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PACE EIGHT THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONJAN THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, U39 COURT MEETS NEXTMONDAY Judge Pless To Preside; Very Few Matters To Be Handled The AtKst term of Macon su-' pcrior court will convene next Monday with judge J. Will . 1'lcss, Jr., of Marion presiding It is expected' that 'all the busi ness of the court can he concluded within three or four days. l'or the first time in many years no civil calendar was made up and there will be '.no jury trials of civil mat ters unless by agreement of coun sel: The civil business in sight consists almost entirely of motions and uncontested divorce suits. The criminal docket contains no important cases, most of them be ing misdemeanors in which pleas will probably be entered. Judge 1'less , found that he could be here only one week and jury men were .summoned for that week onlv. Bryson Reunion Will Be Held Next Sunday Dr. II. T. Hunter, president .of Western Carolina Teacher's col lege, will be the principal jieaker at the annual liryson reunion, Sunday, August 20. This reunion will be held at the home of Mrs. James L. liryson, at West's J Mill. Others taking . part on the pro tram will be: Miss Marian Moody, of Asheville, who will gie a read ing-; Miss Mildred Bryson, a vocal solo: Kuth liryson, a piano solo several short impromptu talks, and the Angel quartet will render Sev eral vocal selections. All descendants of this clan are invited to attend and bring baske lunches. Prisoner Shot While Trying To Escape Glenn Brown, 22, a prisoner in the Macon county prison camp, is a patient in Angel hospital siilter- ilig from a bullet wound in ins right leg, received Monday after noon when he tried to escape. Young Brown, who was working on the Turtle" 1'ond . ' road near Highlands, made his escape but was captured after making a four inile getaway. Harold Cabe, prison guard, vlw made the capture was forced to shoot him in the leg with a pistol in order to capture hiiti'. Brown, from Catawba county, brought to this county May 1 J, was sentenced iii 19J7 to sere a 10-year term for second degree murder. He' made his escape from Carey Farm in Wake county and was re captured in Buncombe county, prior to being brought to the Macon county camp. Cartoogechaye By MRS. JOE SETSER Mrs. J. H. Brookshire and three young children left Wednesday for Demorest, Ga., where they will .spend a lew days visiting her children. Mr. and Mrs. John Bulgin anil young son, Randolph,!: spent Sun day with Mrs. Bulgin's mother, Mrs. Fred Slagle. Mr. and Mrs. ,1. B. Sutherland, of Winston-Salem, have been spending a few days with Mrs. Sutherland's parents, Air. and Mrs. Carl Slagle. The Home Demonstration club held its regular monthly meeting Wednesday at the home of Mrs. Carl Slagle. Thi,s was . the first meeting with the new demonstra tion 'agent, Miss Florence Stalcup. Rev. J. C. Swaim filled his reg ular appointment at . Mt. ZLon church Sunday morning. The 4-H club holds its monthly meeting at' the Slagle school house Tuesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Brookshire entertained relatives and friends from Demorest, Ga., at their home Sunday. . . JF specialize No "Repaired look" Makes shoes like NEW! MACON SHOE SHOP Formerly Wilton's Shoe Shop East Main St. Franklin, N. C. .1 'iVv I 1 e0,d New Catholic School fee- - ' . St. John's School, pictured above, at 2(K) Church Street, Waynes ville, will 'open Tuesday, September 5. A private granufiar school, it will be conducted by the Teaching Order of the Sisters of St. Fran cis. The building was purchased from the Realty Purchase Corporation, New Chinese Stamp Honors U, S. Flag An unprecedented compliment was paid the United States by Chin, recently when a new stamp was issued to commemorate the 150th anni versary of the Declaration of Independence by the United States. The stamp bears the flags of China and the U. S. to symbolize the traditional friendship that has existed for so many years between the two nations. As far as is known, this is the first time that an independent nation has so signally honored the flag of another. As the World Turns (Continued From Pge One) Electric 1'owcr Company by the I'.VA was completed this week wlien tA uirector Linemnai handed a check for 44,728,300 to Wendell Wilkie, representing the I'ower company. 