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FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MAY 14, 1931
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VOLUME XLVI, No. 20
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SOLONS PROBE
BRIBE CHARGES
Alleged Attempts To Buy
Off Lawmakers Are
Investigated
TAXES UNSETTLED
House and Senate Mill
Deadlocked Over
f.i i
ReVenUe Bill I
RALEIGH, May 13. Senator
John W. Hinsdale, of Wake coun
ty, testified before a special sen
ate investigating cofmittee Wed
nesday afternoon that an indirect
offer of anything he "wanted" was
miAn tn him if he would drop
i.:. (r.r th linmrv sales tax.
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Hinsdale said D. H. Pope, of
Raleigh, chairman of the Wake
County commissioners, told him W.
N. Reynolds, of Winston-saicm,
, . c ,i, k, -'iri .f ihp IJpv-
chairman of the board of the key
nolds Tobacco company, cigarette
manufacturers, had said "it would
be worth anything" Hinsdale want-
ed for the Wake senator to let
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Pope, who also tcstitica, uemeu
he made-such a statement to Hins-
d-ihTor that Reynolds had mention-
ed remuneration in a conterence ment oi conservation ana ueveiop
Popc and Reynolds held three ment: .
weeks ago in Durham.
Taxes Cigarettes
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The luxury' sales tax bill, written
by Senator Hinsdale, levies
20
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per cent tax on me -
cigarettes and tobacco products, as
well as a high rate-of taxational
movie admissions. The senate has
refused several times to accept the
luxury tax.
The special senate committee
vestigatmg charges anu ruu.u, . v.
"alleged DriDery anu cor.u.. -
signed to intiuence ine voc.
certain senators heara mx-wnuw.
. es tihs
afternoon, the first (lay
Up.
hearings were held.
It was created by lieulenant
Govcrnor R. T. Fountain, Monday
night following the passage ot a
resolution by Senator Hallet S.
Ward, of Beaufort demanding the
invpetieration of "rumors of bribery
and corruption," Senator Ward is
chairman of the committee.
Still ' Deadlocked
With an enlarged senate con
(nrt-ncp committee of nine mem
bers, and the old house group , of
seven, ihe joint conference com
mittee on the biennial revenue bill
started its fourth series. of meet
ings Wednesday night.
After more than two hours in
;-.;t m'.-tiiiir the house conferees
left the senate group' to work alone ni8nt
in an effort to have some kind of The profitable nitr is the one
proposition ready to present to the tnat neVer stops growing from far
housc group Thursday morning. rowing time until market. When
"The senate refused the sugges-
tion of the house that it appoint
a new set of conferees on the
revenue bill but adopted a rcsolu-
tlon t increase ine conierees num
five to nine and sent: them back
tn work without" instructions
: i ;,iitin.int - Governor Fountain
ti:iinc(l Senators Pritchett, of Ber
tie, Clark of Edgecombe, Hinsdale middjngS are good sourCes of pro
of Wake and McKee of Jackson tejn (j;ve tnem separately not
it being understood that the tour
additional members would come
fr,m the "luxury" tax "school of
thought."
The four named, with the excep
tion of Mrs. McKee, senator from
T.ickson. recently had resigned from
i,r conference committee rather
ili:in obey instructions not to con
sider any form of sales tax. For
several days there have been only
r;.- cfnntp conferees. - though six
were authorized. -
Winners of Contests at
Highlands Announced
The annual boys' debating con
test and girls' reading contest were
1i ld last Saturday evening in the
school auditorium, before a large
and appreciative audience. Gold
mcdals were awarded to Miss kva
rwt senior, and Mr. Glen bhuler,
as the best, speakers. -lhelwhen the estimated number ot
for the debating contest
were Mr. S. T. Marrett, Mr. J. C.
Mell and the Rev, L. E. Lrowson;
those for the reading contest were
Mrs S. T: Marrett and the Rev.
Crowson.
