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IN 1885
Oldest North Carolina Newspaper
West of Asheville
VOLUME XLVI, No. 16
WOMAN'S CLUB
TAKKAGTION
To Advertise Beauty of
Wayah Ball Clothed
In Flowers
TO INVITE EDITORS
Members of Editorial
Association To Be
Entertained
A movement to attract visitors
from far and wide to Macon coun
ty in June to share in the enjoy
ment of the beauty of Wayah Bald
crowned vviih sweet scented aalea
has been undertaken by the Frank
lin Woman's Club.
Plans for advertising this spec
tacle of s nature and for entertain
ing visitors who come to see it
were discussed at a special called
meeting of the club Monday after
noon, with Miss Elizabeth Kelly
presiding.
The women agreed that too long
has this beauty spot gone unnoticed
by the general public outside of
this vicinity, and decided to launch
an organized advertising and pub
licity program to broadcast an in
vitation to all lovers of beauty to
come here in June and share in
this rich gift of nature.
Not a Festival
It will not be a festival. Miss
Kelly was careful to explain after
thc meeting. Rather, it wULjlist
be "Azalea Time." Notices will be
sent out when the azalea will be
in bloom and road markers direct-
ing tourists to Franklin and Way-
ali Bald will be posted on the
main arteries of travel leading to
Franklin.
The Woman's Club plans to pro-
vide tourist camp facilities near
BANK
the top of Wayah and to have thousand dollar cut from 'the. re
sides on hand to direct visitors quests for the quarter. This e
to Wine Spring and other points quest was pared down to the. very
of interest. A group of the women limit' before- it was sent to the
will stay at the Jones cabin, about
two miles from the top, through-
out the azalea season to act as
hostesses.
Miss Kelly was careful to cx-
plain that, every effort will be
made to make the visitors feel at
Home, om aruiieiai iimi uimimiii
will not have a place in the pro-
gram.
"Wayah Bald with -its beautiful
aalea should be suflicicnt in it
self to real lovers of nature and
beauty," she said.
To Invite Editors
The Woman's Club also discussed
plans 'for inviting members of the
National Editorial Association,
which is to hold a convention in
Atlanta early in June, to visit Ma-
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con county. An eight-.day tour ol
Georgia has been arranged for the
litovs, ending June 12 at Prcs
Haven, near Cornelia. Newspaper
editors from all sections of the
coiiu'ry are expected to attend the
..nvent on. . It s honed that many
. t .1 T 1
them win pass tnrougn rranK-
liavp.'rnmnlctpd the
f;.or 'ia tour, and nlans are being
made to entertain them.
TRIMONT INN TO
BE OPERATED BY
ATLANTA PEOPLE
"Mr. and Mrs. Sam Necly, of
Atlanta. Ca.. have leased Triinont
Inn n Harrison avenue from Dr
S. II. 1-yle and will operate it this
Miiimier as a resort and tourists
hotel.'
The Neelys already have moved
into lhe Inn and are nutting it in
bane for. receiving guests.
Mrs Neelv is a sister ' of Mr
I I) Willis of the Franklin Ter
race, hotel.
George Reid Is Winner
Of Church Raffle Prize
VVinier mav be a thine ot the
. n.uoriholosc r.pf.rap pi(l
i, ,c -., line new bed comtort. He
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WOll II oKsitai
Vimilwr Ifk) ticket in a raffle con-
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Fishermen Busy as
Trout Season Opens
The season for the taking of
rainbow and speckled trout
opened in Western North Caro
lina yesterday. Losing no time
in taking advantage cf the open
ing, many local fishermen and
some tro.Ti outside tne county
got out their rods and reel
and began whipping the moun
tain streams in this vicinity in
quest of the wary fish.
The trout season remains op
en until September 1. Bag lim
its for both ' speckled and rain
bow varieties are 25. The mini
mum size for speckled trout is
six inches and for rainbow, eight
inches.
Fishing license .may be ob
tained from the clerk of court
or at several Franklin stores.
PROTESTS CUT
IN SALARIES
President of Cullowhee
Says Reduction Will
Lower 'Standards
CULLOWHEE, April 15 "I am
unable to say what the budget cuts
have meant to other institutions,
but the cuts at Cullowhee have
been so serious as to make the
outlook very discouraging from
the standpoint of securing and
holding first-class teachers," re-
mariceafn. i.;nunicr, presiuem ui
Western Carolina leacners college,
when he was . asked what lie
thought would be the results in
cuts in teachers salaries and wheth-
er such cuts would affect college
faculties.
lhe appropriation allotment tor
the fourth quarter as made by the
budget director represents a mree
state DUdgct comniuiee, in line
with tne governors request.
