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ACE EIGHT THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONJAN THURSDAY, AUGUST 10, 1939 SILERS HOLD 89THREUNION , (Continued from ' Page One) . to "guy" the old maids as'. usual. A male member of the family came to their rescue and said there were no such things any more as old maids and suggested this com mittee's name be. changed to "Ca- i reer Women"- which met with ap proval. As always there were a few who had not attended in twen'ty, thirty and thirty-five years, and as usual there were those Who had come a great distance. Mrs. (ieorge Bidwell Sloan, a new mem ber of the family since last meet- ing cainc from Wyoming, Mary Robinson Daniels and daughter, J lope, from New York City; Mrs. J-'loy Siler English from Tennes see brought three daughters and their 'three ' husbands who had joined 'the family since, last meet . ing. The very, very young daugh-. ters of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Jones and Mr. and Mrs. Tlios. porter, Jr were presented to the family. They gave . us a cool look from their clear blue eyes as if to say: "It will take more -than this group of relatives to make an impres sion on us.' Carrie Sloan Crawford was not able to attend, this meeting an she and her hundred individual frosted .sponge cakes were missed lor the first tune in many years The wonder of. the meeting was, that again we had Cousin Hattic Moore with us at the age of 9b, . who remembers the first meeting 89 years ago! At first she an her husband, Capt. ".Irish . Bill Moore rode from Clay county horse back. Then she came with a baby , in front on the saddle. 1 hen with one before and one be ,.. hind. After awhile both had . child before and 'behind 'them on saddles. Then it took a top bug . gy and later a covered wagon, the journey taking day.s and night over bad- roads. ' G. Lyle Jones of Ashevillc pre sented Cousin Hattie with some tokens of esteem from the family which she received with a smile . and bright brown eyes. - "Uncle" Enilas Siler, former slave . of Jesse R. Siler, was present and was asked to make a speech. He .said: ."1 am no orator, but I am ...proud to belong to the good name of Siler. Don't ever stop having '..these meetings so the young onrt . will try to live up to the name.' Mrs. Carl Slagle invited the meeting 'for next year. This gives .j-the family the opportunity to play the same trick on "Carl and Lou ise" that was. used on "Maude and : . Gilmer" last year. The meeting and all arrangements were so per fect the family decided that we had met with Maude, that time, a descendant of a sister, Esther Low- ery, and that this year we would just return and, meet with Gilmer, a descendant of William Siler. "Louise'' is a descendant of Wil . liam Siler, so the year after next we tan jnst go back and meet with "Carl," a Jacob Siler de ' scendantl Spanish Movie Star Seeks U. S. Honors 1 114 vr v :i d : Held Last Sunday The fifth reunion of the Young family was held Sunday, August 6, at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J; L. Young on Franklin Route 2. The picnic dinner was ' served in tne grove near dv. The children were all present, ' namely, Mr. and Mr,. Louis Young and small son, Michael, of Clayton, Ga.; Mr. and Mrs. John T. Young, of Athens, Ga.; Mrs; L. A. Keener, and children, Betty and John; Mrs. L. A. Jollay, of Johnson City, Tenn., Edwin, Kenneth, and Catherine. Nieces and nephews of Mr. Young were' Mr. and Mrs. Vance ' Van 'hook, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Led ' better and family, Mr. and Mrs. Gene Lewis of Clarkesville, Ga. ; Cousins present were Mr. and Mrs. Javan Gray, and daughter, Lucy - their grandchildren, Mary an Howard Davis, of Demorast, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Gray and fain ily, Mr.