Keep paint cans, brushes, andltltmal forests showed a slight dc
,ih,r nainted obiccts where live-
stock can not reach them, and
L,.,.,. tl.p animals awav from fresh-
lv nainted buildings, fences, and
tiilfhoards until the paint is thor
oughly dry. Livestock like to lick
naint and mav tfet lead noisoninir.
Fred Slagle, Game Warden,
Warns Against Violations
Of Fishing Regulations
Recent violations of the stale
game regulations as regards .n.sn-
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ing
have prompted Fred Slagle,
Macon county game warden, to call
attention to the open and closed
season dates on various species
Prfish, foun(l ect.on. He
poiiuca out especially mat me seas-
nn :,. nf)w rinsed tor small mouth
bass. '
Mr. Slagle said he felt that
most of the fishermen of this
county were good sportsmen and
intended to abide by the fishing
regulations. He expressed the
opinion that the violations reported
to. him-'were due to ignorance or
misunderstanding of the rules
Mir awn up by the State Depart-
ment of Conservation and Dc
velopment.
License Fees
The game warden-also called at-
lemion to me increase in nsning
license fees for non-residents from
icense rcmaing $MQ the resi
dent state license, $2.10. The in-
crease in non-resident licenses was
voted about III days ago by the
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ronowing are ine ruies as to
open and closed seasons, bag limits
and size limits set by the Depart-
Rule 4. Open and closed seas-
ons : it snail De uniawtui to tish
iait iaii uv any means wnai
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of North Carolina from May 1 to
June 1Q of each yeari both dates
being inclusive; Provided( that this
rue nQt a-pp,y tQ fishing
hoQk and by
-n counties designated by
tbe Department of Conservation
ij Deveiopment( incU(Hng Bladcn
Camdcn Columbus, , Currituck,
rjuplin, Gates, Hoke, Hertford, Le
noir Pasquotank, Pender, Perqui-
. Robeson on Tuesdav
Thursday, , and, , Saturday of each
week during closed season : Pro
Classes for Religious
Workers
Mrs. Johnson Named
College Alumnae Head
Mrs. J. W. C. Johnson, of
Franklin, was elected president of
the Converse College Alumnae as
sociation at the annual meeting of
the group Tuesday in , connection
with the college's commencement
exercises. Mrs. Johnson returned
from Spartanburg Wednesday
p1KS are about three weeks old.
thcy w;n begin to eat some shelled
corn jf placed in a self-feeder in
a creep . ' Also let them have ac
cess to a mineral mixture con
taining lime and phosphorus. When
about five or six weeks old, they
will need "some form of protein to
supplement the corn. Shorts or
nijxed with the corn. Tankage,
fish meal, or , old-process linseed
meal mav be substituted tor, or
fed mixed with, the shorts or mid
dlings.
Nearly 32 Millions Visited
National Forests in 1930
WASHINGTON, May 13.-Rec-
rcational use of the national for
ests continued its steady growth,
with 31,904,515 visitors last year,
according to complete reports an
nounced by the Forest Service,
rjnjted States Department of Agri
cuitUre.
Although this was an increase ot
146(284 as compared with the pre-
cedmg yearj the gain was small
: comparison with that of Vict,
visitors increased about 8 million
as compared with 1928.
Jany of the 151 national forests
participated in last year s gain
Campers and picnickers showed m-
creases in number but guests of
hote s and resorts located in na-
crease. Campers last year num-
bered 1,980,736 as against f.Mif uj.i
for 1929. Most of the gain was
in the national forests of the West
- 1 Estimates . for picnickers showed
3,272,682 for 1930, against J,0bh,4M.
I for 1929. .with increases both in
vided further, that the closed seas
on for certain species of fish of
the mountain section shall be as
follows: -
Tif ut (all species) and muskal
lunge, Sept. 1 to April 15 following.
Small mouth bass, September 1
to June 10 following.
Rule 5. Bag limit: It shall be
unlawful in the state of North
Carolina for any person to take
from the waters of the state des
ignated as "inland fishing waters,"
by any means or method whatso
ever, in any one day, more fish
of the species herein mentioned
than the number set opposite each
species as follows:
Larg mouth black bass, 8; small
mouth bass, 8; brook or speckle
trout, 20; rainbow trout, 15; blue
bream, 25; red bream, 25; robin,
25; rock, 8; crappie or chinquapin
perch, 25; goggle eye, 25; red fin,
15; white perch, 25.
