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1 1 o ESTABLISHED IN 1885 Oldest North Carolina Newspaper West of Asheville DEDICATED ! TO MACON COUNTY And to the Welfare and Prosperity ! of it Good People V W W PROGRBSSIVH LIU URAL INDtiPKNDKNT VOLUME XLVI, No. 17 PLAN TO GIVE PIGS TO BOYS V Rotary Club and Young Tar Heel Farmers Sponsor Plan PROGRAM IS UNIQUE Fine Pedigreed Stock To Be Purchased in Near Future The Franklin Rotary Club and the local chapter ,of Young Tar Heel Farmers have undertaken to carry out a unique plan which they hope within a few years will make Macon one of the leading pig-rais-ing counties in the state. Working together, the two organ izations have raised a fund to pur chase half a dozen or more pedi greed Big Bone Poland China sow pigs and a thoroughbred boar of . the same stock. A group of promising young stu dents in the agricultural class at the Franklin high school will be selected to raise the sow pigs. Each boy of this group will be given one sow pig on the follow ing conditions: How Plan Work (1.) He must breed it to the pedigreed boar, which will be placed . in the hands of a reliable farmer. (2.) Out of the first litter he must give one sow pig to another boy and one to the Franklin Rotary Club, which, will place it with yet another boy. (3.) Out of the next three litters each boy receiving one of the orig inal pigs must give one sow pig to the Rotary fe'lub. In this manner the Rotary Club and the Young Tar (Heel farmers hope to start a perpetual system for raising pedigree! pigs and supplying- well deserving farm youths with a good start in life. Farm statistics show that this county is sadly deficient in pork production, and it is thought that this plan in due time will corrvcithis situa tion. To Buy Pigs Soon The pigs to set the program in motion arc to be bought in the immediate future by Fred S. Sloan, county farm demonstration agent. The exact number to be purchased depends on the price Mr. Sloan will have to pay. He hopes that some of the farmers of the county will club with him in making a large purchase. The more pigs bought, the cheaper they come. Anyone desiring to take advantage of the opportunity can get full details from Mr. Sloan at his of fice In the courthouse. REV. N. C. DUNCAN TO HOLD SERVICE HERE NEXT WEEK The Rev. Norvin C. Duncan, rec tor of the Episcopal; church at Cooleemcc, will conduct services in St. Agnes church on Wednesday evening, April 29, at 8 o'clock. A cordial invitation is extended to friends' of the congregation to -worship with them at this service. Mr. Duncan is a preacher of out standing .ability, and is well known in Western North Carolina, hav ing been rector of Grace church, Morganton, and in charge of Grace hospital, ministering to the sick and needv in Burke and neighbor ing counties as a mission hospital f the Episcopal church wrere no one has ever been refused the ministrations of the hospital be cause they were unable to pay. l-Yr several vcars Mr. Duncan hi been located at CoolecmcV:, where he has built Up a strong congregation. Recently he has con ducted a successful preaching mis sion at; Fayetteville. Beginning on next Sunday morn Anril 26. Sunday school will he resumed in- St. Agnes -church, and all members are urged to at tend.. HIGHLANDS AND LOCAL PASTORS TRADE PULPITS The Rev.C. R. McCarty, pastor f the Highlands Presbyterian ,-iinrch. will nreach at the Franklin Presbyterian church next Sunday "morning' at 11 o'clock. The pastor ,.f tin- Franklin church, the Rev. j. A. Flanagan, will preach at the Highlands church at the same" hour. fr McCartv will nreach at the Morrison Presbyterian church on fhf. r.corda road in the afternoon at 3 o'clock. Everyone is invited to be present for both these ser vices. ' Franklin Pastor Defends Federal Church Councils Approval of Birth Control The proposal of the Asheville Presbytery that the Presbyterian Church, South, withdraw from the Federal Council of Churches in Christ of America because of the council's approval of birth control measures, manifests a "lack of so cial vision," in the opinion of the Rev. G. Clifton Ervin, pastor of the Franklin Methodist church. Mr. Ervin expressed his "deep regret over, the action of the Presbytery in a letter to the edi tor of The Asheville Citizen which appeared on the editorial page gf that newspaper last Saturday. Explain Attitude Later Mr. Ervin explained that his