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VOL. LIV. NO. 33
FRANKMN. N C THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1939
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REVIVAL DRAWS
LARGE IKUWUS
l aoemacle Services Are
Mtiracting Much
Ucnuon
1 he revival campaign now on in
the friendship lauernacle , for
lianklin anil Macon counly is
'moving in a pleasing way. The
auiliences, are growing with eacn
Hour ol worship, 1 lie old hymns
Willi a Gospel message are being
used al all hours by the song lead
er, me Kev. laul 1-ox, who' ai:o
U speaking to the young people
each uay and directing in iiiule
study and choruses.
Dr. Attiiur i-ox is presenting the
gospel in'ail eilective and telling
way. He has a way an ins om,
anil to hear him inter, lew a Lnoic
character is to never target it. His
rieti experiences in the iiiuiisuy
and ins evangelistic work that have
taken him throughout the entire
Southland and in the north and
.east have auded to his usefulness
and power in no little way.
Sunday alteruoon there will be
a mass ineeiiiig in the iabernacle
at i:iJ at winch time Dr. rox
will speak ion "'1 he Imperiled Lib
erties ol our Nation." This is a
prophetic and patriotic interpre
tation anl presentation of the con
ditions of our country. What is the
matter with us r What put us in
this condition? Are we headed, for
the rocks? Is there any way out?
An outstanding minister who heard
the evangelist on this subject said,
"Every citizen, boy and girl, should
hear this message. Fox is at his
best in this theme., lie sees with
the eye of a seer, he thinks with
the mind of a statesman, and
speaks with the voice of a prophet."
At the evening hour Dr. Fox
will discuss: "Prisoners of Hope."
Preaching daily - in the Methodist
church at 9:4a a. m. and in the
Tabernacle each evening at 7:45.
Everybody invited.1
Kev. Paul Fox will preach at the
Presbyterian church next Sunday
morning at 11 o'clock and Kev.
Arthur Fox will preach at the
Baptist church "at tlie"same hour.
Thad Smith To Enter
r r act ice Ot Law
Thad D. Smith, former city
clerk of Highlands, who practiced
law in Tennessee before moving
l.j Highlands, was last week ad
mitted to practice in North Caro
lina by the state bar association,
and will soon open an office and
will practice in the courts of this
section.
Mr. Smith has many civic and
fraternal al filiations, and has a
host of friends throughout the
county who will be glad to learn
that he is to remain here permanently.
IPower Company Expanding
Service In This Territory
The Nantahala Power & Light
company, whose headquarters are
in Franklin, has recently announced
the completion of several exten
sion, and U at present further
expanding its lines.
A line from the Power Com
pany's large sub-station at Sylva
to Cullowhee has recently been
completed. This line will serve the
Western Carolina Teachers' col
lege at Cullowhee, where a large
number of new -buildings are be
ing completed. The electric ser
vice for the college and town of
Cullowhee has formerly been serv
ed by a small power plant owned
by. the college but due to the
many new buildings being provided
for the college and due to growth
of the town, this .small plant is no
longer adequate. The construction
of the line to Cullowhee by the y
power 'Company will assure the col
lege and the residents of the town
of a dependable and adequate
source of electricity.
L)r. 11. T. Hunter, president of
Ihe college at Cullowhee, closed
the switch at Sylva on August
4 to send the power over the new
line to Cullowhee.
A large amount of work has been
completed by the company at its
power plant at Lake Emory on
the Little Tennessee river, near
Franklin, This work was done to
increase the ' amount of power
available for Highlands Cashiers
Valley, and the Cullasaja and Car
toogecliaye sections. The require
ments of these sections have in
creased considerably in the last
few years, but the new work will
supply adequate power for many
more years.
In connection with this' work,
the voltage on the line into Frank
lin and to Iotla bridge and West's
y
Given To Library By Mrs.
Angie W. Cox
v
A gift of SO books ha.s been made
lo the Franklin public library by
Airs. Angie W. Cox, oi Walworth,
Wis., through Miss Lassie Ivehv,
i iiu.ii man oi the liurai y committee.