Provided, that it shall be unlaw
ful for any person to take more
than a total of 25 trout in any
one day from "inland , waters" or
more than, 75 of all species of fish
from "inland waters" in any one
day.
Rule 6. Size limit : It shall be
unlawful in the. state of North
Carolina for any person or per
sons to take, buy, sell, offer for
sale, have in his or . their posses
sion, or unnecessarily destroy, any
where in the state, fish taken from
any of the waters of the state
designated as "inland fishing wat
ers,' any . fish of less size than
the length specified for the sever
al kinds of fish hereinafter men
tioned, to-wit:
Large mouth black bass, 12
inches; small mouth bass, 10 inch
es; brook or speckle trout, 6 inch
es;" rainbow trout, 8 inches; blue
bream, 6 inches; red bream, 6
inches ; robin, 5 inches ; rock, 12
inches; crappie or chinquapin perch,
6 inches; goggle eye, 6 inches;
red tin, inches; wlwte perchr. 4
inches.
Start Monday
Field Worker for Young
People To Be on
Faculty
Mrs. 1). D. Tabcr,' educational
worker of the Episcopal church,
will address a joint meeting of the
young people's church Organizations
to- be held in the Baptist church
Sunday evening, May 17, at' 7
o'clock. This will be the opening
service of the Community Training
school that will continue through
the week.
Mrs. Taber approaches her sub
ject, "The Christian Leadership of
Young People," with rare experi
ence and understanding of young
people's problems from many years
of teaching of leaders and young
people in church training schools
and conferences. Recently her
work has included a survey of the
religious life and Christian in
fluences of schools and colleges
all t)ver the country, which has
brought her in contact with the
life and ideals of girls and boys
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the East and in the West.
With forest highway and roa
extension making more areas ac.
r-siihle. the treat majority of
recreationists last year entered tht
national forests by automobile. The
total number of visitors traveling
by motor increased from 28,780,516
in 1929 . to 29,541,fi07 last ; year
Hikers entering the forests also
increased from 202,272 to 220,853.
The Forest Service last year
added several hundred miles to its
system of national forest roads
and trails, and also improved many
camps and picnic grounds for free
public, use. In those camps drink
ing water systems have been de
veloped, sanitary facilities provided,
and fire risks -minimized. Improve
ment of public camps is continuing
and there are now more than 1,500
recognized public camping grounds
in the national forests. The For
est Service also has allotted suit
able sites under special use for
Boy Scout, club, summer school,
and municipal camps. . -
FIVE NURSES
GET DIPLOMAS
Goldsboro Pastor Speaks
At Commencement
Exercises
HOUK ALSO SPEAKS
Conceptions of Life Are
Outlined by Rev.
A. J. Smith
Five nurses trained at Angel
Brothers' hospital were given their
nurses' pins and diplomas at gradu
ation exercises held Tuesday night
in the Baptist church. The com
niencenient address was delivered
by the Rev. A. J. Smith, pastor of
the First Baptist church of Golds
boro, who is widely known for his
abilities as speaker and preacher.
The diplomas and pins were pre
sented by G. L. Houk, principal
of the Franklin high school, who
also made a fine address.
Mr. Smith, who was introduced
by Mayor George Pat ton, spoke on
the subject, "Life's Conceptions,"
which he summarized under three
general sub-topics, man's concep
tion of himself, his conception of
others and his conception of God.
An ideal of service, the Golds
boro pastor said, is the proper
conception for man to follow.
In discussing the conception of
others he pointed out that human
contacts in this day of radios and
automobiles are closer than they
ever have been. It is more neces
sary now than ever, he said, for
individuals to view their fellowmen
with a friendly, neighborly attitude.
"This is a friendly universe,
Xx. Smith said. "Man is friendly.
God is friendly. We should take
a friendly outlook on life."
