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1,800 Subscribers Affording Advertisers Thorough and Inexpen sive Coverage of Macon County. Established 1885 nvib The Oltlest North Car olina Newspaper West of Buncombe County. srcommv INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL VOL. LIV, NO. 3 FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, SEPT. 7, 1939 $1.50 PER YEAR AT IOTLA HOME COMING Many Enjoyable Features On All-Day Program Last Sunday , Approximately 500 people gath ered at the lotla Baptist church on Sunday to observe Home Com ing Day. The (liorning's program was open ed with the devotional - being led by the Rev. D, C. McCoy, of the Oak Grove community, who also made a brief talk on church unity and church' cooperation. The Rev. W. L. Bradley, also of y the Oak (irove community and a retired Baptist minister, spoke on the erection and organization of , the lotla Baptist church in 1906. He wa,s elected as the first pastor and served 'seven consecutive years. At that time preaching serv ices were held once a 'month, while today they are holding four serv ices each month, two prayer serv ices JU in the homes each week, a tlfrVrhg Sunday school, an' up-and-coniing Baptist Training Union and an active Woman's Missionary society. At the time the church was or ganized there were 20 members and today they have a membership of 250. ,lt is the second strongest church in the Macon county Bap tist association, of 35 Baptist churches. The Rev. R. F. May berry is the present pastor and lives in the lotla community. Mr. Bradley also paid great tri bute to the late John' B. .Ramsey, who did more toward the erection of this church than any other one man in that community, and urged the members to place a memorial window in the church, in appre ciation of the service he rendered the lotla community. The Rev, R. P. McCracken, of Clyde, in Haywood county, and a former pastor, preached the Home . Coming sermon, Using as his text, "That Jesus Christ Is the Same Today, Tomorrow and Forever." Following the bounteous picnic lunch Served on the rhwch lawn , the crowd reassembled for the re mainder of the program. The Rev. Harry S. Williams, pastor of the Franklin circuit, .spoke on the Influence of the Christian Home, placing strong emphasis on what it meant in the child's life to be brought up in a home of this type. Paul Swaf ford, superintendent of the Sunday school, spoke briefly on the present condition of the church. His major emphasis in cluded the" social moral, education, ' spiritual development and member ship, while the main object of the church's work was winning lost souls to Christ. Miss Marion Moody, daughter , of Mr. and Mrs. Wade H. Moody, of Asheville, gave a' very enjoy able reading, "The Cabin Is Empty Again." The Rev. George A. Cloer preached the closing sermon at 8 o'clock, using as his text, "I Am the Way, the Truth and the Life." At the closing of the services a number dedicated their life to the , service of the Lord. There "were visitors present from all sections of the1 county includ ing both Methodist and Baptist, Buncombe county, Mt. Holly, Bel mont, Gastonia, Haywood county, Clayton, Ga., Tennessee and Cali fornia. ' Blue Law Discussed At Town Board Meeting ' ('he mayor and aldermen ' of Franklin; inet Monday night for the regular monthly session and , several matters 'came up for dis cussion, but there was no impor tant action taken other than rou tine approval of bills, etc. The question of a blue law for the . town was discussed, and it was proposed to forbid Sunday baseball and bank night at the theatre, and also to stop the sale of beer and wine on Sunday and to ban all slot and so-called amuse ment machines. No action was taken, but it is understood that the town attorney was instructed to take up the matter and make investigation so that a blue law might be presented for Considera tion by the board. Revival To Be Held At Mt. Zion Church The Mt. Zion Methodist church and the Mt. Hope Baptist church will hold joint revival services at the Mt. Zion church, beginning on Sunday morning, September 10, at 11 o'clock. There will be services each evening at 7:45. The Rev. R. F. Mayberry will be in charge of the music and the Rev. J. C. Swaim will preach. The public is cordially invited to attend all services. Dove Season Opened Sept. 1; Squirrels Sept. 15 to Dec. 15 The North Carolina department of conservation and development has announced that the dove sea son this year will be a split sea son, September 1 to 30. and De cember 20 to January 31, no dove hunting between October 1 and December 20. The squirrel season for -Macon' county will be from September 15 to December 15. , Hunting licen.se may be obtain ed at the following places in the county: .Macon County Supply company, and Angel's Drug store, franklin. Highlnads Hardware company, Highlands. J. D. Burnette, Scaly. Mrs. Frank Phillips, Rainbow Springs. Luther Jacobs, Aquone. Clint May, Flats. 