial'' was in the
church cemetery.
Gibson died at the home of his
A native of Macon county, Mr.
parents, Mr. and Mrs. William
Gibson, in the Leatherman com
munity Thursday night at about
8 o'clock following a four months'
illness. .
Surviving are his parents, and
one sister, Miss Willie Mae Gib
son ; one brother, Nobie J. Gibson
and one half-sister, Mrs. Lona
Jones, of Swain county. ,
More than 225,000 children under
15 years of age were injured in
Holden, pastor, was in charge of traffic accidents last year.
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