The nurses graduated were the
Misses Mary Elizabeth Eller, Com-
y .11 II
niercc, ua.; Ava ivjarea misseii,
lohnson Citv. Tenn.: Artie Marie
Williamson, Canton, N. C. ;
Elitie
Hazel
May Warren, Cornelia, Ga.;
Evelyn Kitchens, Hayesville
Singing Convention
Is Called for May 24
All singing classes in Macon
county have been invited to meet
with various Swain county classes
Sunday, May 24, at a big singing
convention to be held on top of
Ilighlonesome, about two miles
from the mouth of lellico creek.
A big crowd is expected, accord
ing to T. A. Slagle. He suggested
that everyone bring their lunch and
be prepared for an all-day conten
tion. He promised a good time for
all.
"Everybody is urged to come,"
Mr. Slagle said, "just cross the
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river at tne last Driage anu go
dowit the river on the Almond
road. You can't miss the place.
Come on down."
COLLEGES REFUSE MONEY
Yale, Harvard, Princeton and Co
lumbia refused a bequest of $100,
0(H) for "the development of the
sound public opinion that woman's
place is in the home." Turning
down money is one of the most
difficult things in the world for
colleges to do, so they must have
had a strong motive in this case.
Of Course wealthy women have of
ten dropped something into their
constantly -circulating hats, and
they would not wish to offend this
class of contributors, but there may
be something in the principle of
the thing. Schools ought not to
hesitate about "developing sound
opinion," but if they accepted
everybody's opinion as sound and
undertook to develop i( for a con
sideration they would soon have
more money than' influence. Some
of them sought a few years ago
to develoii the opinion that the
power interests were beneficent and
should not be hampered by laws,
but they did not get much honjr
out of it. Colleges should rest ict
the wealthy to furnishing money
not opinions.
-THE PATHFINDER.
Dodder, sometimes called "love
vine," may cause a great deal of
damage to crops and shouU not
be allowed to remain in a field.
This parasitic weed is usually
brought on the farm in impure
seed. In the first season it gen
erally occurs in small, scattered
areas. Such areas should be first
mowed and then burned before
the dodder goes to seed, if pos
sible, is the advice of weed spe
cialists of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture. This treatment will
destroy the crop also on the mowr
ed areas, but it is the safest way
to protect future crops from -in
. testation-of dodder. .
Town Council Cuts Wages
Of Employes 10 Per Cent;
Peddlers' Fees Reduced
Curing Houses To Save
County's Sweet Potato
Crop Are Badly Needed
Macon county needs some sweet
potato curing houses, in the opinion
of J. S. Gray, who with C. II.
McClure recently went to Clay
county U look over the potato
houses in operation there.
Because of the lack of such
houses in Macon hundreds of bush
els of sweet potatoes spoil each
year. If several - large curing
establishments were put in opera
tion in different sections of the
county, Mr.'. Gray said, the farm
ers then could afford to plant
more potatoes, have them cured for
their own use and also for ship
ping. He pointed out that Clay
C. L BLAINE IS
STRUCK BY CAR
Head and Chest Injured
In Accident on
Georgia Road
C. L. Blaine is recovering at his
home on the Georgia road from
injuries suffered Monday morning
when he was knocked down by an
automobile driven by a Mr. Dowdle
of Rabun Gap.
Mr. Blaine was walking behind
a sledge when the car, approach
ing from his rear, struck him. He
was brought to Franklin ' for treat
ment and later returned to his
home. He suffered bad cuts on
his head and injuries to his chest.
The accident occurred near the
Morrison school about five miles
south of Franklin on the Georgia
road.
