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PROGRESSIVE
LIBERAL
INDEPENDENT
VOL. UV, NO. 19
FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1939
1150 PER YEAR
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TWO ELECTIONS
HELD TUESDAY
Franklin And. Highlands
Choose Officers For
Next Two Years
The regular biennial elections
were held in Franklin and High
lands Tuesday, Franklin electing a
mayor and six aldermen and High
lands choosing a mayor and five
commissioners.
J. Frank Ray was elected mayor
of Franklin, defeating the present
incumbent, G. L. Houk ; and W.
W. Edwards won out for mayor
of Highlands, .in a field of four
candidates. Highlands also approv
ed on $8,000 bond issue for water
system improvements.
M. 7- Dowdle, H. W.Cabe, Ben
McCollum, T. W. Angel, Jr., J.
O. Harrison and E. Tim Calloway
we're the successful candidates for
aldermen in Franklin out of a field
of 13; and James C. Mell, S. C.
Creswell, E. H. Brown, G W. Ma
rett and J. E. Root were elected as
commissioners of Highlands from
a field of 10. V
The vote in both towns was as
follows:
Franklin
For mayor J. Frank Ray, 306;
G. L. Houk, 151.
For aldermen M. L. Dowdle,
3; H. W. Cabe, 387; Ben Mc
Collum, 345; T. W. Angel, Jr.,
328; J. O. Harrison, 235; E. Tim
Calloway, 207; John Bingham, 202;
W. W. ; McConnell, 142; W. W.
Sloan, 136; J.. A. Palmer, 130; C.
B. Russell, 84; Grover Jamison, 83;
W. F. . Curtis, - 36. .
Highlands
For mayor W. W. Edwards,
133; W. H. Cobb, 121; S. A. Wil
son, 7; A. G. Spencer, 4. , ,
For commissioners James C.
Mell, 178; S. C. Creswell, 144; E.
H. Brown, 143; G. W. Marett, 138;
J. E. Root, 133; G. D. Edwards,
132; H. S. Talley, 129; R. D. Rog
ers, 118; George E. Cleveland, 96;
Dan Henry, 85.
For bonds, 161 ; against bonds, 77.
Presbyterian Revival
Begins Next Sunday
A series of special services will
be held in the Franklin Presby
terian church beginning Sunday
morning, May 7, and continuing
through the following Sunday, ac
cording to an announcement made
by the Rev. J.. A. Flanagan, pastor
of the church. The Rev. R. D.
Bedinger, D. D., wil". conduct the
services, preaching each evening at
8 o'clock. ,
Dr. Bedinger was a missionary
to Africa for 18 years, and since
retiring has been engaged in Home
Mission work, serving in Jackson,
Miss., and as superintendent of
Home Missions in Asheville , Pres-
byt.ery. Just recently, he has been
elected chairman of the assembly's
council on Home Missions, an ad
visory committee for the executive
' committee on Home Missions.
A cordial welcome is being given
by the members-of the Presbyter
ian church to everyone to attend
any, or. all, of the services.
Baptist Ministers To x ...
Meet Monday Morning
The Baptist ministers of the Ma
con county Baptist association will
meet for a period of Bible study
and fellowship at the , Franklin
Baptist church on Monday morn
ing, May 8, beginning at 11 o'clock,
it has been announced by the Rev.
R. F. Mayberry, secretary.
Box Supper At
Burningtown May 6
A box supper will ' be held V J
the Burningtown school house 4p QUALITY"
Saturday night, May 6. The p -ceeds.
will be used fr the benel N. C.
of ?the church. The public is coy ' -dially
invited to attend. ;, ,- .'
Mayor
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J. FRANK RAY
Who Will Head Franklin's Town
Government for the Next
Two Years .
LEGIONNAIRES
TO MEET HERE
Conference Of District
Officers To Be Held
Jn Franklin
The district officers' conference
Of the 20th district of the Ameri
can Legion will be held in Frank
lin tomorrow (Friday), May 5, it
has been announced by officers of
the locaLpost :u -;v.
State Commander Burgin Pen1
nell, of Asheville, and District
Commander T. J. Mauney, of
Murphy, are expected to attend,
as well as a number of officers of
various posts throughout the dis
trict. Starting at 3 p: m., the visitors
will make a tour of points of in
terest in the Nantahala national
forest, . and a dinner meeting will
be held at 7:30 in the American
Legion hall.
Miss Vanhook
Dies Wednesday At Home
At Prentiss
Miss Adelia Vanhook, 75, died at
her home in the Prentiss commun
ity Wednesday morning at 6 o'clock
following an illness of six months.