1 C. N. West, West's Mill. FINE WEAVING DONEAT KYLE NYA Center Carries Wool From Raw State To Finished Product A visitor at the Kyle weaving center of the Macon county NYA will enjoy the unusual sight of see ing the wool from local farmers' sheep passing through all the stages to beautiful designs for rugs, coverlets and other house hold needs. Five of' the , six looms which were made by the NYA boys were busy on Labor Day, each working on a different design in varied colors of the yarn, some of which was still (lamp from the dye pot. All yarn is dyed at the center as soon as it is spun, much of if with natural dyes made by NYA. young people. On this day they were making samples of the designs used to send for the NYA exhibit at the stale fair this fall. Among the patterns being made on the looms at this time are Whig rose, Holland chain, desert rose; sun,, moon and stars; pine cone, wind flowers, . Solomon's de light, chariot wheel. Three girls were on the porch carding the raw wool, which was immediately passed into the house to the girl skillfully spinning on an old spinning wheel, recondition ed by the NYA boys in their shop nearby. The six looms are used alternate ly by the 16 girls at present work ing on this project who take turns according to schedule. Two girls weave at home also. Two boys were working in the shop which is equipped with carpenter's bench and forge and anvil. The schedule of work , for NYA enrollees is on ' a 40 hour a week basis, with a two year maximum period of employment. E. N. Evans, who obtained his training at the Penland Weaving School near Spruce Pine, directed by Lucy Morgan, a former Macon county woman, is the instructor; dividing his time between the Franklin and Kyle centers. Mrs. Margaret Ord way supervises the work and reg isters young people who can qual ify under NYA regulations. This center has been made pos sible by the kindness of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Hicks, who donate a tenant house and log store house for the weaving center and shop. Both buildings have been enlarg ed and improved to meet the needs of the work, Mr. Hicks furn ishing materials. The location is convenient for boys and girls in .the two Nanta hala townships who, on account of distance and bad roads, do not have advantages of those in other sections of the county. Band Practice To Be Held September 20 The first practice of the Frank lin band will be held at the agri cultural building on Wednesday night, September 20, it has been announced by J. G. Womble, band leader. All interested in the band are urged to be present, whether they have instruments or not. Home Coming Day At Asbury September 17 Home Coming Day will be ob served at the Asbury Methodist church at Otto, on Sunday, Sep tember 17. The program will begin (at 11 o'clock. Dinner will be serv ed at 12 o'clock, followed by a program in the afternoon. Flamroes of War lavage Eyrope Germany Seizes Danzig and Invades Poland Great Britain and France Enter Struggle Ger mans Sink Liner Carrying 1,400 Passengers Polish Cities Bombed What it is feared will develop into another World War began last Friday morning when Germany seized the free city of Danzig' and invaded Poland,' thus forcing Great Britain and France to rush to the aid of the Poles in accordance with a military alliance previously consummated. Owing to the rigid . censorship . imposed by all of the warring powers, it is inijiossible to secure accurate information in regard to happenings in the various theaters of conflict, and it will become increasingly difficult as the struggle goes on, but we give below a short summary of the principal events up to this (Thursday) morn-, ing: ' t Friday, September 1 Hitler announced to Nazi reichslag that Ger many had annexed Danzig and invaded Poland. Fighting started at 5:45 a.m. On the same day Poland invoked its military alliance with Britain and France and called for aid. German planes bombed Warsaw and other Polish cities the same day, killing many civilians men, women and children. Saturday, September 2 Great. Britain and France dispatched ultimatums to Germany stating that if . German troops were not withdrawn from Poland it would be considered that a .state of war existed between Germany and the nations of Great Britain and F'rance. 1 Sunday, September 3 The time limit on the British and French demands having expired, . the premiers of both nations . announced the existence of a state of war. Monday, September 4 The British liner Athenia, carrying 1,400 passengers bound for Canada, including many Americans, torpedoed and sunk off the coast of Scotland by a German submarine. Esti mated 49. killed by explosion ayd the remainder rescued by naval and other vessels. Tuesday, September 5 Brjtish warplanes bombed German battle ships in the entrance of the Kiel Canal in North Germany, and France struck against the German lines on the western front to re-' lieve the pressure on Poland. No general advance was. made and the French were evidently feeling for. weak spots in the line, prepara tory to a heavy offensive. Spain declared neutrality and Japan announced intention of keep ing out of the European struggle. Wednesday, September 6 President issued proclamation of neu trality and declared embargo on .shipments of war materials to belligerent nations. Warsaw, Polish capital, was evacuated, by government officials and representatives of foreign powers, and was reported partially de stroyed by Nazi bombardment. Many other cities said to be suffer ing heavy damage from Germany aircraft. . Thursday, September 7 Germans are advancing steadily into Poland, and express, surprise at the weak resistance offered by the