letter to The Citizen was prompted principally by the thought of any church body withdrawing from the Federal Council of Churches because of a single minor issue. "This is the only organization of a national scope through which the churches can work together," he pointed out, "and even though one group does not approve of all of its actions that group should take into consideration the good it accomplishes in other fields." Mr. Ervin't Letter Mr. Ervin's letter to The Citizen follows: Editor of The Citizen : Will you permit me to register my deep regret at the action taken yesterday (April 15) by the Ashe ville Presbytery concerning the courageous stand of the Federal Council on the matter of birth N. C. Legislature Likened To Plagues Hen Lays Two Eggs , At Single Sitting Miller.. Ledford, of Prentiss, has reported that he has a hen that laid two eggs at one sit ting a few days ago. It seems that the nest of this particular hen had been broken up two days before, and rebuilt for her use on this partidular morning. The hen forthwith repaired to her reconstructed nest and when she left it there were two per fectly good, fresh eggs in the nest. .We have Mr. Ledford's report c-f the occurrence with the assurance that no other hen had been around, and that Mrs. Ledford had not supplied a nest egg when she rebuilt the nest. Circumstantial evidence on less basis than this has sent many a man to jail. PLAN RELIGIOUS TRAINING CLASS Courses for Local Sunday School Teachers To Be Offered Plans are being made through the cooperation of the churches of Franklin for a community school of religious education to be held May 17 to 24. Teacher training and leadership courses will be offered, giving ten periods in each course, which will (Continued on page four) Service for Young People Held at Methodist Church A special service for young peo ple was held at the Franklin Meth odist church last Sunday evening. The members of the B Y. P. U. of the Baptist church and of the Christian Endeavor of the Pres byterian church were the special guests of the evening. The Rev. G. C. Ervin spoke on the theme, "What Shall I Do With My Life?" He urged the young people to ask with St. Paul, "Lord, what wilt thou have me to do?", and, like him also, not jo be "disobedient unto, the heavenly vision." He em phasized the purposefulness of life' and the impossibility of discover ing its true purpose apart from God and His will. He said that "God does not intend for anyone to drift to and fro on life's misty flats of aimlcssness and purpose - control Such ingrown' conserva tism and lack of social vision iipou the part of any church body, espe cially an evangelical group, is to he deplored. 1 wonder upon what supposedly ethical or moral grounds these well-meaning clergymen jus tify their opposition to birth con trol measures? Do they realize that birth control information is easily available to those who can pay for it, hut that the poor and underprivileged women who need it most have no aciv.s to it? That this bitterly antagonistic at titude toward birth control is not the attitude of many Presbyterian clergymen in our country is shown by the fact that (he commission on "Family Problems" of the great Presbyterian Church, North, has al ready endorsed the'recognition of birth control as a scientific and social measure. "Birth control is a progressive step and we will press adoption of it by the church," the commission members have stated. Dr. Howard A. Johnston, a promi nent member of the commission, was but stating a truism when he said: "Children have the .liod-given right to be well born." Let us hope that the proposal of the Asheville Presbytery to withdraw from the Federal Coun cil becau s scut oefoimfwypfw cil because of its courageous stand on this great question will be voted down by their General As sembly. . Rev, G. Clifton Ervin. Franklin, N. C, April 16. 1931. in Old Egypt Assembly Still Wrangling Over Method To Raise Revenue BY CARL GOERCH RALEIGH, April 22.-Sevcn dif ferent varieties of plagues were necessary before the Egyptians fin ally consented to let the Children of Israel leave the Valley of the Nile. . There were locusts, boils, darkness and other things. . If .the Lord had threatened to send a legislature to Egypt and keep it ,in session for more than 110 days, discussing revenue measures, no other plagues would have been necessary. The Children of Israel would have been told to get out of the country immediately, if not sooner, in order that such a cata strophe might be averted. Not on ly that, but the Egyptians probably would have left with them. ThtTsession in Raleigh is now ap proaching its close. The end is bound to be in sight. 