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rnAIIXLIfl, N. C, THURSDAY, DECEMSER ?S, 1333
NUT.ISEIl FIFTY TWO
VIIAT F?JCE TALK
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iioiks always out "Smart Themselves." All over
ptern Carolina many people are suffering from
jl of hese "Out Smarters" right now. Banks have
breed to close: business is at a stand still, Santa
j Cratxj is scared clean off theface of the map all because
;of the exubuance of those Wise Guys who to use not too
V elegant an expression, tho one that, is fully expressive witn
all have the Mea of the fly on a chariot wheel "Hell,
, what a dust I am raising.
is mere not just as mucn cause ior snooting tne scare
, mongers .at day break, peace time tho it is, as there is to
shoot a traitor in war time. In fact the scarce monger is
a worse menace. Here .is the picture.
-'Y, W. N. C. is sufferiner worse right now than did? the
v. Um try where Sherman's army spread desolation when
r Tra'ssed thru durinsr the war between the states. Mil-
is of wealth gone ; thousands upon thousands of
,yle penniless. Old men and .women who had saved up
uit for old age forced to go back to work and no work
for them to do. Thousands of children' going on short
; rations. Thousands of mothers wringing their hands to
try to carry on witn notmng to carry on witn. cut Keep
ing up a brave front with all-the very pride of theinbe
ing makes it so all because some loud, mouths shot off
without any thought from where .their brains were sup
posed to be. . ' , . ,
v Hundreds of men who have been loyal to their friends
and neighbors in need have stood security for them. They
are now bankrupt-they as. well as the man that they tried
in the goodness of their hearts to help. It will be years
before the result of this disaster will be forgotten.
Nor is this all. Thousands upon thousands will be
placed in the position of drudgery and little work in the
effort to subsist when their talents and energy and their
ability would be invaluable, not lonly to this generation
but to generations unborn. r-
Nor is this ' all yet. Untold suffering and misery will
Ve" endured in silence by "the Very J people that have been
he bed rock of our land. This phase of the disaster-the
disaster brought on by the "Out Smarting" talkers will
, not be seen or known by. the" world at large but . will ,be
4 orne in obscurity thru out the years till death itself
:omes . and brings relief.
i It is as little, how that the results can be visualized,
or these that have either spoken unwisely-not necessar
ly or with malice or ulterior motive aforethought to turn
right around and. make atonement in so far as lies within
hem and to help put affairs back on a workable iooting.
And it is also up to the ones that have withdrawn, their
noney and are hoarding it, or sending'it away on time de
bsit to some post office saving department or some bank
n; another town, to bring their money home and tell the
bank officials that they arc ready to do all they can to
;ct business going :again. If that were done our bank
vould open tomorrow and all would be well. Otherwise
fHtfdur guess (make iti black, you can't go wrong in
JiSrectibn). '
V lie present editor di the Press thinks that the read
er! the paper know him well enough to know that he
jslio means a pessimist. And that, the above is not
C$ for pessmism. But there is no gain saying the
I Lat the situation is one that requires serious thought
Jtrenous action.. And it was all brought about by
(JiWise Guys" and the 'scared guys. , s
v ere t is a. severe state and federal penalty for any
ivicted of careless or malicious talk about a bank's
ion. And just by way of information, it is said there
(veral plain clothes men working thruout Western
Carolina at this writing. ; It is hoped that the in-
is talk will stop at once, but if it does not, we hope
)stS;'will be made and that they will be quickly
oeu Dy severe peneteniaryN sentences.
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Federal High
way Pushed
in the State
Nearly 2 Millions Are Pro
vided For Work
In Measure : i
IS SEEN .
J NEAR OTTO
OJ December. 15th, ' 1930, Robert
who lives . on i esenta ' creeK
xhove Otto, had - a visit from, a couple
jI bears. It appears that the bears
ame down from towards Scaly and
ent back the same way.
Mr. Cabe had killed hogs the day
cfore and had his meat in the smoke
use: About . 9 p. . m. Miss - Cabe
tught she heard something trying
gctjnto'the smoke house and went
""-Mgate. Upoa arriving back
Jiouse-.'' she saw what
v-yman. She says
him and was so
as she thvzit)
be siTow.' She
back into the
Cabe, then
ase but the
he says that
Franklin, Dec. 9.
i Dear " SaSnta Claus I am ; nine
years old. I hope you will visit me
this year. I have five dolls' and a
doll carriage. My grandmother is go
ing to dress all my dolls for Christ
mas. Myy father and mother both
arfe dead. I stay with my grandpa
and grandma. Please bring me what
you think I need. I hope you brinf;
me a doll bed, some nuts", oranges,
and candy. I go to school at, Frank
lin. I love all my teachers. I am
glad, you are having the letters print
ed this year, , With love,
' ' ' Katherinc Godwin.
thre was a large bear and a small
one and that they seemed to , have
roamed around a good deal before
they went, back to the mountains.