Poles. Polish army is digging in to defend Warsaw. German high command states that no advance will be attempted on the western front as Germany has no interest in that direction. Troops are expected to stay in the forts along the Siegfried line and -force the French and English to take the offensive. There is little action reported in that sector. Britain is tightening the naval blockade of Germany and reports the sinking of three German merchant ships. .Italy remains neutral and is expected to stay out of the war for the time being, having nothing to gain and everything to lose by entering the struggle at this time. As The World Turns A Brief Survey of Current Events In State. Nation and Abroad. . x A summary of the war news is printed in another column on this page. . U. S. DRIVE AGAINST SPIES President Roosevelt has called upon every police officer in the U. S. to cooperate with the FBI in a mighty effort to stamp out "espionage, counter espionage, sa botage, subversive activities, and violations of the neutrality laws." With G-men in charge all law en forcement officers are requested to turn over any information to the nearest FBI agent. NEUTRALITY PROCLAMATION The President's neutrality proc lamation includes the notifying of interested nations that the U. S. would be officially neutral, the invoking- of the arms ban of the neutrality law, and the dealing with protective measures at the Panama canal. .' NATIONAL DEFENSE MEASURES A flotilla of reconditioned World War destroyers will be recoinmis sioncd to patrol American .territor ial waters, the personnel of the navy will be increased, and the defense garrison at the Panama canal increased. ' STRICT NEUTRALITY ORDERS Citizen, of the U. S. "are pro hibited from enlisting for services in the armed forces of any bellig erent power, to give financial as sistance in a number of ways, and vessels of belligerent ' power, are put under strictest regulation. . JAPAN REQUESTS BRITAIN, FRANCE TO LEAVE CHINA The Japanese navy has requested British and French authorities to withdraw their forces from China to "remove the danger of inci dents" resulting from the Euro pean war. PAN-AMERICAN CONFERENCE Invitations are being sent out by Panama to the countries of the Americas for a conference design ed to preserve peace in the West ern Hemisphere. -''.',-DIES PROBE AND BROWDER The Dies committee investigating un-American' activities, has been hearing testimony from Earl Browder, head of the Communist party in the United States, to the effect that he had been offered $250,000 as a-donation -to his party by a group of wealthy Republicans in 1930, if it would endorse Roose velt for re-election. - LABOR DAY CASUALTIES Violent deaths over Labor Day week-end in the U. S. are. esti mated as 367, traffic accidents the leading Cause, all but four states reporting at least one. North Car olina reports two, California leads with 28. ''... RADIO CURTAIN DROPS ON RUDY VALLEE Rudy Vallee will go off the .air the last of September,' and he is credited with the ambition to be come a fine movie actor. STOCKS SOAR Tuesday on Wall street witness ed a spectacular upsurge in prices, stocks and commodities. Many is sues jumped -from $1 . to $15 a share, and food prices are going up. , .. TRIALS IN LOUISIANA Five men ' of the late Huey Long's kingdom of graft went on trial this week before a U. S. Dis Continuvd on Par Six) Gastonia Baseball Team To Play Two Games Here Next Saturday and Sunday the well known ami popular Gastonia baseball team is scheduled to come to Franklin lor two games, and a large attendance is expected. The F'ranklin team took a rather one-sided game from the Gaines ville All-Stars by a score of 8 to I last Sunday afternoon, most of I I if F'ranklin runs being accouul.td for. by errors of the visiting le mi. On 1-abor Day the Franklin players were split into two, .trains, one going to Canton to carry out an obligation made three . mom h ago for a return game with that team, and the remainder of the local boys stayed at home to play the Asheville All-Stars. The home field was too wet to use by the time the "Asheville team arrived, and the game was played at . the Otto C'CC cam), and resulted in a score of 2 to 0 in favor -of the visitors. F'ranklin was also shut out in the Canton game. , " FARMERS MEET AT COLLOVVHEE Many From This County Attend Convention This Week The third annual Farmers' 'con vention of Western North ' Caro lina was held at Cullowhee on Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. Attending from Macon county were F S. Sloan, western .district farm agent, who was in charge of arrangements and introduced the speakers; S. W. Mendenhall, county agent, G. H. Fagg, assist ant county agent; Charles Meli char, supervisor of the Nantahala national forest,, and 21 farmer,. Demonstration . farmers - were praised by State college and fed eral officials for "showing the way to the rest of the stale in agri cultural conservation." Leaders .were asked to use their influence to place a home demon stration agent in every mountain county. W. G. Finn of the agricultural adjustment administration at Wash ington, D. C, spoke of the .effect of the European war on farm con ditions. Many leaders of prominence from this and other .states were present at the convention, which had a total registration of 315 