- and Mrs. John Ferguson ' and son, Charles,, their daughter, Mrs. Roberr Fulton and Mr. Ful ton, Mrs Elam Gray and small daughter, of Lyman, Wash., Mrs Chas. McClure and family came in the afternoon. Friends and near neighbors present were: Mr. and , Mrs. Emory Keener and son, Will Mrs. Edgar Vanhook, Mrs. Henry Vanhook, Mr. and Mrs; Rufus Cook and sons. Kenneth and Miss Mary Manzo, center, South American beauty, will seek further honors at the Los Angeles international beauty pageant when that contest opens September 22. Miss Manzo is known in Brazil and Argentina as Marie Belmar, Spanish movie actress. Left to right are Jean French, Maxine Tulloss, Mary Manzo, Blanche Taylor and Peggy Baumgartner. As the World Turns Shocked by U, S. ir v.. ADDITIONAL FRANKLIN SOCIAL ITEMS Shocked when the United States abrogated the 1911 Japanese-U. S. commercial treaty, Tatsuo Kawai. Japanese foreign office spokesman, intimated Japan would not demand U. S. recognition of its "new order in East Asia" as a new pact basis. Funeral Services Held Sunday For Mrs. Stewart Ja Supper Saturday Night At Clark's Chapel There will be a box and pie supper given at the Clark's Chapel Methodist church on Saturday , night, August 12, beginning at S o clock. Ihe proceeds from the saies will be used lor the benetit "of the Children's Home at Win - ston-Salcm. The public is invited . to attend. CARD OF THANKS ur. ...:,,u .' vv.c wiaii iu iiidiiK uui jiiaiiy friends for their kindness and help during the. sickness and death of our sister and aunt. E. V. Ammohs and Family, Mrs. J". .W. Williams and Family. Up - i Funeral services for Mrs. Mary ane Stewart, 63, were held Sun day morning at 1L o'clock at the Yellow Mountain Baptist church in ackson r . ity. The Rev. R. C Morgan otnciated. Interment was in the church cemetery. Mrs. SteVart died at the. home f her daughter, Mrs. Quince Iled- en, in tne VValnut Creek section Saturday' morning at 4:30 o'clock. Death was caused by pneumonia. Mrs. Stewart was born January 27, 1876, the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Hi H. Taylor. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Quince lledden, of Walnut Creek; four sons, Howard Stewart, of Etna; Henry , and Frank Stewart, of Norton, Jackson county, and Alex Stewart, of Dayton,- Ohio; six sisters, Mrs. Lela Bumgarner, of Glenville; Mrs. Logan Clark, f Cullasaja; Mrs. Taylor lloldeu, f Greenville, S. C; Mrs. Martha Leakwire, of Judson, Swain coun ty; Mrs. Lyle Wilson and Mrs. Sada Bryson, of Cullowhee; two brothers, W. A. Taylor, of Glen ville, and Howell Taylor, of Can ton, and 19 grandchildren. Rickman Reunion Held Last Sunday The annual Rickman reunion was held Sunday' at the home o Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rickman at West's Mill, with approximately 125 descendants and invited friend present. . The morning was spent in renew ing old acquaintances and getting acquainted with those attending lor the firsj tunc. . Following the picnic dinner ser'v cd in a pine grove, the . secretary Mrs. Frank 1. Murray, .ave her report, there had been three wed dings, two births, and no deaths during the past year. the speakers during the after noon were: Ihe Rev. Allen Man ley, Rosinan, a grandson of the late Rev. Mcrritt Rickman. in whose memory this reunion is held annually : Ihe Rev. N. E. Holden, pastor of the ' Liberty Baptist church, Leathcrnian. and Mis,s Minerva Rickman. of Toccoa. Ga. The new officers elected were Roland R. Rickman, West's Mill. president, and Robert Rickman, secretary.- Ihe reunion will be held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. liohert Rickman again next year, , Mr. and 'Mrs. J. L. West, of McKinney, Texas, are spending sev eral days with Mr. West's broth er, J. 'A: West and Mrs. West, at their home in West Franklin, This is Mr. West's first visit back to Macon county- in about 23 years. ' Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Baird, Ralph W. Welch and '.sister, Miss Mer rill Welch, have returned from Carolina Beach, where they spent four days attending the North Carolina State Firemen's conven tion. Mrs. T. L. Smith and daughter, AlyDean, of Rockwood, Tenn., have been the,, house guests of Mr. and Mrs. . James Fowler for the past 10 days. Dr. and Mrs. Roger Cutcheon, of Tulane University, New Orleans, La., are .spending several days at "Sunnyside Farm," guests of Mrs. W. W. Sloan. C. L. l'otts, who has been work ing in the A & P store in Cop perhill, Tenn., is spending his two weeks' vacation with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Potts, at their home in East Franklin. Mr. and Mrs! J. A. West and children have returned from Green ville, S. C-, where they spent .sev eral days visiting relatives and friends. Mr. and Mrs.. Hugh Starr have returned to their home in Atlanta after spending the week-end with Mrs. Starr's sister, Mrs. Frank lligdon- and Mr. Higdon, at their home on Bidwcll street. On their return they were accompanied by their daughter, Hugh Ann, who had spent several days with, her aunt, .Mrs. liigdon. ' B. C. Munday, Jr., of Atlanta, spent the week-end with his aunt, Mr,. James Fowler, at her home on Mam street. Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Smith and two sons, lhomas and Jeff, Jr., are . spending a tew days with Mrs. Smith's sister, Mrs. Harold T. Sloan and Mr. Sloan. Little Miss Gay Evans, of Sparta, is spending a few weeks visiting Mns. A. B. O'Mohundro at her home at Mimosa Inn. Tom Morrow, of Statesville. is here for a visit to his daughter, Mrs. 1". S. Sloan and Mr. Sloan, at their home in East Franklin. Dick Conley, who -underwent an operation at Angel hospital last vvetk for the. removal of his"ap- peiulix, has returned to the home' of his father, George Conley, on iotla street. ' Hon.- J. M. Broughton of Ral eigh, former senator and candidate for Governor in 1940, and Mrs Brotighton are guests at Kelly l ea Koom. , Dr. and Mrs. L. C. Clark, of Winter Park, Fla., are guests at irimont Inn. Dr. Clark, who was lormerly president of American University, Washington, D. C, is interested in the study of Macon county minerals. air. anu Mrs. i, i. Scott, o Clearwater, Fla., are again spend mg their vacation in Franklin I hey are guests at Kelly Tea Kooin. OFFSET i-.xperis . estimate mat the in crease in Granville county tobac co acreage this year will not equal tne . loss irom wilt, report W. B Jones, assistant farm' agent. EXPERIMENTING Mrs. E. A. Pember, Thurman, is experimenting with feeding cream cry waste to her hogs along with some supplement, reports P. M. Cox, assistant farm agent of Cra ven. county. FAVORABLE The U. S. Department of Com merce has announced that the United States sold $320,864,000 more merchandise abroad in the irst'half of the year, than it our- chased from .foreigner. (Continued From Pag One) roads,-and the method of payment of purchase price. . ' CONGRESSMAN WEAVER HOME AGAIN Congressman Weaver has re turned to his home in Asheville after the adjournment of congress. . SENATOR REYNOLDS SAILS FOR ITALY Senator Reynolds left last week accompanied by his daughter, Miss Reynolds, for an extended trip to Italy. '', PRESIDENT DIRECTS ECONOMY President' Roosevelt, on. Wed nesday ordered all government de-- pariment and agency heads to make substantial savings" in the money voted by congress for this fiscal year, and trim estimates for their needs for the 12 months beginning July 1940. YOUNG DEMOCRATS IN CONVENTION Meeting in Pittsburgh for their fourth, annual convention. the Young Democrats are expected to otter opposition to the recently enacted Hatch bill forbidding gov eminent employees to be active in political campaigns. Other resolu lions are expected to urge continu ance of the essentials of the New Deal for 1940. ,..-. TWO ARMY FLYERS KILLED Death of two army aviators in a mid-air crash on Wednesday cast a grim shadow over the opening ot the war games' at Plattsburg, N. Y., in which 50,000 soldiers will take part. . DRIVE AGAINST CRIME ine x'euerai uovernment on Monday set in motion one of the biggest crime drives' in its his tory "a co-ordinated campaign to smash a crime trust made up of loosely linked underworld mobs operating over 'the nation. It had as its first objective the capture of Louis (Lepke) Buchalter, fugitive gangster, described by District At torney lhomas E. Dewey as "the most dangerous industrial rack eteer in the United States. . TAFT A CAN DIC ATE Senator Robert A. Taft. of Ohio. has expressed a willingness to be come a candidate for the Repub lican presidential nomination in 1940. MORE LOUISIANA SCANDAL Fonher Governor Richard W Leche, of Louisiana, and Seymour Weiss, hotel magnate and political accomplice, were indicted by a lederal grand jury last week on charges of violating the "hot oil" act, when quantities of contra band oil was shipped through Louisiana and Texas for foreign exportation. SUPREME COURT LIBERALIZED In a statement made Monday night before leaving, Washington for Hyde Park and a vacation trip on board the "Tuscaloosa", rresiaent