FRANKLIN BOY
MAKES LETTER
AT CULLOWHEE
CULLOWHEE, May 6.-Thirty
students at Western Carolina
Teachers college were given let
ters in chapel Friday for having
done outstanding work in various
phases of atheletics during the
year. Those receiving letters were;
Andy Bryson, Misses Sudie Hunter,
Charlotte; Marietta Welch,. Wayn-
esvillc; Helen Jones, Hayesville;
Daisy Battle, Andrews; Beulah
Rogers, Andrews; Jessie Higdon,
Higdonvillc; Ruth Dawkins, Con
dor; Elizabeth Wright, Asheviile;
Chloc Reid, Cartersville, Ga. ; Mary
Pierce, Smithfield; Muriel Snyder,
Beta; Neele Hood 'Grimes, Smith-
field; Oleta Rice, Robbinsville; and
Lena Allison, Brevard.
The boys receiving letters were:
Andy Bryson, Cullowhee ; Roy
Watson, Sylva; Pearle Kitchens
Hayesville; John Crawford, Cul
lowhee; Guy Sutton, Sylva; Paul
Buchanan, Sylva; Horace Garrison
Hayesville; Robert Penland, Hayes
ville; Porter Raper, Brasstown;
Leonard McAllister, Gastonia; Cle
Long, Hayesville; Ed Ward
Hctcher; Lime McLlure, Hayes
ville: Earl Ashe. Hayesville; and
S. B. Hutchinson, Brewers; George
Gibbs, Mills Spring; Gordon Rob
erts, Worley ; and Ross .achary
Franklin.
Prentiss Girl Winner in
Tent Show
Edward A. Reno's tent show
has come and gone, leaving a diam
ond ring on the hand of Miss
Mattie Hodgins, of Prentiss, as the
most beautiful girl in the county,
and empty pockets for swains
young and old who nightly paid
their two-bits or more to witness
slapstick comedy. (
Miss Hodgins i was proclaimed
Queen of Macon beauties at the
final performance Saturday night,
when scores of admiring boy
friends emptied their purses to
buy special concert tickets which
carried a thousand vptcs each in
the beauty contest.
county , potatoes are sold in Trauk
liu at four cenls a pound. :
There are five o'r six potato
curing houses in Clay, Mr. Gray
said. A house designed to hold
2.N00 bushels costs approximately
$1,000 to build. The charge for
curing potatoes is 25 cents a bush
el or one-fourth of the potatoes.
Potatoes raised in this section
have a reputation for fine flavo.r
but they fail to' keep well unless
cured. With the establishment of
curing houses, it is thought, the
county can keep itself supplied
with sweet potatoes practically the
year around and grow a large sur
plus for shipment to market.
NEW TERRITORY
ADDED TO PARK
Champion Fibre Company
Turns Over Holdings
To Government
KNOXVILLE, Trim:, May 13. -
Deeds for 92.K14 acres of land in
the heart of the Great Smoky
Mountains National park were de
livered lo the Tennessee and North
Carolina park commission here last
Friday by Reuben H. Robertson,
president of the Champion Fibre
company of Canton, N. C.
A compromise agreement for pur
chase of the huge tract for the
national park was readied in
Washington several weeks ago be
tween members of the park coin
mission aim representatives oi tne
. . i . e . t
company.
The area, which comprises large
ly virgin timber and includes Mt
I.econte in Tennessee and several
other large peaks on the stale line
consists ot about v.ikxj acres m
North Carolina and 40,(XX) (teres in
Tennessee.
D. C. Chapman, chairman .of tin
Tennessee commission, announced
the 92,KH acres Would be turned
over to the government 'as soon as
a few conflicts in titles are smooth
ed out, all of which were taken
care of in negotiations with the
Champion Fibre company.
Representing North Carolina were
Mark Squires, chairman 'of ihu
North Carolina commission: Verne
Rhodes, secretary; Congressntas
Zeb V. Weaver, attorney, and As
sistant Attorney General Siler of
Raleigh.
Chapman said the prices paid for
the tract will not be revealed un
til other lauds are purchased. .1 en-
nessee has now acquired 190,000
arres and North Carolina lo2,000
acres for the park.
In case of failure of an old or
new clover or alfalfa seeding, win
tcr urain. or a suriiw crop, then-
is time to grow soybeans for hay
When cut at the proper stage of
growth and well cured, soybeans
make excellent hay of .'high feeding
value. They may be cut for hay
at any time from the forming, of
the pods until the seeds are three
fourths grown, but the best tim
in when the seeds are about half
developed.