persons. B. T. U. Convention To Meet At Coweeta The Macon county B. T. U. con vention will be held at the Co weeta Baptist church on Sunday afternoon, September 17, begin ning at 2:30 o'clock. . The following program has been outlined : Song service. Devotional, led by Arvil Swaf ford. Announcements and business. ' Discussion The Qualifications for B. T. U. Officers,, Rev. C. F. Rogers. Message, by Rev. 1). C. McCoy. Benediction. All B. T. U. organizations in the county, are urged to send rep resentatives to this meeting. Demonstration Club Members Meet Saturday A county wide meeting of Home Demonstration club members will be held Saturday at 1 o'clock at the agricultural building it is an nounced by Miss Florence Stalcup, home agent for the county. The purpose of this meeting is to organize a craft center in F'rank lin' for the women and girls of the county. Miss Ann Rowe, district home agent, of Asheville, will attend and Mrs. Joyce Cagle, who has just completed a course : in ; handcraft under Miss Helen Patton at Cul lowhee, will be one of the speak ers, Stiles Family Reunion To Be Held September 10 Editor Press: There seemed to be a misunderstanding by softie of the readers about the Stiles reun ion Sunday September 10, at the home of R. N. Stiles. We want all the Stiles' to be there sure, and' we want all of our neigh bors and friends to come. Bring a big basket full of fried chick en and apple pie, and let's all have a good time ' getting better acquainted. . Your cousin and friend, TOM W. STILES SCHOOLS HAVE 1098 ENROLLED Faculty Composed Of 27 Teachers, One More Than Last Year The Franklin schools opened for the ly.W-10 1 session on Thursday,' August Jl, with, what is thought to be the largest enrollment m the history of the schools. liy Tuesday of his week the emolliueiit hail reached UW Then arc 4IM ;n lie lirst six elementary grades, ami 5W in the seventh and high .school grades. Soiiie changes have been, made in the high school organization for tius session. ' One extra teacher has been add ed to the faculty. There are now 15 high school teachers. There are 12 elementary leaeheis, which makes a total of 27 teachers. The length of the class periods have been increased from 45 minutes t-j oite hour. This was done in order, to allow time for- some supervised study in the classes and in .order to correct the overcrowded condi tion of the study halls. Most of the boys are given two periods .of physical and health education ca h week, and most of the girls are given one period. Elementary Teachen Following are the elementary, teachers with the grades . taught by each : Mrs. Elizabeth Guffey, . Mirst grade; .Mrs. Joyce Cagle, first grade; Mrs. Kate William-, second grade; Mrs. Elsie Franks, second grade; Mrs. Pearl .Hunter, 'third grade; Miss Margaret Slagle, third grade; Mrs. Beatrice Alley, fourth grade; .Miss Fdn.i Jami son, fourth . grade; .Mrs. Albert Ramsey, fifth grade ;,-Mrs. liertlia C. Smart, fifth grade; Miss May Beryl Moody, sixth grade; Mrs. l.ola P. Partington, .sixth grade. High School Faculty The high ; school teacher,, ami subjects taught arc "as .follows: Miss Katheiine Porter, English and library club; Mrs. Kate Moore Rhinehart, French and Latin; Mrs. Marie Stewart, Jjiglish: Miss Gloria Reagan, English and jour nalism club; Mrs. Nancy V. Mc Carty, English and history; Mrs. Helen Macon, history and public speaking club; Mrs. Paul Grist, history and geography; V. C. Newton, history, physical and health education, and coaching; , J. C. Hawkins, mathematics, physical and health education, and coaching; Aliss Ruhy Watkms, science, phy sical and health education, and coaching; Miss Elsie White, scien ce, physical' and health education, ' and coaching; Miss Charlotte Young will teach mathematics; Mrs. Katheiine O'Neil, home economics and vocational guidance ;' -Miss Annie Bailey, ''commercial: E. J. Whitmire, agriculture and Future Farmer Chapter - advisor. lhere will probably be other teachers among this group who will sponsor clubs in addition to the ones mentioned above. Commissioners Hold Regular Meeting Monday fhe board of county commission-. ers met in regular -session Mon day, but there was little business outside of routine matters to be handled. The .matter of reopening the sewing rooms was discussed, but no action was taken, il being, con sidered that the county budget would not stand the expenditure of the entire amount required for the project. I he county will bear part of the expense if means can be found to provide the remainder, The total amount needed is said to be $100 per mounlh. Vaughn Four To Appear Here Sept. 14 On Thursday night, September 14. the Vauiihn Four, radio nlnv- - - , i'- ers, accompanied by Tony Muss co, of . Knoxvillc, Tenn., will be at the Macon county courthouse. These players, who are heard over station vWNOX, Knoxville, are be ing sponsored by people of . the Stiles community, with the pro ceeds being used for community improvements. The public is cor dially invited to attend. Send Us Names Of Those Going Away To School " The Press desires to publish a full list of all young people of the county who will go away to school or college this fall. That no name be omitted, it is requested that parents or young people notify The Press of the names of those leav ing and the schools they will attend.