1 Members of the house and senate are al most exhausted. Human endurance cannot withstand much more. But then, there are grave doubts wheth er some of that crowd really are human. f. . N Revenue Unsettled The revenue bill is still up for discussion. A good many of the legislators are opposed to a' so called "nuisance tax." The reason for their 'opposition is that they, themselves, probably would be classed as nuisances and, therefore, would be taxed accordingly. .Governor '.Gardner will' probably announce his new highway commis (Continued on page four) lessness. He created us with pow ers of thought, with 'capacities ami potentialities that thev might be realized, and used to .bless the world and '-not :to curse it." Next Sunday 'morning the Rev. J. L. Teague will preach at the Franklin -Methodist church in tin absence of Mr. Ervin who is con ducting a series of special services this week at Cullowhee. , Mr Teague .will make a definite an nouncement Sunday morning con: cerning the evening service on that day. The Epworth League will meet as usual at 7 o'clock. Miss Eliza beth Slagle, the president, will be in charge of the service. Mr. J. W, Street will hold the usual service at Carson's Chapel at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon. FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, COMMENCEMENT SET FOR FRIDAY Examinations in Franklin School To End Today EXERCISES SIMPLE 31 In Senior Class But Number of Grads Is Undecided Examinations will be completed in the Franklin schools today and Fri day night a class of about jt) pupils will be graduated from the high school. There will he no special speaker, no valedictorian and a minimum of exercises, it was an nounced by (i. L. Ihnik, principal. The Press is limbic to give a list of the graduates in this issue because all of the examination pa pers had not been graded last night. All except a few .members of the class .were expected to pass. The class roll follows: Herbert P.unyan Angel. Thaddeus Clingmaii Bryson. Virginia Chloc Calloway, Elva Leona . Clark, Richard Conlcy, Blanache Ella Curtis, John Robert Curtis. . Juhn Robert -Dalrymplc, I.uelleii Davis, Ned Dowdlc. Lydia Mary Gibson. Florence Virginia Hciison,' Annie Mae Iligdun. Mary Elizabeth Jacobs, Edna Jamison. Lucile. Flora Kimsey, Hazel Kins land. Marie Elba Litur. Everett' James Mashburn, 'John Hodge MeCollum, Mildred Moore. Helen Frances Patton. Velma Inez Peek. Alice Amanda Slagle, Mary Lou ise Slagle, Margaret Frances- Sny der, Mary Louise Straine. Adeline Elizabeth Teague. Hazel Edith Vinson. John Lyle Waldroop, James Rich ard Wurst. Pupils Passed In High School Test Announced Following is the list of stu dents who successfully passed the high school entrance exam ination given on April 18 and who will be admitted to high school at the opening of the next term, it was announced yesterday by Principal G. L. Houk: Willie Allman, Hilda Ashe. Grace Baird, Vernon Bradley, Ida Bryant. Avery Cabe, Esther Clouse, Grace Conley, Annie Lee Cur tis, Edwin Cunningham. Eleanora Dalton, Mildred Daves, Edmund Dady, Joe Dowdle, Shirley Duva'l. Mary Eaton. . Milton Fouts. Tressie Gregory, Alvia Gib '.' son. Mary Will Higdon, Edna Holland, Ralph Henson. Grover Jamison, Gus Justice. Betty Leach, Frankie Love, Alva Ledford, Jarvis Ledford. Jimmy MeCollum, Wilmer McConnell, Louise McDowell, Cleobelle " Moore, Mildred Moore, Pauline Meadow, Blanche Mincey, Annie Belle Mashburn. Mae Owenby. Vonrvah Parker, Charles Palmer, Ila Potts, Billy Par rish. Edna Raby, Rebecca Row land, Verlie Mae Roper, Sue Rickman. Kate Shepherd, Roy South ards, Mont Sutton, Rachel Slagle, Crosby Stockton, Louise Sutton, Mannie Smith. Mary Teague, Anna Lois Tal lent, Virginia Tilley. Ruel Waldrooo, Robert Wal droop, Evelyn Waldroop. Mary Wurst. Y, P. U. PLANS REGIONAL MEET HERE NEXT YEAR Mrs, Alice didders, Mrs. R. M. Ledford, . Miss Floise Jamison, Miss Willie Mae Ledford, Fred didders and Raymond Dalyrmple attended the Western Regional' I!. Y. P. U. convention- at Brevard last Satur day. '.They reported that the next re gional convention will be held at Franklin in 193? 