24 KILLED IN RAIL CRASH As deaths in the Sunday wreck oi the' City ot San Irancisco streamlined train near Reno, Nev lounted to 24, police pushed a eneral round-up of suspicious characters in an effort to find those guilty of sabotage in the re- uoval of a rail which caused the accident that hurtled the $2,0UJ,00U i rain into a rocky canyon. The injured numbered 114. . U. S. CALLS ON MEXICO iO PAY FOR OIL The U. S. government through the state department has caueu on Mexico to pay lor on prop erties valued at $250,000,000. of American firms expropriated along with British and Dutch holdings. A warning was issued that threatened a material barrier to riendly understanding between the two governments in the best in terests of the two peoples. U. S. ARMY MANEUVERS AT PLATTSBURG Fifty-thoutwo sand rain-soaked troops, joined, in preliminary ma neuvers in practise of rifle, machine gin and artillery fire of both reg ular and national guard units from nine .stales in northern New York on Wednesday, as war problems are worked out in preparation for next week's large scale war games BUND KUHN DIES PELLY These names made front page news today as the German leader of'Nazusm in U. S. A, was grilled as to Bund activities by the Dies committee. Entertaining incidents included a near-fistcuf f between Kep. Starnes (D. Ala.) and Kulin, growing out of the former's crass questioning; admission by Kuhn that he cherishes an abiding dis like for Asheville's Pelly, and a great admiration for Germany's Hitler. Kuhn admitted : contribut ing . to Hitler's relief fund; re ceipts of $18,000 in 88 voluntary contributions during 1938, $2,000 a month in dues, $300 a month salary from allied organizations. WPA WORKERS GET RAISE The Southern States will be ben efitted by the. new schedule of Wl'A wages effective September 1. The national average will be boosted amout $2.50 per month. FOG ATTENDS PRESIDENT'S CRUISE President Roosevelt's cruise in Canadian waters has been delayed by fog. It was expected that the Tuscaloosa would turn eastward on Thursday towards fishing grounds or into the Gulf of the St. Lawrence, -Ay yfe : . ; X?-b $1 'Stau; ? in FLOOD IN ALABAMA Rising streams forced 40 fami lies at i'lattsburg, Ala., to abandon their homes, while 200 men labored in vain to hold the waters within bounds. Torrential rains for sev eral days were not abated Wed nesday. PASSENGER PLANE WRECKS Pan American Airways flying boat S-43, en route from Miami to Beunos vires was wrecked in Rio de Janeiro harbor on Sunday evening while landing in semi darkness. Fourteen were killed when the plane struck a submerg ed dredger and broke in three pieces. Only two passengers were rescued. . PRESIDENT VISITS SQUALUS President Roosevelt visited the scene of the salvage operations ot the sunken submarine, Sciualus on Monday off ' the sUores of l'orts inouth, N. H. and warmly praised the efficiency of salvage et forts. The cruiser Tuscaloosa anchored near the point where the Squalus wa,s stuck on a mud bank, delay ing salvage operations. WARLIKE ACTIVITIES ON POLISH FRONT j Conditions are becoming more critical in the Danzig area as Germany moves up war machinery to the Polish border. Italy urges a conference but Nazi spokesmen say . there will be no conference without handing over Danzig to Germany. ITALY URGES CONCILIATION While Hitler rattles sabers, Mus solini, urges Poland to change its; attitude. The Fascist press promis ed that peaceful settlement would lead to Hitler's respect for Po land s economic needs. : BRITISH-POLISH ALLIANCE The ; signing of a pledge, by Britian to aid Poland in case of either military or economic pene tration is expected in London dur ing the next few days. .., JAPAN APOLOGIES A Japanese "apology" followed a strongly worded protest .by the U. S. consulate-general at Tientsin for the detention and face-slapping of a 59 year old American widow by a Japanese sentry on Monday. The . Tokyo government ordered its representatives in North China to strive for the "friendliest relations" with Americans. A slackening of the anti-British campaign was also indicated pend ing establishment of better rela tions between Japan and U. S. A. BEST GRASS Walter Pennington, of Ashe county, says the best grass in his pasture is near .the no-grade ter races he has constructed around the top of a pasture hill. STERILIZERS Several Henderson county dairy men are expected to add electric sterilizers to their equipment in j the near future, report Farm Agent G, P. White, I WPA Offices Of llth And 12th Areas Consolidated Consolidation of the WPA of fices of