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Full Coverage Established 1885 The Oldest North Car olina Newspaper West of Buncombe County. The Press assures its advertisers of complete coverage of Macon Co. PROGRESSIVE - LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL. LV. NO. I FRANKLIN. N. C. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1940 $150 PER YEAR WILL PROMOTE FAIR FOR V.N.C Asheville Group Starts Move To Organize Corporation The Western North Carolina Agricultural and Industrial , fair was launched formally in Asheville Tuesday afternoon with the forma tion of a corporation to promote and operate the fair, and the elec tion of Gene Ochsenreitcr as its president. mmcdiate efforts; will be begun to raise funds to establish the fair, which experts estimated would cost $100,000 to set up as a going ' 'institution, this year. Plans were being laid last night to get a por tion . of this from, government sources. In addition to . Mr. Ochenreiter, the group named J. G. K. McClure, Jr., first vice-president; C. Van derhooven, second Ivice-prcsident ; V J. D Earle, third vice-president; Robert Collins, fourth vice-president; E. J,. Mitchell, treasurer; Burgin Fennell, secretary, and Le Koy Abernethy. assistant secretary. Immediately following the meet ing of the board, the officers, who were constituted as the executive committee of the board, met , to consider the election of a fair man ager, but deferred action on this point. Under the plan of organization, : the board of directons: will serve . until 1941, at which time a board of nine members will be elected by the membership of the fair cor poration. The plan of organization confers upon the executive committee the power to appoint for each county .served by the fair two directors, one representing . agriculture and the other industry, to serve on the board, and an unlimited number of associate directors. The corporation will issue non profit, non-transferable membership certificates at $10 each, holders of which will be allowed one lifetime, non-tranisferable season ticket to the fair. Through this means, it is hoped '. to raise the money to establish the fair. The president was directed to name within one week a com mittee of five members to devise ways and means of selling certifi cates, and arranging to obtain funds from government and private agencies to finance the establish- " nient of the fair. The president also was authorized to appoint within a week a com mittee to study the question of i suitable site for the fair. The com mittee will not be empowered to purchase a site, but its recommen dations under the by-laws of the corporation, must be accepted by the board of directors. G. K. Lewis, Ohio fair expert, said following the meeting that he estimated that more than half the $100,000 needed to establish the fair, complete with grounds and exhibition buildings, could be ob tained from the works progress ad ministration, or other government sources. In addition, he said, the national youth administration already has promised, if the fair were estab lished, to construct an educational building on the fair grounds. Extension Of Cartoogechaye Power Line Completed The Nantahala Power & Light company completed last Thursday another, rural electric extension in the Cartoogechaye area of Macon county. Approximately one mile of line in the Poplar Cove settlement was built, ' and eight families are now receiving, service from this new line. The construction of another mile of 1 line up Cartoogechaye creek has been approved. This line will extend to T. B. Enloe's, and will serve four families, including Mr. Enloe and a church. In addition three other extensions in the county arc being studied, and work is scheduled on two short exten sions in the Gneiss community. Since the company acquired the electric system from the Town of Franklin, in 1933, it has built nearly 50 miles of rural electric lines in Macon county, and has purchased an additional seven miles of rural line. The number of customers served by the company in Macon county has increased 137 per cent from 1933 to January, 1940, or is now more than double the number served in 1933. These figures in clude customers in Franklin as well as in the remainder of the county. In addition, the company sells power to the town of Highlands, which also serves a number of customers in Macon county. Winter Turns Falls Into I ce A Services At St. Agnes Next Sunday, Feb. 11 Services at St. Agnes Church on Sunday, February 11, will be Holy communion and sermon by the rector, .Rev. Frank Bloxbam, at 11 o'clock. Mr. Bloxham will return on Fri day from a two weeks' visit to New York and Boston, at which time he served on the speakers bureau of the national council of the Episcopal church, speaking be fore groups in several cities. ALDERMEN BAN SUNDAYMOVIES Ordinance Passed Monday Night At Regular Board Meeting The: Franklin, board of aldermen at the regular monthly