1931 Bank Opening Delayed; Stockholders' Meeting Is Called For Tuesday Graham County Man Rides 14 Miles on Mule's Back With His Hand Shot Off Hartley Elliot, 22, of Kobbiim- ill-, saved himself from death Sunday by riding II miles mi a mule's back with one h.uid 'shot off ami several shotgun ' bullet', lodged in his abdomen. Klliot went luiiil iii(4 early in the 1 1 1 r 1 1 i i u near Tapoca, about .id miles back in the hills from Kob biusville. Pausing f"r a rest, he leaned his nun against a Ion. Somehow, the firearm was acci dentally discharged. F.lliot's left hand was blown off at the wrist. Several shot also entered his abdo men. A hunting companion bound the blood v, jagged slump of an arm as best he could and sent Klliot on his way on a mule. Alone, the man rode through the Franklin Woman Seriously Injured In Auto Accident $1,200 Damages Given Widow of Slain Man A jury, in Macon county su perior court last Friday awarded a verdict of $1,200 to Mrs. Nona Solesbee for the slaying of her husband, Pink Solesbee, by Jim Wishon, on Nantahala creek about a year ago. Wishon, who is serving a sentence in State's Prison of from 12 to 15 years for the slaying, was permitted to leave prison and return to Franklin to defend the suit. Mrs. Soles bee asked $25,000 damages. STALLCUP WILL IS SETASI.DE Estate Valued at $15,000 To $20,000 Involved In Legal Battle The will of W. R. Stallcup, well-to-do 'Franklin man, was set 'aside Saturday by a jury in Macon coun ty superior court after one of the hardest fought' h gal battles that has occured here in several years. An. estate of between $15,00(1 and $20,000 was involved. The will in question gave all of the estate -except approximately $2,000 to a daughter, Mrs. Saliie Sellers. Action to break the will was brought in behalf of other heirs., Mrs. Charles Cunningham and 'Mrs. 'J .ou Wallace, of Franklin, daughters, and Mrs, Walter Furr and Haughton Williams, of Frank fin, and Mrs. lane Kenier, of Savannah, (ia grandchildren. . Appearing for the. caveators, were Jones and Jones and (icorge Fat ton, of 'Franklin, and (i, I.yles Jones, of Asheville. Mrs. Sellers was represented by T. J. Johnston, of Franklin.' Felix. "Alley, '-of Wayn esville, and J. N. .Moody, of Murphy. Three Youths Arrested For Breaking into Store W'ith the arrest of three youths here' Monday, Police ' ( hief Henry I h inks he has solved mystery of who robbed V Ciiim'inL'ham's store about Hob the ('. two 'weeks ago. . ' ,- Those arrested 'were (icorge Mill it, who lives across the river ; and 'I 'alley Kannady and Hurt l'.aldyin, of 'Franklin, their ages ranging from IK to 20 years. ' Miller was arrested oji informa tion that he had disposed of goods believed to have been stolen from the Cunningham store. A search of his home revealed a few hidden articles said to have 'come from the store. Chief I fenry reported mountains for II miles before he could gel someone wilh an auto mobile to brine; him to Angel Brothels' hospital in franklin. It was nearly 12 hours later when Klliot, almost dead from shock and loss of blood, reached the hospital. He had had no narcotics or stimu lants except some whiskey. Dr. Fuinian Angel amputated the wounded arm at (lie elbow iuul gave the patient a blood trans fusion. Roy I arpeiiter, yuitim Franklin business man, volunteered to give a (iiarl 'of his bleed. It was reported at the hospital last night that Klliot was getting along fine and probably would be dismissed from the hospital in the near future. Mrs. S. C. Brown's Arm Is Crushed; Others In Car Unhurt . Mrs. Clarence S. Brown, wife of the manager of the Scott (iriffin hotel, is in I r. S. II. Kyle's hospit al recovering from serious injuries to her left arm suffered iii an automobile accident at l.avonia,. ( ia., last Friday morning. Mrs. Ilarley I.yle and infant daughter, who were in the car with Mrs. lirown, escaped injury. Mrs. lirown, Mrs. I.yle and her child were going to Augusta, (ia Mrs. P.rovvn was driving. She was unacquainted with the road. Com ing to a sharp turn, she applied the brakes too suddenly. The car skidded and turned on its side. Mrs. lirown switched thf wheels in the direction to turn the car on her side, thereby prolecting Mrs. I.yle and her small daugh ter. V ' ' 'Mrs. Ilrown's arm was broken in two places, just above the wrist and in the elbow. She also suf fered ill' effects'. from 'the shock. Dr. I.yle reported yesterday that she was resting as well as could be expected. The automobile, "a sedan," was badly damaged. W. GT. C. LOOKS FOR BIG SPRING TERM ENROLMENT CUI.I.OWIIKK, .