North Carolina Newspapers

til f . 7 i JO i i DEDICATED i TO MACON COUNTY mi V I t I I 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- J . . . . .1 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 e T. ' .. :. t.,I .iih' ih . Wlrvl WOll II oKsitai Vimilwr Ifk) ticket in a raffle con- i k. v. .iiii.i i '.(IIpc1 Iic. nie ei ljj n- j ;-;,.fTf r.f ik.. XfptHnUi church. ... j - 12 12) 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 I If - . ..A I l....... t.c 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 . . 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. ! v ur,i:i;.iL 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. . x)i;'i:xii:.YT 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 hj vsJ VsJ C?Q)k) 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 VV'.I I. ... 'I'L ... i vi him i.ii,i v iiiiii. oi luuiMi.iy iw 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. ! (B