meeting Monday night passed an ordinance forbidding the showing of moving pictures on Sunday, and also ban ning Sunday exhibitions by cir cuses or carnival companies. Such an ordinance has been agitated for some time by certain citizens, and there was no active opposition to its passage. Mayor J. Frank Ray was out of town, J. O. Harrison, mayor pro tern, waiS too ill to attend, and the meeting Monday night was presid ed over by Alderman M. L. Dowdle. The session was rather lengthy, most of the time being taken up with discussions concerning various phases of the street construction program. ' , ' " " Girl Scouts Raise $31.42 For Finnish Relief Fund -Courtesy of Asheville Tunas. Above is a view of Dry Falls, near Highlands, during the recent season of ice and snow. Two' streams of water can be seen near the center of the picture, with ice on each side. The picture was made by H. . Buckner, of Asheville, an employee of Ivey's. Gilmer Jones, Jr., Named Alternate Naval Cadet Announcement lias been made of Congressman Weaver's - appoint' Power To Be Off Sunday Afternoon The Nantahala Power and Light company has announced that it plans to have the electric power in Franklin off from about 2 p. m. to 4 p. m. on Sunday afternoon, February 11,! 1940, if the weather :. .i . .l. Refreshment Shop To Open Saturday The new refreshment shop, own ed by Carl Howard and Erwin Patton," will be formally opened Saturday in the New Macon The atre building. The shop will serve soft drinks, sandwiches and ice cream, and will have a complete stock of candies, ' fruits, cigars, cigarettes and tobacco. Commissioners Handle Routine Matters The board of county commission ers held their regular monthly meeting at the courthouse Mon day, but there were no matters of great importance presented for consideration, the business before the board consisting of routine ap proval of bill and adjusting of tax claims, is warm enough so that the lack of power will not inconvenience customers with motor driven stok ers, and if , the weather will per mit outside work. At present the substation in Franklin on Iotla street is sup plied over the line built by the town of Franklin, extending from the power plant to the Bryson City highway and then down the road along the river, to Iotla street. While there have been two separate sources of power for Franklin, including the Franklin power house and the . company's transmission system, this line has been the only line to the Frank lin substation, which furnishes the service for all the household and commercial customers in the town of Franklin. The company is build ing another line to the substation to provide two separate lines into Franklin, so that if trouble de velops on the one line, service in Franklin can - be re-established quickly by throwing two switches. The power will be off Sunday to allow the company to install additional equipment in the Frank lin (substation to receive this new line, as one step in the program. At the same time some of the older equipment will be replaced with up-to-date material. It is re gretted that it is necessary to have the power off, but it is impossible to safely do the necessary work with the power on, as is done in many instances. J - TTje supply to customers outside HjfjFranklin will not be affected except for those who live on the Georgia highway towards Prentiss. The hours of two to four on Sunday afternoon were chosen as those during which the people of Franklin would be least inconven ienced by the lack of power. World Day Of Prayer To Be Observed The World Day of Prayer Fri day, February 9, observed by ments of candidates to the Ann- churches all over the world on the pame flay, will be observed in Two troops of Franklin Girl Scouts joined in the drive for Fin nish 'relief funds Saturday and raised $31.42 during the day. . The two troops were headed by Mrs. Charles Melichar and Mrs. John Wasilik, Jr., and tables were placed in the postoffice, Bank of Franklin, Perry's and Angej's drug stores, Cagle's Cafe and the New Macon Theatre. .- ' The girls made all the arrange ments themselves, planning; the de tails of organization and work as part of .the scout program of community service and develop ment of individual responsibility. Below is a list of thuse who gave the girls ,50 cents or more; which totals $12.50. Smaller contri butions amounted tb $18.92, making the whole sum collected $31.42: - L. H. Page, $1.00; J. E. Perry .50; Clyde West, .50; Mrs. John Angel, $1.00: J. K. Franklin. .50: H. W. Cabe, $1.00; Mrs. McCarty, l.UU; W. C. Ledbetter, $1.00; Rev. J. il. Vinson, $1.00; R. N. Stiles, $1.00; Dr. Edgar Angel, .50; C. M. Moore, .50; M. D. Billings, $1.00; Harley Dunbar, .50; James L. Ayerell. .50; L. J. Dalton, $1.00. The box supper which is to be given at the agricultural building Friday night is expected to realize a nice amount, and Mayor J. Frank Ray. who is chairman, of the cam paign, expects to remit to head quarters in