$7,500 Cut
f this three thousand dollar
Cllt ;s actually made" Mr. Hunter
COI1tiuwi "every dollar will have
to comc from ti,e payroll. ,sjncc
there is no possibility ol saving
elsewhere. This would represent
a total cut in teachers salaries
ti,js vcar at Cullowhee of aboul
seven thousand five hundred dol
lars."
When asked if this would be the
first cut his teachers had suffered,
Mr. Hunter replied, "All employees
were cut twenty per cent ot last
July and August salaries and ten
per cent of the salaries ot the
month of March. A total ot about
. if i i i in
one mousami me uuinircu hoimi?
m salary cuts lias, already men
sustained by the employees of the
college. Ana just litre i snotim
like to point out how a reduction
in salaries in state institutions dif-
ters irom a cieiay in receiving sai-
I 1 I.. o.nA iirtiin t ti .11 (1irfi.ru
anr m '3i,iw,,:
from a delav in receiving salaries
on the part of public school teach-
ers. I he public school teachers
expect to receive their payroll
sooner . or later. In this case it
is simply a matter of delay, but
in the case of college employi is
a failure to receive full pay in any
(Continued on page six)
Thinks Mountain Region
Offers Many Advantages
Joseph McCoy, who has been
sent here from Washington by the
federal government to -assist -Judge
John Avvjrey, title attorney for the
Nanlahala National forest, already
has become an ardent admirer of
this section. So decphy has he be
come interested in the region that
he says he would like to make it
his. permanent nome
l his is a great .country. vir
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JviCv.oy toiiiniL-iuew. nan ju-
ahoiit reached the age where I
, ,
would like to seme down per
i manentiv. it l can arranue it. I
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i.lan to establish mv home some
where m
this mountain region
i'i;oGi(i-: ssi i v;:
George B; Patton Is Only
Candidate for Mayoralty ;
Many Out for Town Board
Although Franklin's town election
is less than three weeks off, the
office of mayor has attracted only
one candidateGeorge B.. I'atton,
who is now serving his second
term in that position. The sparsity
oT candidates for mayor, however,
is made up by the number who
have entered the lists for a place
on the board of aldermen. The
names of 15 .candidates for, the
board have been filed, according
to George Dean, town clerk. They
are :
M. L. Dowdle, J. M. Moore, Dr.
J. If. Fonts, f. S. Vonley, W. B.
McCuirc, all members- of the pres
ent board; Ras l'enland, S. A..
Munday, J. E. Ferry, C. L. 1'eii-
dergrass, Miss Elizabeth Kelly', T.
W. 'Angel, Sr.; Roy Carpenter, I.
Better Respect for Law
Imperative, Says Judge
SCHOOL SESSION
ENDS NEXT WEEK
Graduation Exercises at
High School Set
For April 17
F.xaminations will start next
Tuesday, in the Franklin grammar
and high schools and graduation
exercises for the senior class will
be held Friday night, April 17, G.
L. Ilonk, principal, announced, yes
terday. ' " ;
Announcement of the speaker for
the graduation exercises 'will be
made next week.
Mr. liouk said that the gradua
tion exercises will be very simple
this year on account of the short
ening of tlir school session with
its attendant mcicasc in work for
both students 'ind tacuiiv mem
hers. 4
About 35 pupils are expected to
be graduated from the high school,
TWO ROBBERIES
ARE REPORTED
HERE IN WEEK
Two robberies have been report
ed in Franklm this week. .-Monday
night Newt (iibson's pressing club
was entered and five or six suits
of men's clothing, several nvcrcoals
and dresses stohn, and on Tim s
day . night' someone broke into the
St'T Market on the I'tlblic Smiare
runl stole .live or six dollars in
cash.
IV lice Chief Hob Huiry said he
had been informed that the press
ing club robbery was due, to gji
geU' e, for the duc.r h:cl not l.e n
locked. The Star Market was en
tered from the rear, through a
transom: On account of the small
size of the opening. . it - is tin night
that a . child must hav e been the
one to enter the store.
and bring my family lure."