He thinks that probably it is two of
the same lot of bears that was chased
out of Nantahala last week.
Raleigh, Dec. 21 R. A, Doughton,
State highway commissioner, reached
over long distance telephone at spar
ta last night, said the $1,926,775 plac
ed at the disposal 'Vbf , North t.
Una for Federal aid highway con
struction by the emergency relief bill
signed by . President Hoover today
would be of "considerable service to
the State:'"
Mr. Doughton said, one half of the
money would be in the nature of a
"loan" without interest to be repaid
beginning in 1933 in one fifth parts.
The other half, he said, would i be
the regular government appropriation
to - North Carolina for Federal aid
highway systems. , v t
"The measure," he said, "will en
able us to get much earlier , 'Fedora,
aid for the construction of highway
systems."
In the construction of Federal aid
Highway systems by " states, he ex
the money. The emergency measure
plained; the State puts up one halt
does . not require : the State to put
upp ' any money, but advances to the
State its share as a . loan until 1933,
he said.
Mr. Doughton said he had received
a letter from the. Federal Bureau oj
Roads explaining the- proposition.
He said he had written the bureau
saying North Carolina could use all
the money or a substantial portion
of it on the terms . stated.
Construction - plans, he said, have
to be approved by the Federal gov
ernment., , State highway engineers
will be put to work at once to map
out plans.
Replacing of ; bridges and modern
izing of highways taken over from
counties" by the State will be given
firsst attention, he said. He men-
Ik Jftroddrtt tyttzz
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Commissioners Endeeinm
io rioat Dona icsu
County to Have
New Bank Soon
On Tuesday morning at eleven
the stock holders of the closed
Bank of Franklin, met in the di
rectors room of the bank for the
purpose of discussing ways and
means of disolving the closed Bank
of Franklin with the least possible
expense and the least loss t6 deposi
tors and stock holders.
It h reported that a decision was
reached to organize a new bank
and that this bank will open for
business when the sum of $25,000
capital stock has been subscribed and
paid j in. It was, said late Tuesday
evening that nearly this full amount
had .' been subscribed. . :
It will, take about thirtv davs to
get the' new bank going. There-will
have , tQ . be a charter serured from
Will Not ProbaMv Tc1-
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of this Amount to Pess
Present Crisis
the " secretary of state, officers elect
ed etc. etc. The idea is to get a lo-as to what 'interest the county would
As will be seen from the notice
published elsewhere f in- this paper,
the county commissioners are en
deavoring to float a small bond is-'4-
UC LU - L1UC LllVL IllldltLld.1 iiiiAirs iir
the county over the f crisis broag).;!
aDout by the closing . ot The bank
of Franklin. While it is probable
that the amount of $40,000.00 is more
than will be used, 'ihe commissioners '
deemed it the wise course to get '
ample funds in case tax 'collections
were slow coming inj There is some
interest that Vill be due shortly, This
is taken care of in the bond issue.
Mr. Cox of Asheville was over last
Tuesday and conferred ; with the
county coiiiiiiissioners on the wav
sell these bonds He did not guaran
tee that lie could handle them but
said that he v almost certain that
there would b little difficulty. There
was no figuri mentioned by Mr. Cox
cal, man to act as liauidating aecnt
for the old Bank of . Franklin and to
handle its affairs thru the new bank.
There was much speculation on
the streets as to what the new bank
wodd be alled. It seems that the
concensus of opinion is that it should
be called the Macon Countv Bank
This will of course be left for final
decision at the proper time and by
the proper officials.
Franklin, Dec. 16.
Dear Santa' Claus: I want some
oranges, nuts, bananas, and candy.
A wagon and a stoper gun, a little
ball. I want a pair of gloves, too.
With love to Santa Claus, Billy Sutton
tioned the replacement of the Catr
Fear river bridge at Lillington, which
collapsed recently as 5 likclv pro
ject. The bridge was located .on a
have to pay. It was pointed out that
it would be less' expensive to get an
issue' large enough at the .one time to
meet all contingencies than to go to
the expense of two or more issues o:
smaller amounts, even the total of the
possible .several issues would not tot
al as much as ( the larger issue.
Federal ai 1 highway.
COUNTY WILL DANK IN
WAYNESVILLE
The county manager, W. D. Bar
nard, Commissioner McClure, Tax col
lector C. L. Ingram and -county . At
torney T. J. Johnson made arrange
ments with . the National - Bank in
Waynesv ille to carry the county de
posits till there is a bank re-established
here. .,. . , .
, Vouchers v. ill be issued as in the
past for payment of the county's t:;:j
and they rmybe cashed at the Na
tional bank in Waynesville.
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