Mrs, Cox expressed her intention
ol making further gilts of uooks,
with the wish that they be made
available to readers in ru.al sec
tions as well as in town.
The list of look,s is as follows ;
Why Not i ry Codf, .vlary l ivk
loid; Fifty Le.it 1 oems of Eng
land, Fitly iicst Poems of Amer
ica, Shrewcsoury ; '. Child s Cardeii
ul Verses, Sleienson; Liook of
Gratitude,' Kaiiiman; Address on
Christian Science, Carpenter;
Where Love Is Theie God Is, iol-.-.toi;
Alice in Orc.hcstralia, La
Trade; Stones- Iroin tne uibit,
lc i.a Mare; Staiidaul DLiiouary,
J - link. & Wagnall; Lung ' kci'iieuiucr,
Kanlor; Wind from tne .Woun
tains, Culbraasseti ; Listen lor a
Lonesome Drum, Carnicr; kciiowii,
lljiigh; '1 he Constitution, .viussai
ti; 'talking . Leaves, King; Seeing
Stars, White; . Leif luikson the
Lucky, Kunnner; Seven GiassHuts,
Alatsciiat; Crcat. Short Stories ol
All Nations, Lieber; Selection ironi
lluee L-ssays, Wagner; Practical
Carpentry 2 Vol., Kadford; A
T'oitune to Share, Young; Since
Calvary, Browne; Spreading Dawn,
King; Along the Trail, By the
Roadside, through the Woods, On
the Way There, At the Door, ( On
the hilltop, In the Valley, Yates;
Man ol Calilee, Barton; What We
Hear in Music, Faulkner; Here,
Stocking;' The Golden Lady, Cai
itiner; ihe Fruit of the Family
Tree, Wiggam; 1 Went to lit
College, (jiliillan; We Are Ten,
Hurst; No Star Is Lost, Farrell;
If You Want to Get Ahead, Sher
man; The Hundred Years, Cuedci
la; Great Short Stories ol the
World, Clark tv Lieber; All This
and Heaven Too (3 copies;, Held.
Matter For Publication
Must Be Signed
The i'ress is constantly receiv
ing through tiie mails wedding an
nouncements and other matters for
publication which are unsigned.
All of ' these communications go
immediately into the waste basket.
It is not necessary or even our
wish to print the names of sign
ers, but we must know who is re
sponsible, even if the matter is
only a short local item.
Singers To Meet At
Ellijay Next Sunday
The southern division of the Ma
con County Singing Convention
will meet with the Ellijay Baptist
church Sunday, August 20, al 1 :J0
o'clock p. in., as announced by O.
C. Corbin, president. Everybody
invited.
XI ill, from , the power plant, has
been changed so that it is now
passible Uo provide electric ser
vice from this line for many people
who live near it. A large number
of people who live along the high
way from Franklin to West's Mill
are now planning to have their
houses wired and will be connect
ed by the company.
Many families along tne high
way from Franklin to Gneiss have
had electricity installed in their
homes in the iast year, and more
are connected each month. A. line
to the Cartoogechaye settlement
was completed several months ago.
The company is at present build
ing a line near Andrews to .serve
a new talc mine which is being
opened and is also connecting a
stave mill at Andrews. A line is
being started in Graham county to
serve about 20 families in the Tal
lulah section.
Since the reduction in the resi
dential lighting rate, put into ef
fect several months ago, many of
the families served by the power
company have installed new electric
appliances and equipment. The
company recently purchased a
demonstration electric pump and
has installed it in the office of
S. W. Mendenhall, county agent,
where it has attracted attention.
The headquarters of the Nanta
hala Power and Light company,
which was transferred from Bryson
City to Franklin in 1937, is located
in the Billings building. The ad
ministrative' offices occupy the en
tire second floor, with a large show
room and public service office on
the first floor.
J. E. S. Thorpe is president of
the company, with a .staff of engi
neers, other officials, office and
line employees, numbering more
than 20 perioni.