Mr. MeCoy expressed the opinion
ih:i Weslei n Vol th ( '.-irolina .up'
North . Ceorgia ' wotdd- enjoy a
steady growth and developnn nl. lie
especially praised .the resort ad
vantages offered, but he also com
mented on the broad possibilities
for agricultural and industrial prog
ress. ' . '
' 'I he' r.overiihu nt attorney emu
to I lai'klin Tuesday, accniii;iiiie.d
bv I. Cray, of Twin T"p near
( lavtiii. Mr. Mc(.'iiy said he did
not know how long he would be'
stationed herr but - expressed ' the
I hope it would be for a . long period.
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rRANKLIN, N.. C. THURSDAY. APRIL 16,
E. Lancaster, L S. Conley, and
Mm B. Henry.
.The terms .of mayor ' -and . alder-'
men are for two years. -The' town
board consists of si aldermen.
A meeting of the Democratic
voters of 'Franklin has been called
for 8 o'clock Friday "night, to .nomi
nate, a ticket for the election.
The election is scheduled for the
first Tuesday after the first Mon
day in May, which is May-5. ('.
T. Blaine has been appointed regis
trar ' and Alex Moore and I. B.
JYndergrass judges.
No new registration has been or
dered. The registration books,
howev er, will be . open for regis
tration of new voters at Mr.
Blaine's place of business on the
Public Square until and including
April 25.
Oglesby Makes Address
At Weekly Rotary
Club Meeting
Fidelity to law and constituted
authority on the part of the gener
al public, especially by the . out
standing citizens of each communi
ty, is one of the most imperative
needs facing North Carolina, Judge-
John M. Oglesby, of Concord, told
the Franklin Kolarv Club at its
weekly luncheon-meeting - Wednes
day at the Scott (iriffin Hotel
wlge Uglesnv is presiding over
the April term of Macon Superior
Court. ' ' . .-
''After a man's diiiy to Cod and
lhe importanc of ' spreading' peace
throiii'hout the world, the next
most important thing, in my opin
ion, is this' question of law observ
ance," Judge Oglesby declared.'
He cited statistics to show the
ext'.ni of crime in this state.
I;igmes compiled by the attorney
general's office, he 'said, show that
i here were convictions lor
criminal offenses' in North Carolina
last vear and that there were 431
homicides, "a record not surpassed
in its blackness by that of Chicago.'
It is the duty 'of every man, tin
judge emphasized, to observe lh
laws,, regardless -of whether he ap
proves' of their wisdom.
Jinlge Oglesby also took occasion
to point to. the necessity ol estab
lishing homes lor wayward women
where" thev' could be trained to
had lieu and worthy lives. Then
is. only one-such home in the state
lie explained, am! that one is lar
ii.iV innd
pel-, -san
inadequate. s a result, it is
'Y in send wayward women
prison in most cases, lie' added
:ind after their tt lease il is dif
lirnh for them to had lavv-ahid
ii-i';, and virtuous livts-cven though
ih( y so desired.
MAXWELL SCHOOL
TO GET $33 1.82
FROM DUKE FUND
At.
lotuieemi III has In ( l! mad'.
a Ian e d: ,tn!i:il h ,i 'of tin- I ak.
l-.is.-lovvment I ' s 1 1 1 1 1 . i i-d i red bv th
hoa'd of trustees .paid to one huh
drcd hospitals and 11 or'phauagcs
in North .Carolina and Sotiih Cau
litia. I rom this sum il is j-niioiinerd
that the Maxwell School for hov
in Macon county will receive tin
sum of. $.111.82,
Trustee Is Appointed
For Bankrupt Store
Ceorgc W. Craig, id Ashev.ille,
v.as named -referee in baiikruptcv,
aiid-K. S. Jones, p'rauklm aitoruey,
was a pointed trustee, at .i meet
ing of the creditors of W. (
( umiingham. local merchant, last
Thip sday. The jton was reoiieii
.ed. by the trustee on Monday
afier having been closed for a
week. .
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1931
SflsiW
N.C. ASSEMBLY
ISDEADLOCKED
Tax Problem Confounds
Lawmakers Down
At Raleigh
COLLEGES COMBINED!
Bill To Consolidate
Big Institutions
Is Enacted
BY CARL COERCH
ICM.KK.H, April 15. TIm
reas
on the legislature is staying in
session so long is because most of
the boys know that this- is going
to be their last chance at doing
work of that nature.' And they're
not so far wrong at that. It'll be
a long time before .some ' of them
, , . iti'i
win ever get sent up to maieign
ig.iin.
It's easy to understand now why
the state, pays- them only lor the
first sixty days! Afler that length
of lime, 'a legislature just naturally
iccoiiies absolutely useless and
hopeless. There would be no sense
in paying them anything. Not even
attention.