Raleigh a sum which will make a creditable showing for Macon county. LOYALTY DRIVE ATM.LCHURCH Crusade To Begin Sunday Feb. 25 And Continue For Ten Sundays apolis navy academy, and it will be of interest to the many friends of Gihner Andrew Jones, Jr., to learn that he has been named first alternate in a list of fctir. The candidates will soon be given mental and physical examinations for admission to the academy i in mid-summer. Andrew is now a student at I Brevard college. irankhn with a service at the Methodist church at 3 o'clock. The service is , in charge of the Wo man's Missionary society, and mem bers of the missionary societies qS the other churches are cordially invited to unite with them in pray ers for peace and good will, shar ed by Christianss: during the 24 hour day around the world. As The World Turns A BriefSurvey of Current Events In State, Nation and Abroad. The War In Europe FINLAND While Finnish successes continue in spite of repeated Russian drives, military observers predict that resistance will be worn down by sheer numbers before the sum mer unless large reinforcements come (Soon. From Paris comes a demand for "complete aid" for the Finns and ' a secret meeting last week of the supreme allied war council portends immediate aid. The Finnish embassy in London is permitted to recruit volunteers, Scandinavia is pouring in soldiers and supplies; airplanes tre going in from England, France and 'Italy. A senate committee in Washing ton has approved a loan of $20,000, 000 more to Finland for supplies, while there is general approval of Senator Pat Harrison's resolution for the private purchase of bonds issued for this purpose, that would be available for purchase of . war supplies. Relentless Soviet bombings of Finnish towns and cities, causing many deaths, included the bomb ing on Tuesday of their own men in a Finnish prison. The seven-day drive against the Mannerheim line has reported Red Army dead at 5,000. and 1,500 killed in the north ern sector. ! ENGLAND AND FRANCE January figures report at least 84 ships sunk by planes, subma rines and mines, both merchant and war craft of belligerents and neu trals. Press and radio report daily additions to this number. BALK IN CONFERENCE - A three-day week-end conference of the ' Balkan entente Rumania, Yugoslavia, Greece and Turkey, ended with their determination to remain united in their purpose to keep southeastern Europe out of war, and for their mutual economic and friendly relations with other powers. .' BRITISH-IRISH TENSION Following the execution of two IRA zealots, condemned for a bomb blast at Coventry last Aug ust, guards have been increased around public buildings and other precautions taken against further violence in England from the out lawed Irish Republican Army. The extreme Irish nationalists may force resignation of their presi dent, De Yalera. as a result of the trouble. NEW CO-OP UNIT FOR SpN CO. Nineteenth Warehouse Of Federation To Open February 17 ii. -; , 1 . Warehouse No. 19. latest addi tion to the Farmers Federation's growing system of cooperative tarm stores, will be formally open ed in our neighboring town of iiryson City on Saturday, Febru ary 17. The brick building was. recently completed and is conven iently located on Main, street. Fixtures have been installed in the building and it is now being stocked, with farm supplies plows, implements, poultry and livestock feeds, seeds, harness, hardware and a number of other lines. The building has been specially design ed for handling farm supplies and storing agricultural products, which the Federation plans to buy from Swain county farmers. Opening exercises, it was an nounced, will start at 10 o'clock in the morning. James G. K. Mc Clure, president of the coopera tive ; Guy M. Sales, general man ager, and a number of other ex ecutives of the organization are expected to attend and to make brief addresses. Music will be sup plied by the Federation's string band. John R. Jones, formerly assis tnat manager of the Federation's Sylva warehouse, has been appoint ed manager of the Bryson City unit, and Frank Smiley, of Bryson City, lias been named assistant manager. . RUSSIAN U. S. RELATIONS STRAINED The house on Wednesday voted down two attempts to sever dip lomatic relations with Russia. LOANS TO FilNLAND AND CHINA A senate committee has approv ed a $100,000,000 increase in the Export-Import bank's capital, per mitting loans to Finland and China. . ECONOMY FORCES DEFEATED Coalition of western and south amendment reducing air navigation afendment reducing . air navigation maintenance facilities of the civil aeronautics authority from 12 mil lion to 11 million. Other proposed reductions were reversed by the senate. , ' JAPAN PREPARES FOR TROUBLE -WITH U.S. In Tokyo yesterday the Japa nese government told parliament that it was preparing for ''antici pated difficulties" in its economic relations with the U. S. and was considering the question of abro