KooseveLt made the statement that the objectives of his 19J7 court reorganization plan had been accomplished. Six of the seven parts of his original pro posal had been enacted into law. and the seventh had been accom plished through the supreme court itself, he pointed out. BUSINESS TREND UP Secretary of Commerce Hopkins aid , Tuesday that business pro gress during July represented a continuation of a "recovery move ment" started in May, with acti vity well ahead of a vear airo in all major lines. NEW EUROPEAN THREATS Yogoslavia has refused German and Italian demands for use of her railroads and axis supervision of her economic and military centers in event of European war. Wjth uie support ot Jjntam and France Premier Cvetkovich flew to Italy on inursuay to tell .Italy's leaders that his country will maintain strict neutrality even if it is nec essary to use her arms to do so, -., UNITED STATES AND FRANCE SIGN AIR PACTS The United States and France signed two reciprocal agreements for air navigation which provide that each government shall accord to the airlines of the other the right to at least two round trips a weeic. JAPAN AND THE AXIS High officials close to the em peror, including the premier, and even the army high command were described on Wednesday to be opposed to the sweeping commit ments to the Rome-Berlin axis urged by the "young officers." The army command was said to want nothing beyond a mutual' aid pact aimed solely at Soviet Russia. DANZIG AND POLAND V irOUDIe IS Still brewing between Germany and Poland in regard to the Free city of Danzig, Nazi, Ho, Hum I'm All Right In weather like this, there's noth ing like comfortable clothing and a cooling drink, according to six-months-old Diane Alien of Forest Hills, N. Y. "Bster," her alert pal, objects to the heat, too. Classified Advertisements FOR .RENT Newly ' furnished bed room next to bath. Continuous" hot water. Mrs. D. G. Stewart. . AlOttc FOR SALE OR RENT House, on Harrison avenue, newly re paired and painted. B. C. Munday. Hp . ' ' . FEMALE HELP WANTED Housekeeper, white, good cook, three adults, go home nights. P. O. Box. 46, Franklin. Hp dominated port of Poland. Nazi Leader Forster .speaks tonight on what he terms . "the unbelievable threat of the Poles to shoot Dan zig down with cannon." , BORN, A PRINCESS A booming Sl-gun salute told the Netherlands. Saturday that . Crown, Princess Juliana had presented, the nation with another princess and not the son it had hoped for to break the line of feminine ascen dancy. Her name is Irene. ANOTHER EXPLOSION IN LONDON Several persons were injured in London last Friday when an ex plosion tore a hole in the roof of a building near St. Paul' Cathed ral. The last explosion was a bomb at Kings Cross station on , July a,- attriDuied to the Irish- Repub lican army. FOR SALE For the next 60 days we are offering good dry inch $10 oak lumber at $9 per 1,000 feet. Also good dry inch chestnut lumber at $11 per lOOO feet. Zickgraf Hardwood Co., ltc Franklin, N. C. TOR SALE An exceptionally good cow, one-half Jersey, one- half Guernsey. Now giving gallons rich milk. When fresh gives over 41 gallons. In splendid con dition. C. F. - Redden, Box 397, Highlands, N. C. ltc GOOD RESULTS Roy Henson, Sylva, Jackson county, reports excellent results trom the use of lime applied to oats which he seeded last spring, saying the grain made more growth and had a better color than that on unlimed land. BARGAINS ! FACTORY RECONDITIONED SINGER SEWING MACHINES AT ONE-THIRD THE ORIGINAL PRICE Bryant Furniture Co. oi f0! ! tk.1 HI Fm m I1EI 1 I - -1 OI . Yo' """ do" I wt L"SS w.v O GRADES ,f SOLES and HBfLS to suit vour Wiw mi4 your punt MACON SHOE SHOP Formerly Wilton's Shoe Shop ' Et Main St Franklin, N. C I WOE S 2 l-Ih. bag 40-11 bag Rose Royal Flour Dixie Home MUk mU or 4 large. Peanut Butter 1"tjar Relish Spread or Salad Dressing, qt. Salt or Matches Ernst Corn Flakes, box 50c $1.17 23c 20c 21c 5c 5c Wesson Oil, pint 21c JARS Pt., doz. 65c Qt., doz 75c !4-GaL; doz $1.00 CANNING NEEDS Can Lids, doz 20c Rubbers, 3 doz. 10c I Sugar, 100 lbs. $4.85 1 Sure-Jell, 2 pkgs. .25c Vinegar, gal 19c Fat ltaek9 lb. 7e Streak o5 Lean, 3 lbs. 25c Sliced Bacon, lb. Stew Ilcef , lb. Pork Sausage, lb. Hamburger, lb. beese, lb. 17e 12 l-2c 15c 15c 16c i