Death was attributed to heart ail
ment. ,Mis.s, Vanhook was the daughter
of the late A. G. and Clarinda
Russell Vanhook, of this county.
She was a loyal member of the
Clark's Chapel Methodist church.
Death came to Miss Vanhook on
heir 75th birthday ' anniversary,
which was. Wednesday, May 3. v
Funeral services were held at
the Clark's Chapel Methodist church
on Wednesday afternoon at 4
o'clock. The Rev. Harry S. Wil
liams, pastor, officiated assisted by
the Rev. J. A. Flanagan, pastor of
the Franklin Presbyterian church.
Interment was in the church ceme
tery. '
Miss Vanhook is survived by one
sister, Miss. Nora Vanhook, of
Prentiss, and one brother, I, H.
Vanhook, of Fairbanks, Alaska, and
a large connection of cloie rela
tives. : -' : ' '
Franklin Fourth In
Savings Boi
Sales
d this week by
A report .r'
PostmastOWras W, Porter
shows .
ranklin postoffice
fie list of second
of th Carolina in
States savings
by the Franklin
March 31, 1939,
record .' exceeded
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BABY DERBY" COMES
DEATH CLAMS
C. V.STILES, 59
Heart Attack Fatal To
Well Known Citizen
Monday Morning
Charles William Stiles, well
known farmer and highly esteemed
citizen, died of a heart attack at 8
o'clock Monday morning while
plowing in a field near his home.
He resided near the Cozad roller
mill.
He was the son of the late Wil
liam and Harriett McConnell Stiles
and was born and reared at Hick
ory Knoll. On December 4, 1904,
he married Miss Elsie Watkins, of
Macon county..
The funeral services were held at
the Union Methodist church, six
miles south of Franklin, Tuesday
morning at 11 o'clock. The Rev.
J. C. Swaim, the pastor, officiated,
assisted by the Rev. J. A. Flana
gan, pastor of the Franklin Pres
byterian church, and the Rev. I.
L. Roberts, pastor of the Frank
lin Methodist church. Burial was in
the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were: Harris Dry
man, John Jones, Herman Childers,
Rufus Snyder, Bowden Dryman,
John Hauser, Elmer Childers and
James Hauser.
Mrs. Breedlove
Passes At Home At Etna
Wednesday, April 26
Mrs. Susie Virginia Wall Breed
love, 84, died at her home at Etna
on Wednesday, April 26, at 4 a. m.,
of pneumonia a'fter an illness of
only three days.
Mrs. Breedlove was born in Clay
ton, Ga., on April 20, 1855, and
was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Dred Wall. She lived in Georgia
until the age -of nine when her
family moved to Swain county, N.
C, where she lived for 4 years.
She had been a resident of Macon
county for 29 years. On January
13, 1878, she was married to Wil
liam Breedlove at Almond in Swain
county. She was a member of the
Almond Baptist churchy
Funeral services were conducted
at Oak Grove Baptist church at
11 a. m. Friday, April 28, by the
Rev. W. L.v Bradley and the Rev.
D. C. McCoy. Burial was in the
church cemetery.
Pallbearers were: Early, Aden,
Edwin and Paul Bradley, Frank
Browning and Dwight Parrish.
Surviving are her husband and
seven children, one daughter, Mrs.
Judd Bradley, of Ontario, Calif.,
and six sons, Epp and Jesse Breed
love, of Almond; J. E. Breedlove,
of Bryson City ; Harley and Turn
er Breedlove, of Etna, and Lon
Breedlove, of Sapulpa, Okla. ; one
brother, Jesse Wall, of Almond,
30 grandchildren and 16 great-;
grandchildren.
Carmacks Returned
To Franklin Tuesday
Major and Mrs. J. Frank Car
mack returned to Franklin Tuesday
and are being greeted by their
many friends. .'
They are staying at Trimbnt Inn
for the present, and it is not known
as yet whether they will operate
the Franklin Lodge and Country
Club this summer.
Athletic Association
To Meet Tuesday
The Young People's Athletic as
sociation will hold a meeting at the
Franklin Methodist church next
Tuesday evening, May 9, at 7:30.
Charles Russell, the new president,
is very anxious that all members
be present at this meeting.