Mitchell Field
j a &P4 B vj v -MJ) Ms -!
Sergt. C. L. Birch took on the Job of guide and informant for a group of youngsters who helped the
army celebrate the thirtieth birthday of its air corps at Mitchell field in New York recency. The sergeant is
showing the youngsters some of the tools used in air fighting, including a machine gun Which s'.:oots pictures
Instead of bullets. It is used in air target practice, and its pictures show whether the gunner scored a hit or miss.
The machine gun-camera takes rapid-fire pictures, anj the "gunner's" aim must be Just as accura e to get
pictures as it is ia actual aerial combat to score a direct hit.
BEAN GROWERS
Shipments From County
i ms tason bout
lb,U0J Busheis
W. L. Richardson, who conies lo
Franklin eveiy summer to buy
Lreans and other products, .staled
.Monday that he had bought and
shipped this season approximately
it'.oOO bushels of -beans, and ex
perts to be buying and shipping
tor the next six weeks.
Mr. Richardson also stated that
truckers had probably bought ana
hauled away something like o.OoU
busiiew, making toial bean .saica
in the county aoout 15.1XKJ' bushels,
j Prices have ranged Ironi 50 cents
to SI. 50 per bushel during the sea
son, probably averaging around 7i
cents. 1 he prke has been down to
50 cents for the ' past lew days,
but Mr. Richai dson said that (lie
slump was temporary and tiiat he
expected the price lo g-o up again
wit iiin a short time.
As an instance of what can be
done by bean growers, Mr. Rich
ardson told of ' buying around SMI
jtishels from Carl S. Slagle which
had been produced on tniee acres,
i his means a cash return of more
than $J00 per acre at tne average
price.
" Macon counly also ships hun
dreds of tons of choice cabbage
each year, and many truckers are
already going into the cabbage
sections, though the season U just
beginning. Price at present is
per ton, which is good, but the
crop is said to be short this year.
Grand Matron
Visits Local Chapter Of
Eastern Star
Mrs. Harriett L. Powell, worthy
grand matron of the Order of the
Eastern Star of N.orth Carolina,
paid an official visit to Neqtiassa
Chapter No. 43, here Wednesday
evening, when a special communi
cation was held in the Masonic
hall..
Miss Lassie Kelly is worthy ma
tron of Neqtiassa chapter.
The hall was beautifully decorat
ed in a profusion of mixed garden
flowers.
A large crowd was present and
a very interesting and instructive
meeting was held, followed by a
delightful social hour. ,
Other visitors were: Mr.s'. Daisy
Mae Davis, of Andrews, past
grand matron; Miss Leuna Tat
ham, of Andrews, grand marshal;
Miss Louise Mason, Dillsboro, past
matron; Mrs. Ciimi Mason, Dills
boro, present matron; Mrs. F. J.
Porter, Albany, N. Y.; Mrs. Emma
Kincaid, Dillsboro, past worthy
matron, and lion L. McGlamery,
worthy patron of the Andrews
chapter.
Miss Elizabeth Slagle, district
deputy grand matron of the 12th
district, urges all members to at
tend the district meeting to be
held in Murphy Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Nichols
and children, of Jiackson, Miss.,
are spending several days visit
ing Mrs. "Nichols' mother, Mr,, C.
H. McClure, at her home on
Franklin Route 2,
Celebrates 30tli Air Crips Birthday
Wants Executioner's Job
Clarence Peddicord, 22, blind op
erator of a candy stand in Vancou
ver, Wash., was one of the many
unsuccessful applicants for the posi
tion of executioner at Sing Sing pris
on. The position was left vacant due
to' the Illness of Executioner Robert
Elliot. Peddicord is pictured with
his "Seelng-eye" dog.
i;ARM TOUR TO
OCCURAUG. 3d
till Inspect Crops And
See Cattle And .
Colt bhow
The ninth annual Rotary Farm
and Home Tour for Macon county
will be held Wednesday, August
30, 1939. The Motorcade will form
in front of the Agricultural build
ing and leave promptly at 9 o'clock.