Beauty Contest
Miss Maude Burleson, of Frank
i.
lin, came but second in the con
test and was presented with :
necklace and ''.matching, bracelet
Miss Thehna Baldwin, in third
place, wasraccorded honorable men
tion.
On Friday- night two stringed
orchestras vied for musical honors.
The prize went to a group called
Franklin's Dukes Mixture, cotn-
posed of Mrs. Harry Higgins, Miss
Edwina Dalrymple, Miss Willie
Mae Led ford, Miss Jarvis Ledford,
Roy C. Dady and Daniel West.
The other orchestra came from
Riverside.
J. Frank Ray Appointed
Attorney in Place
Of Johnston
HENRY IS RETAINED
Few Changes Are Made in
Organization of Town
Government
The town council elected lst
week Held us nrst meeting moii-
av
niglit and reappointed nearly
vervoue on the town payroll at
10 per cent -reduction in salaries'
tnd wages.
The only change in the town's
fficial family was the appointment
f J. Frank Ray as attorney in
lace of T. J.,' Johnrton, Sr., who
it is understood did not desire re1
ippointmcnt, Mr. Johnston is'at-
niney for the county.
lieorge DtNin was reelected town
lerk with the additional duties of
treasurer ami tax collector.
Chief Henry Reappointed
R. F. Henry, was reappointed
chief of police over the applications
of slwo other men, R. 1. Coffey,
former ' chief of police, and Fred
Cahe, a former deputy sheriff.
Other officers and employes who
were retained lollow:
Joseph Ashear, fire chief ; Dr.
II." T. Horsley, health officer; A.
C. Pannell, street cleaner.
Committees Named
J. S. Conley, M. L. Dowdle and
M. Moore were named on the
water committee. Was Penland, I.
VV. Angel and Dr. J. II. Fonts were
made members of the streets com
mittee.
One of the first official acts of
the new council after organizing
was the adoption, on motion of T.
W; Angel, of an amendment to
the fruit and produce peddlers'
ordinance reducing the license fee
provided from $5 to $1 a day. The
ordinance, designed lo protect lo
cal merchants against what they
claimed was unfair competition
from 'orange peddlers in particular,
was enacted onlv a few weeks be
fore the old board went out of
office.
Vote ! Clote
The council split' on the proposal
to reduce the peddlers fees, Loiin
cilmen Angel, Penland and Fonts
voting for the reduction and Coun-
cilincn Conley, Dowdle. and Moore"
voting against it. Mayor Pattoti
cast the deciding vote.
Proponents of the lower license
fee claimed that a $5 charge would
react to the disadvantage of fann
ers of the county who peddle tln ir
produce in communities outside of
this county. They said fhev :il
ready had, heard intimations of
retaliatory steps by nearby towns'
in iicoiia and outh t aroima.
They also expressed the opinion
that it would prevent Georgia pencil
growers from selling their fruit
direct to the consumers here in
the summer.
Those favoring 'the higher fee
claimed, that the Franklin mer
chants, who pay their share of
taxes and are here the year aiound
to serve the public, deserved pro
tection against truoksters who could
come and go as they pleased, us
ing the city streets and payiig no
taxes other than the license fee
and, perhaps, a few cents for gaso
line. , i
GRANDMA WAYBACK SAYS
Modern woman can do' most
everything with a can opener ex
cept keep a man's love,
. .Finding 'a needle in a haystack
is easy beside finding one in a
modern apartment.
It takes five generations of
breeding to get a champion hen
and yet we think we can make
human beings perfect merely by
passing a few laws.
One thing you can bet on is
when a woman gets into politics
to clean up the country some man
is getting into a kitchen apron to
clean up the kitchen.
(Money may be 'the root of all
evil but it seems to make a satis
factory root for a family tree. ;
Growing chicks need calcium
phosphate as a supplement to the
grain ration. Small quantities of
steamed bone meal and ground
limestone added to the ration will
supply this mineral. '
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