the llth and 12th areas in Western North Carolina, . with headquarters in Asheville, was an nounced by C. C. McGinnis, state administrator, in last Friday morn ing's papers. A. F. Weaver, jr., chief engineer of the llth area, with headquart ers in Asheville, was placed m charge of the combined areas. However, it was learned at the Franklin offices of the 12th area this morning that a small part ot the 12th area' staff will probably remain located in Franklin. The staff will be reduced and some will be moved to other offices. Approximately 20 employees with in these areas will "be eliminated with a saving of $2,230 a month, Mr. McGinnis said. These will in clude county project supervisors and administrative workers. Counties combined into one area are Buncombe, Madison, Yancey, Mitchell, Henderson and Haywood, of the' llth area; .and Jackson, Macon, Swain, Graham, Cherokee, Clay and Transylvania of the 12th area. Colored P.-T. A. Appeals tor Contributions The Parent-Teacher Association jf Chapel school appeals for con ributions to complete the com munity building for negroes located mi a lot adjoining the school, do lated by the Episcopal church. The uilding is being constructed by .YA, with logs furnished by the forest service. Over $200 has already been given y the members of the P.-T. A. The Chairman, Andrew Ray, wishes to acknowledge the following con ributions from white friends in r'ranklin. Additional contributions ire requested, which may be given .o4one of the committee: Ben Ad ington, Jeter Love, Newt. G. Gib wn and Andrew Ray, Names of all, contributors will be printed in he Press, Roy F. Cunnlnghom, $1, A. R. Higdon $1, O. C. Bryant $1, Roy Jarpenter $1, Jos. Ashear $1, A. B. Slagle $1, C. H. Bolton $1, H. E. Church $1, J. A. Sutton $1, Medford Mes.ser $1, E. R. Bulloch $1, W. C. Penn $1, Joel Tompkins 1, J. M. Archer $1, B. L. Mc ,,lamery $1, Dr. Perry $1, Dr. H. I. Horsley $1, Lester Conley $1, 1'roy Horn $1, T, W. Porter $1, Dr. W. E. Furr $1, Macon County Supply Co. $2, Jess Conley $1, John Cunningham $1, Harley Cabe, $1, Mrs. J. W. C. Johnson $1. Other contributors ' are Mrs. Margaret Ordway, Mr. Hunnicut, Mrs. Ed. Cunningham, H. T, Sloan. ADDITIONAL FRANKLIN SOCIAL ITEMS LOVELY TEA GIVEN FOR ASTERN STAR VISITORS A lovely affair was the tea giv en Wednesday aiternoon from 3:30 o'clock until 5 o'clock at the home jf Mrs. Herbert E, Church, in the Orlando apartments on Harri son avenue, in honor of Mrs. Har riett L. Powell, worthy grand matron of the Grand Chapter of .orth Carolina Order of Eastern star. The house was attractively deco rated with mixed bouquets, carry ing out the five . colors of the Eastern Star blue, yellow, white, cjreen and red. . The dining table overlaid with a Chinese embroidered cloth was centered with a silver hand-beaten punch bowl. At either end, there was an old-fashioned bouquet, out-, lined with lace paper doilie and tied with green and white tulle, farther carrying out ' the Eastern Star colors. The receiving line was compos ed of Mrs. Church, Mrs. Powell, Mrs. Daisy Mae Davis, Miss Leu- na Tatham, Mis Louise Mason, Mrs. Cumi Mason, Mrs. Emma Kinoaid, Miss Elizabeth Slagle, and Mrs. Roy G. Beshears. Honor guests were presented corsages of the fve colors by the hostesses. Miss Elizabeth Slagle had charge of the register with the Eastern Star .emblem on the cover. This was presented to Mrs. Powell. Mrs. Roy G. Beshears. was in charge of the punch table. Out-of-town guests were: Mrs. Harriett L. Powell, of Wilming ton; Mrs. Daisy Mae Davis, of Andrews; Mrs. Leurna Tatham, of Andrews; Mrs. Cumi Mason, Miss Louise Mason, and Mr,s. Emma Kincaid, of Dillsboro, and Ben L. McGlamery, of the Andrews chap ter. All members of Nequassa chap ter were invited. Mrs. Roy G. Beshears and Miss Elizabeth Slagle were associate hostesses. U. D. C. MEETS WITH MRS. CONLEY The Macon chapter of the Unit ed Daughters of the Confederacy held its regular monthly meeting at the home of Mrs. Lester Conley on Monday afternoon. The president, Miss Elizabeth Slagle, presided. Mrs. H. E. Church, chairman of the program committee, announced the program wbject to be Texas, presenting an Laughing Cavalier & : -y :- ' 1 f ) SI fe f ujr 4r Harold Bradley, Laguna Beach, Calif., garage owner, was picked out I on the street by Roy M. Ropp, di j rector of'the Pageant of the Mas- ters program to portray Franz Hals' i famous plc'ure, "Laughing Cava Her." Tills is row he appeared o the prr:rrar-. a v"-H r;-" o':! -' of