On the tour there will be several
stops ot interest, including pure
bred livestock and good crops. Sev
eral different types of larm con
veniences will be demonstrated,
.ticu as water pumps, hydraulic
rams and ,seed saving devices.
A live-stock show inemdiug Cuern
sey cattle, colls, and beef i attic
will be held on the farm of J. Vv.
Addinglon. All entries for this show
should be on the grounds not later
than 11 o'clock. Anyone is eligible
to enter animals in the show.
The Women's Missionary Society
of the Union church will serve
the lunch, and a,s usual the charge
per plate will' be 5 cents.
Every one is invited to go on the
tour, have a good dinner and sn
a good live stock show.
Rummage Sale To
Be Held Saturday
A rummage sale will be held in
the vacant lot next to the John
Thomas Fruit stand, Saturday,
August 19, by the members of the
Mary Johnston Alltuan Missionary
Society.
Mrs. P. M. Hawkins and son,
Dickie, 'and Mrs, E. W. Haiti and
daughter, Martha Ann, all of Can
ton, Ohio, are .spending several
days here with Mrs, Hawkins'
aunt, Mrs. W, A. Kogers and Dr.
Rogers,
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LOCALS WIN
TWOjAMfcb
iefeat Raoun Gap Aa.
iiiawassee; l o Play
rligniands Kext
The baseball business has pickci.
.ip considerably in I raiikim ur t.u
.usl lew days, and a lot more
.allies are scheduled.
l.ast Saturday the Franklin team
..cut down to Kabun Cap, Ca., for
i game with Kabun Cap school
Jiich resulted in a score ot lo
0 o in lavor of i ranklm.
1 hen Sunday the lluvvasee, Ca.,
team came over ioi two ga...c-.
1 lie first game, which was inler
upte'd by .sliuvvers, went to the
ocals by a 5 l: 4 score. The sec
ond game was started but had to
je called on account of darkness.
The visitors were ahead when the
game was called.
Higdon was on the mound ior
Franklin in the first game ami
John Archer started behind the
oat, but an ' injured liaud iorcei
iiim out of the game and his plate
was taken by C. S. lir.own. John
vAavnc waf in the box lor the sec
ond game.
Tlit locals will play Kabun Cap
school in Iraukliu nel Satunlay
afternoon, and a double-header
with Highlands, alo "ii the home
.icKI, is scheduled lor Sunday
.lilcrnoon.
Thcic is much complaint among
the fans about the double-headers
-larting too late. The first game
is supposed to start at I o'clock,
hut usually gets going at 3, which
throws the second game so late
ihat many interested spectators are
lorccd to leave before it is over,
t is almost iuiiossiblc to play two
..imes in an afternoon unless the
irst is started by 2 o'clock.
The rivalry between Franklin and
Highlands is expected to result in
i large attendance at the games
.M;nday. .
As Tha World Turns
A Brief Survey of Current lCvents in Stale. Nation
and Abroad.
,vj. C. FEDERATION ,
OF LABOR !
The annual convention of the
N. C. Federation of Labor meet
ing in Raleigh has passed resolu
tions denouncing C. I. O., criticiz
ing' labor conditions on construc
tion nroiects for the Slate High
way and Public Works commission
and calling for employment of an
organizer of the tobacco industry
in Wiiiston-SaUni.
Speakers included (iov. Iloeyand
Ralph McDonald, who ran (iov.
Hocy a close race in the last gub
eruatioiial campaign.
STILL DESTROYED
IN POLK
The largest illegal liquor plant
found in W. N. C. for several
years was destroyed by federal and
state officers Tuesday in ihe Pea
Ridge section of Polk county. ,
HOEYS SPEAK AT
FARM MEET
Hoth Gov, and Mrs. Clyde lloey
will speak at the 27th annual farm
er's field day at the Mountain
WATER, STREET
ca.io i rojects Finished,
Others Ciokng
Forward
i . i . i
The progi am o. street, sidewalk,
sfner ami water extension work
uiinli has Ijccii in prugiess' in
r raiiRliu V ir sev eral ' inoiiths by
the l'. and tue, town' board- uaS
now progressed, suiiiciently so that
some I c-port. 'n tin s. o,,v Im
vv k can he .made.