gating the nine-power treaty of 1922. This discussion centered on (CpAtiawd m Pag Six) Bunco Party For Library February 14 A Bunco party at Miss Lassie Kelly's tea room will be given on Wednesday evening, February 14--Valentine's Day beginning at 8:30 o'clock. The entertainment will be sponsored by the Eastern Star, for the benefit of the Franklin library. All friends who are interested in the library are earnestly requested to attend and enjoy the party, thereby aiding -the library in rais ing necessary funds for running expenses. The use of the library is entirely free, so that money must be given from time to time. Refreshments will be served and prizes given. For two or three weeks the Methodist '"church has been pre paring for a Loyalty Crusade which will begin 'on Sunday, February-. 25. The Crusade will con tinue for ten Sundays. February 18 is to be observed ai roll call day. Every member who possibly can is. expected to be present for the roll call. , Next week the plans wiil be fur thered by a number of group meet ings, as follow s : On Monday night the stewards and their wives will be the guests of the pastor and his wife and a dinner meeting. The Rev. W. L Hutching, district superintendent of the Waynesville district, will be the guest speaker. On Tuesday night the council of, the church school, together with the class, of ' young adults will meet at the church for a supper followed by a business meeting. Children of school age, not in cluding high school, are meeting on Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock for a party. Mrs. Pearl Hunter and Mns. Zeb Conley will be in charge. Thursday night all the young people will meet for a combined social and business meeting. This group will be directed by the .teach er of the young people's class, R. S. Jones. The women of the two mission ary societies and the adult Sun day school class will meet at the church on Friday at 3 o'clock for their crusade enlistment. It is very important that this meeting be well attended. The following persons are being asked to assist the pastor with special work for the crusade: Mrs. R. G. Beshears, Mrs. W. A. Rog ers, Harley R. Cabe. Miss Grace Baird, Mrs. P. F. Callahan, Mrs. Zeb Conley, J. S. Conley, Mrs. J. S. Conley, Mrs. Roy Cunninghauv Miss Margaret Cozad, Dr. W. E. Furr, Harold T. Sloan. Mrs. W. T. Moore, Mrs. Carl Tysinger, Mrs. Gordon Moore, Mrs.' Grace Omo hundra, Miss Mildred Roper, and Miss Dorothy. Sloan. ' Each of the ten Sundays will be featured by a special sermon by the pastor, and a .list of the ser mon topics with their respective dates will be provided for each home. Watch The Franklin Press for further announcements. Baptist Church Items Sunday morning at 11 a. m. the pastor. Rev. C F. Roberts, will preach on ' the theme, "Scriptural Leaven", and at 7:30 p. m. will continue his series of messages on "The Seven Letters of Jesus and His Seven Parables." Services will be held at the pris on camp at 3 p. m. Sunday. Next week is Baptist Training Week in our church activities. Ex ecutive meeting with Mrs. I. T. Peek Tuesday night at 7:30. Mrs. Clyde Gailey and daughter, Lela Jo, visited friends in Clay ton. Ga., last. week. Ritter Co. To Observe Golden Anniversary The W. M. Ritter Lumber com pany has issued invitations to a golden anniversary dinner on the evening of February 24, at the Deshler-Wallick hotel, Columbus, Ohio, at which Mr William Mc- Clellan Ritter, the founder of the company, will be the guest of honor. The year 1940 marks the 50th anniversary of Mr. Ritter's entry into the lumber manufacturing business. Mr. Ritter, a native of Pennsyl vania, a& a young man, Decame the pioneer lumber manufacturer of the Appalachian hardwood region, soon after coal was discovered near Bluefield, W. Va., and when the Norfolk and Western Railway extended but a few miles west- . ward of Bluefield. The company is sending invita-1 tions to the anniversary celebra tion to its various division - and plant superintendents and manag ing personnel and their 1 wives at its various plants in West Vir ginia, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky : to all sales representatives and their, wives, and the staffs of its affiliated companies. This announcement will be of much interest in North Carolina, as the company has operated ex- ' tensively in this state for more than a third of a century. In fact, its operations, with the exception of West Virginia, have been more extensive in this state than any other one state. It has operated ' large properties in Swain. Macci, Clay, , Caldwell, Burke and Avery, counties. - S. M. Wolfe, of Swannanoa, is its division superintendent, having in charge its plants in North and South Carolina, and Tennessee. Landon C. Bell, secretary and gen eral counsel of the company, was formerly a resident of Asheville. Mrs. Walter W. McConnell was called to Highlands Saturday on account of the serious illness of her mother, Mrs. Martha McLeod.