MacLean Bill Doomed
llie revenue bill is still up for
consideration. There seems to be
just about as much chance of fi
nancing the MacLean law as there
would be of trying to erect a Ku
Kiux monument in Jerusalem. I lie
senate tore things to pieces last
week and 4s Hying to mend ' litem
this week, -which -means thai tlu
house will promptly proceed to de
a little tearing on its own account
So far as the best interests of
the stale are concerned, it might
lie a good idea to send llie whole
gang up to Dix Mill for a week
and lei some of the inmates of the
latter institution try their hand at
legislating. Thev cerlainlv couldn't
do. any . worse.
College! Contoli dated
Filial action has been taken rela
tive to bringing about a consolida
tion of 'I hi' I'niversitv, State Col
lege and N. C. C. VV. That's V.ne
measure that went through a-kit-ing.
It's going to mean, a big
sav ing to the state. Under the Old
system, whenever Dr. Foust got a
new pair of. pajamas, Or. (irahain
and llr. I'.rooks immediately put
in requisitions for the same things.
Neither of the educational institu
tions wauled the, other to get ahead
of it, and they watched one an
other like hawks. 'The new plan
is going to do away with all that
kind ol competition, and it is go
ing to bring about not only more
ectioniv. but also more efficiency.
Tin. fifteen and twenty years from
now, it is giving to be considered
the greatest thing that (iovernor
dardnct recomm tided to the legis
lature. Nobody doubts that the
consolidation was a wise move.
There is now serious doubt that
my satisfactory solution of the
tax problem will be reached. It
may be that the .legislature will
have to adjourn and he called back
later in special session. Probably
' -omipI tin- iiist ( if, 1 1 1 ! v . It is
t'lihtiMl. however, v.lteilur much
sense 'could be . drilled into them
during that brief interval.
" Intelligence TeU Needed
There ought to be a law passed,
(( oiitinued on page six) .
Produce Buyer
In Macon' s
S. A. Muu'l.iv has receive. I a
letter fiom W. I.. Kichar.lsoii, pro
di.ee' bluer and commission uiaii
..I Mac-oii,- Ch., that will be goo.lj
news to Macon county fanners. I
Mr. Richardson, who handled a '
considerable 'quantity of beans and.:
tomatoes' from this section last
vear informed Mr. Mini. lav that
he expected--to be in position this
. a . on !', no tisiiii on a large
, i i
scale.
No further announcement having
been" made concerning the .possi
bility reported several Weeks ago
of bringing a. new cannery 'io
And
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Don
Time Certificates
Totaling
Already Exchanged
SUPERIOR COURT
NOV IN SESSION
Barto Hopkins Given 2 to
5 Years in Prison
. For Larceny
Macon County Superior oflrt
convened Monday morning for the
Spring term With Judge John M.
Oglesby, of Concord, presiding. In
his instructions to the grand jury
Judge- Oglesby noiiited especially
to the necessilv for heller law ob-
set malice and deeper respect
lor
constituted authority.
Monday, Tuesday ami VVcdiics
day were taken up with the' trial
of criminal cases. Trial of civil
cases was expected to get under
way sometime Thursday, only a
few criminal cases remaining to be
disposed of when court was ad
journed yesterday afternoon.
Interesting Cate
One of the most 'interesting cas
es .brought - before' Judge Oglesby
was that of Lambert Talley, of
Scaly, ami Felix Talley, who lives
just across the border in North
Georgia. The , young until,, who
are cousins, were charged with as
sault with deadly weapoiik as a
result of a: cutting ,scrape Ihey got
into about a year ago. When the
defendants were put on the stand
Tuesday their stories did not satis
fy Judge Oglesby, so he sent them
back to jail. Wednesday they were
mure inclined to talk straight, but
the judge again sent them back to
jail, this lime accompanied by a
witness; fiscal Chastinc, ei Scaly,
who al first said he knew nothing
of the fight, but later revealed thai
he was there at the tinie and
helped to separate the two cousins.
The case is scheduled to come
up again Thursday morning.
Hampton Acquitted
Wade Hampton, who was arrest
id about six weeks ago, rharged
with breaking and entering Silas
I lean's store and stealing a quan
tity of goods, was acmiilled. The
only evidence against the defend
ant was thai bloodhounds followed
a trail from the store to Ins home.