I lie iiiilnvviiig slieets have been
or will be paved with rock and
asphalt and vviil have concrete,
i ii Hi ami 'guliiT'. k n e . a i e'w, Uak,
M.ila, liidvt'eil, I'iirt' ul West-Main
.mi I'orter.
-e sidewalks.' i.ave" been laid
on West ..lain and lolla and sec
tion!, ol -i . ii a I other-streets ha.e
ueen iiiijiic i-.d. -New side'v,alk,s will
also be la:d on a pan oi Kueruevv
.;id I'.ast Main.
-i- M-iit'.,. -,ia.e been put down
;ii liidvvili stitet,- West Boulevard
.iiid West Har.isoii avenue. Other
iines are planned but are waiting
ii pi,.e purciiased by WT'A. A
-ev.ae disposal plant is alu' under
(instruction.
. he foundation has been colli
ded for a l.SO.iKNI-galloii water
.nk. The tank will be erected in
)ctober and will give the town
total water .stura.Le capacity of
.i.i.Oll gallons.
Xevv 6-iucfi water mains totaling
,.er 11,I!(K) ieet with 15 new fire
.Irants have bein plaLil on Oak,
'dwell,-. We-t Lyle, West Main,
'ayah, South Porter,- 1 1 illci es,'.
I ive and the icorgia highway to,
.car city limits. .'Ihe 4-inch on
t'hurch street was connected to
he main on I larrisou avenue. I be
1-inch niaiii on Palmer street was
eplaced with i-inch pipe. A 4-inch
a n was laid on I'irst street in
.'.ast I raukliu anl a 2-iiuh main
u West Main street, lores! ave
ii'.e and part of Palmer .sireet.
Carlisle Show Proceeds
Co For Livestock Prizes
By S. W. MLNDENHALL
County Agent
banners of Macon count v are
rapidly becoming interested in the
improvement of their livestock. No
one can question the fact that much
has been accomplished along this
line. Many pure, bred sires for the
different types .of livestock have
been purchased and the results
from the sires are outstanding.
'I'o bring more clearly to 'our at
tention the strides that are being
made toward better live s.-t; a
.live stock show will be held in
connection wilh our farm and home
tour Wednesday, August 30. This
show will be held on the farm T
Mr. J..W. Addington. Anyone liv
ing in Macon county is eligible to
enter animals in this show. There
w ill be classes for ( ine ns"- lair
cattle, horse and mule colts, and
beef cattle. Cash prizes will be
i:ivcn in each class.
To help make the.se cash prizes
possible the Carlisle Hrothtys,
Radio Stars from Knoxville, Tenn.,
will put on a program in the
Franklin courthouse Saturday night,
August 19, at K p. m. Everyone
w ho al lends this slviw should have'
the time of their lives and at the
same time be helping to promote
the livestock industry of Macon
county.
test farm at Swannanoa today.
Mrs. Hocy speaks during the la
dies' program. Several thousand per-
v.uis are cxp'ectcd to attend.
1
3.000 ATTEND F. F. PICNIC
The Farmers Federation district
picnic at Swannanoa test farm on
Wednesday was attended by 3,000
people. James G. K. McClure, pres
ident and master of ceremonies, an
nounced that more than 14,000 had
attended 12 picnics this summer.
YOUNG DEMOCRATS
ENDORSE NEW DEAL
The Young Democrats National
Convention convening iii Pittsburgh
last Thursday heard a message
read from President Roosevelt in
which he urged continuation of the
N'ew Deal progressiv e program. The
convention indorsed the New Deal
and recommended nomination of
liberal candidates next year.
TVA TAKES OVER
IN TENNESSEE
The purchase of the Tennessee
(Continued on Paga Eight)