Merchants And Press
Sponsor Unusual Contest
$500 In Prizes Awaits Winners of The Franklin Press
Ml
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Commander
BURGIN PENNELL
State Commander of the American
Legion, Who Will Speak Here
Friday Night
FRANKLIN WINS
IN FREAK GAME
Cashiers Team Gets 14
Runs In Last Half
Of Ninth
The Franklin baseball team jour
neyed over to Cashiers. Sunday
afternoon "and took the game by a
score of 17 to 16, after a wild ex
hibition in the last half of the
ninth when the Cashiers outfit
scored 14 ruas.
Up through the seventh the local
boys had everything their own way,
with Higdon pitching in great form,
and the score 17-2 in favor of
Franklin, but in the eighth Man
ager Mallonee decided to change
pitchers because of fear that Hig
don's arm would suffer if he
pitched the full game.
Pattillo was put in to pitch and
Higdon sent to second base, and the
eighth showed no score for Cash
iers, but in ' the ninth the fun
started. The Cashiers batters began
to hit, the ball and errors in the
held multiplied, while an unDroKen
procession of Cashiers players
marched around the bases. It began
to look as though Franklin would
lose after all, but a strikeout and
two high ones caught by Russell
finally ended the game.
The locabathletic field is now in
shape to be used and the fans can
look forward to some games at
home.
Holly Springs' First Game
The Holly Springs team played
their first game of the season
Sunday at Clayton, Ga., losing by
a score of 6 to 4.
The game was tied at 1 and 1
until the seventh inning, and the
final runs were made in the sev
enth and eighth. The pitching on
both sides was exceptionally good.
Crib Destroyed By
Fire Monday Night
' Homer Stumen, Fred and George
Crispe of the Sugarfork commun
ity, had a crib of more than 150
bushels of corn, five bushels of
peas, five bushels of potatoes, 75
cans of fruits and vegetables and
some farm tools, completely de
stroyed by fire Monday night. The
origin of the fire was unknown.
The loss was estimated to be
around $200. '
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Entrants' Photo To B Published;
Enter Ytr Baby At Derby Of
fice. Babies Under Six Eligible
$200.00 30-INCH CUP GOES
TO FIRST PRIZE WINNER
The Baby Derby comes to town
bringing with it the opportunity
for the people of Macon and ad
joining counties to witness the most
interesting race one could imagine.
Competitions involving adults have
come and gone in Franklin's his
tory, but this is the first time in
the annals of the city that a Baby
Derby has put in an appearance.
The limelight will be turned on
the little tots in the Franklin trad
ing area as sponsored by the mer
chants and The Franklin Pres.s.
Each week several baby pictures
will be run in .The Franklin Press, .
permitting over fifteen thousand
people to view the beauty and
charm embodied in the tiny en
trants under six years of age. Ap
plications may be made out this
week so that in next week's issue
the first pictures of the babies will
be shown. As many pictures as pos
sible should be taken today, Friday
and Saturday, and the first days of
next . week, to make the Baby
Derby successful as it has been in
the cities that it has been carried
on in before.
$500 in cash will be awarded the
30 winning baibies on July 8, when
the Baby Derby comes to a close.
The parents of the winning baby
will receive $200 in cash and a 30
inch silver loving cup which sym
bolizes supremacy in the land of .
Babies in this section. In judging
how high this cup would be, re
member that this paper is 18 inches
high and the cup is 12 inches
higher.
The baby polling the ' highest
mileage credits will receive the $200
and loving cup. Then $100 will be
awarded to the second highest
baby: After these high prizes have
been awarded, the remainder of
the cash prizes will be awarded in
the order of the babies' finish, re
gardless of the location.
Pictures Taken Free
It costs absolutely nothing for '
you to have your Baby's picture
taken at the Crisp's Studio. Neither
does it cost you one penny for. the
cut which will be used in publish
ing the baby's picture. All we ask
is that you enter the baby without
delay. Come to the Baby Derby
office which is located in the Cun
ningham building on the Square,
Franklin. You can then fill out an
application blank which will - give
us the information necessary, when
we prepare a write up to be used
under the baby's picture.
Htfw To Win Derby
First, let us explain that the
Baby Derby is a race of mythical
"miles" and the baby having the
greatest number of "miles" to it
credit when the derby ends will
be declared the winner. Turn to
the two-page advertisement of the
Baby Derby. At the bottom and
sides of the pages you will find
listed a group of cooperating stores.
These .stores are now ready to is
sue Baby Coupons on each 50c cash
purchase, or payment on 'account.
After entering your baby you
should notify all the baby's rela
tives and friends to be sure to ask
for BABY COUPONS when they
buy in these stores. Each coupon
at this time will advance the baby
3 miles in the Derby. Later the
value of each coupon will drop to
2 miles and then only to 1 mile.
For that reason, the wise parent
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