Oilier cases disposed of included:
Fred Young, charted with bur
glary, nol prossed.;
I'.arlo Hopkins, charged with lar
ceny, convicted and sentenced to
two to five years in Stale's Pris
on. Hopkins was caught allegedly
in the act of stealing some harness
from Mrs Ada Hyatt's ham
. Tom Payne, accused of stcaF
ing chickens from Charlir' Phil
lips, convicted and sentenced to
six mouths on the roads.
I.eroy Hurst, assault with a dead
ly weapon on V. A. MrCaha hist
sunum r, found guilty and sent to
the county roads for four monihs
Pa,' Kicks, charged with vio'al-.
ing she piolnhition law, eoiivicted
in. I- 'sentenced to six months on
the'' roads.""" ' ": ' ,"'v ---
The grand jury was (flsmissed
(Continued on page six)
Interested
Crop Outlook
'-Franklin, farmers of this section
natnrallv are looking about for
some outlet for their produce.
C. W. Teagne has informed The
Press lliat he plans lo remove his
i inpnieiii from the old cooperative
cannery . near the Tallulah Falls
railway depot and put up a small
I i aiini rv .at his 'farm . at Prentiss
to take care of his own bran and
i . . . ii i.-
loniaio crop, iiowcvcr, nr auucti.
he
it airy
definite movement is put
under way to
here, lie will.
operate the cannery
allow his machinery
to remain.
(Continued on page six)
to the Welfare and Prosperity
of its Good People
' '
$1.50 PER YEAR
o(nro
$226,000
$36,000 in Old Deposit
Certificates Still
Outstanding
MUST BETURNED IN
New Certificates Bear
Interest To Day
Bank Closed
With only $.?),XK) in time -deposit
certificates yet lo be ex
changed, officials of the Hank of
Franklin' Wednesday expressed lh&
hope and the expectancy that the
bank would be reopened in the im
mediate Inline, possibly by the
latter part of this week.
New certificates of deposit bear
ing interest up he lieceniber lo,
lhe day lhe bank closed, have been
drawn up and the Slate Hanking
I lepartiuent has stipulated that the
old certificates must be -exchanged
for the new ones before the bank..
again can open its doors. ioiice .
of this .was served on .depositors
lasl week. At noon yesterday $220,-.
(XX) of the (.Id certificates had been
traded in for the new ones.
Blake Expected
Albert II. Hlake, of Asheville. a'
representative of the Hanking Hc
p;i Inieiil, was expected to arrive
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supervise the reopening. Mr. Hlake
was here for -a' few days last woek
to assist in the issuance of the
new time certificates. He said he
found the bank's affairs in (food
condition and expressed the opinion
that little difficulty Would be en
countered in lhe exchange tlf cer
tificates. '
Tor the first few days after no
tices were sent to depositors, the
old certificates were brought in so
rapidly that the ' liquidating agent,
M. I' Hillings, and his assistants
were taxed to keep up with the
business. In the last several days,
however, the exchange has bet n
piogrssmg more slowly.
Ak Prompt Action
Dr. W. A. Kogers, president of
lhe bank, and also Mr. Hillings'
cmphasicd the importance of every
time ' depositor who has not ex
, hanged his certificate in doing :o
immediately. Although the moi.lhs
of efforts to reopen the bank r.re
at the ihreshhohl of success, they
pointed out, delay on the' part of .
a few depositors in exchanging'
their certificates might imperil the
reopening.
' Arrangements already have' b'.-n
made for obtaining working capi
tal as soon as a definite date fcr
reopening .the bank has been set.
ROSS ZACHARY
HELPS TO WIN
W. C. T. C. DEBATE
CI I.I.OWIHIF., April 15 A dual
debate was held between the lars
Hill boys and Western Carolina
Teachers college Friday evening.
pril 10, when the question for
ii . ... im . t I a a .
nenaie was, Kcsoivea, mar ine
nations of the world should, adopt
a policy of free trade." Western
Carolina Teachers college won both
decisions, or five' of the six votes.
Ross achary, of Franklin, and J.
K. Porter, of Andrews, defended
the affirmative with Milton Hcmby
and 'Hen Cox, of . Mars Hill, op
posing them. J, Wylie Smith, of
Murphy, and George Gibbs, of
Mills Spring, debated the .Mars
Hill team there.
The next forensic encounter will
be with Rutherford college.
HAS OPERiTION .
.. ,B. Byrd, of Andrews, one of
the rangers of the Nantahala Na
tional forest, was taken last week
to Oteen, where he underwent an
operation for appendicitis. !
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