f:- . .nierestiiig article on the industrial and resort advantages oi lue poit ii Corpus Christi. l he placing ol a marker on the Indian mound at the entrance of town near the bridge was discussed but no action was taken. Two amusing contests were had, enlivening the social part of the program. Mrs. Frank Higdon and Mrs. ob W. Conley were the prize winners. Mrs. Stanhope Sams, of Charles ton, S. C, daughter of a. distin guished Confederate veteran, the (ate Rev, John 'Johnson, D. 1., engineer in charge of the defense of Fort Sumter, was a guest ai the meeting. ' Members present were Mrs. A. B. Slagle, Mrs. Sam Rogers, Mrs. Frank Higdon, Mrs. Herbert E. Church, Mrs. Lester Conlev, Mrs. Zeb Conley, Mrs. J. W. C. John son, Misses Lilly Rankin and Eliz abeth Slagle. Delicious refreshments were .serv ed in two courses by the histess. Miss Mary Louise. Auberry, of Canton, is here for a visit to her cousin, Mrs. Ben McCollum and Mr. McCollum, at their home on Bidwell street. Mr. and Mrs.. F. E. LaBelle and two sons, of Akron, Ohio, are spending this week with Mrs. LaBelle's sister, Mr.s. Fannie Guest, at her home on Franklin Route 4. Mrs. LaBelle is the for mer Miss Myrtle Kinslands, of Macon county. Miss Marjorie McBride came in last week for a visit with her mother, Mrs. George A.. McBride. Misses Betty Rogers and Leida Beshears are spending this week in New York attending the World's Fair. While there they will be the guests of Dr. and Mrs. Sam L. ' Rogers, cou.sins of Miss Rogers. On their return home they will YTS THIRTY MlMOTCS PAST THEATER TIME HOW. ALWAYS IP YOU r I WASN'T LATE - WHY VOL) WERE LATE EMOU6H EVEN LATE FOR BARGAINS IN MAKING SHABBY FLOORS BEAUTIFUL ARE SOMETHING UNUSUAL We offer you just that Take off old, grimy varnish ... get down to fresh, clean grain of the naturally hand some wood. Rent Our HILCO Sanding Machine and do it yourself Easy, fast, dustless, quiet, no muss, low cost and there's a new floor. See us for: finishing materials varnish, stains, wax, paint, lacquer, brushes and . . . rent the Hilco Sander . . . you can do a fine, smooth job without any previous experience. CALL US TODAY EST. 1921 stop in Washington, D. C, for a visit with ,Mr. and Mrs. C. Hi Bulick, also cousins of Miss Kogersi Mr. ami .Mrs. T. C. Justus, of Washington, l. C.,' are visiting Mrs. Justus' mother, Mr.s. ' Penland and sister, Mrs. Lola P. Barring ton, at their hollies ' on Franklin Route Z: . Miss Virginia Gray is spending three weeks in Wilmingto'ii, Del., with her brother, Flam G. Gray and Mrs. Gray, and is also attend ing the World's hair in New York. Miss Margaret Manges, of Har i i.shurg, pa., is visiting her brother uhI Mter, Mr. aml Mis, D. Ed mund Manges, at their home iii .he Mimosa Apartments. Mr., and ..Irs. Manges are expecting Mr. .uuiges parents, the Rev. and Mrs. ..cuis C. Manges, to arrive for, a isu the early part of next .week.' mother and young daughter are .oing very nicely. Births Mr. and Mrs. Ed Wallace an-, lounce the birth of a daughter at uigcl hospital on Wednesday, vugu.st 10. Mrs. Wallace yva.s the .oinier Miss Susan McClure. Both . Classified Advertisements FOR RENT AH or", part furn ished or unfurnished apartment. Apply Carolina Apartments ou Alain street. Itc ' , iOK RENT Newly furnished! ed room ,ncxt to bath. Continuous. nt water. Mrs. D. G. Stewart. A10 tie FOR SALE Two genuine Chin ese rugs, one 9x12. the other 4x7 Also fine china with some an-( liques. Write P. O, Box 207, Clay ion, Ga.,or phone Clayton 1807. A 17 2tp A24 A i cAD Y WORK GOOD PAY WANTED Reliable man to call n fanners in Macon County. No experience or capital required. Make .ip to $12 a day. Write Furst & Thomas, Candler Bldg. Baltimore, Md. FOR SALE 100 dresses at 25c and 50c. Big lot of men's, women's, and children's clothing 10c to 25c per garment. Must close out nw store to make room for my fall and! winter goods. Sales- for cash only. Reby S. Tessier . THE ECONOMY SHOP See us for your every need in school supplies again this 1939 season. We will continue with the Blue Horse Line. Will pay yic each for the note book nauer hanU anH tablet backs if buughf from .us. We prefer not to buy other than those that have our own stamp on them. C. T. BLAINE. A 17 2tc A24 BARGAINS ! FACTORY RECONDITIONED SINGER SEWING MACHINES AT ONE-THIRD THE ORIGINAL PRICE Bryant Furniture Co. T But oon' t wopun ASK ME t'M NEVER LATE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE FIHE BAR6AIHS OFFERED W FRANKLIN HARDWARE CO. i PHONE 117