-April 22. - At present it looks as though the en rolment at Western; Carolina Tcarhcrs college will reach its zenith during the special six weeks spiing term which, begins-Vm -April 21. It is expected that around 200 new students will 'enrol- for the special term, according to Miss Mary -Hope Weslbrook, registrar, and Miss Kut.h Oliver, bursar.. 'Courses will be' offered.' in ""art, Kliglish, ..history, hygiene, music, ie ligious education, education', s ele mentary ' science, and nature-. study. that Miller confessed- participation in th- robbery ' and -.implicated Kan nady and Baldwin. Miller is be ing held in jail. Bond of $500 was set for him but he was unable to raise it. The two -other 'young men were released under. $300 bond each. Hearing has been set .for .2 o'clock Saturday "afternoon before Mayor (icorge I 'at ton. ' Three boys under 15 years, of age were brought before Frank I. Murray, clerk of court and juve nile officer, this week charged with breaking into the Star Market re cently and stealing several dollars in cash. Their cases have not been disposed of. $1.50 PER YEAR -Jt .i... Few Depositors Blamed For Holding Up Reopening CLOSED 4 MONTHS Business Is Resumed By Many Other W. N. C. Banking Houses Ueopeiiing of the Hank of Frank lin, closed since December 16, again has been delayed. The bank was expected to re sume business the latter part of last week or early this week, but slowness of certain depositors in exchanging time certificates for new ones with interest added to the date "of closing has brought about another postponement. Meeting Called A meeting of the stockholders has been called for Tuesday, April 2X. At this meeting, according to M. D. Billings, liquidating audit, it is to be definitely decided wheth er the bank is to be reopened and, if so, when, There is a hopeful expectancy that the bank will be doing business before the end of next week, but there has been no definite announcement to this ef fect. The whole question, it was stat ed yesterday by officials of the bank, depends on the action of a few holders of time certificate who have failed to sign contracts to freee their deposits until October, 19.U, or else have neglected to trade their old certificates for new ones. Unless these depositors act promptly, it was declared, they may thwart the reopening plans. . Many Banks Reopened A large majority of the Western North Carolina banks, closed fol lowing the failure of the Central Bank and Trust company in Ashe ville last fall have already rcopfincd and at least one of them, The Bank of French Broad at Marshal, has announced that jt is ready to pay off 10 -per cent of the froen deposits. The sooner the Bank of' Frank lin is reopened, the sooner it will be in position to meet its obligations to. .depositors.. PRESBYTERIANS TO HOLD MEETING AT HIGHLANDS The -Rev. S. R. Crockett, super intendent of the Maxwell Farm hoiuf.-Mr. J. F. Rice, and the Rev. J. A. I'lanagan, pastor of the lo cal Presbyterian church, attended a meeting of Asheville I'resbytery in Brevard, April 14 and. 15. They reported a gracious meeting of this church court. Reports from the various churches over the Pres bytery were .. very gratifying in fact- to the .-. economic depression. The I'resbytery voted to meet in the Highlands, church for its fall meeting in October. Miss Sarah Hjcks Ilines and the Rev. C. R. McCarty attended semi annual tneceting of Asheville Pres bytery at Brev'ard Tuesday and Wednesday of last week. While there, Rev. McCarty extended an invitation to the representatives to hold their fall meeting, which will come in October, in Highlands.-The invitation was accepted with pleas ure. VOICE RECITAL ( n.l.OWHEF, April 22-There is to be a voice tecital by students at Western Carolina Teachers col lege April 21 in the local Baptist church.. 2 Mules, 15 Head Of Cattle Struck Dead A pair of mules belonging to Herman Childert were killed by lightning Saturday afternoon at Mr. Childers' farm on Cowta. The tame afternoon IS head of cattle were killed by lightning in Ham Bryson's pasture acrosi the line in Jackson county. One of the cattle, by a strange coin cidrnce, belonged to Mr. Chil ders' wife. The mules killed had been bought by Mr. Chil ders for $375 only ttw days before.