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THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACON IAN THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19, 193 PAGE SIX Baptist S. S. Convention To Meet At Oak Dale Sunday The Sunday school convention of the Macon County Baptist churches will meet on Sunday, Oc tober 22, with the Oak Dale Bap tist church on Upper BuniiiiRtown. The meeting is scheduled to be- nin at 2:30 o'clock, it has been announced by Paul Swafford, pies ' idcnt. The program will open with a song by the congregation, follow cd by the roll call and .reports from the various churches in the county. A talk will be made by ..Mrs. Nun Liibson, ol lolla, using for her theme, "State Missions in Sunday School." J. Horner Stock ton, of Franklin, will lead the open discussion on ''Sunday School Problems." The Kev. K. W. Wil liams will be the principal speaker for the afternoon. The churches throughout the county' are urged to .send a large representation of members. The public is invited to attend this meeting. . Franklin Teachers Hear Dr. Carl Kiilian Dr. Carl Kiilian, of Western Carolina Teachers college, Gullo whee, talked- to the teachers of the Franklin high, school Friday afternoon at the high school build-, ing on .the. -subject of guidance. The speaker outlined for the group the program in guidance which is being . carried out under his direction in a number of high .schools in Western North Carolina. The program consists of the admin istration of tests and the accumu lation of various types of data on several thousand high school sen iors in order that they may be oiiinsellcd wisely in choosing a vo cation and in many other types of problems. . According to the principal of Flanklin high school, W. H. Fin ley, one period every other week will be devoted by the high .school classes' to the study arid discussion of problems in guidance. Baptists To Conduct Loyalty Crusade Twenty-seven groups, with three workers in each group will lead the Baptist church in a "Church Loyalty Crusade," the object of which will be to seek for ten BErattematimafl Fertilizers We are exclusive dealers in Franklin for the famous International Fertilizers The best crop producing fertilizers on the mark et. International Fertilizers have been known and used throughout this section for many years and have always given entire satisfaction. INTERNATIONAL GRAIN FERTILIZER BRINGS PERFECT RESULTS Place your orders early and save time and money Ray Grocery & Feed Co. R. G. RAY , Farmers Exchange RUFE CUNNINGHAM weeks, or from October 29 through December 31, to enlist every mem ber of the church to attend the worship services as far as possible, both morning and night each Sun day. ' The pastor, Rev. C, F. Rogers, .will preach a special series of sermons these ten Sunday morn ings on the "Calling and Respon sibility of a Christian," and each Sunday night on "The Lord's Prayer," using a portion for each sermon through the ten Sunday nights of the Crusade. Every resident member will be visited and urged to make his or group to reach the 100 per cent mark as often as possible and no member will be overlooked in the effort of increasing church loy alty. The public will be welcome to attend all of these special services as we come to the close of this year, 1939. ''What kind of a church would my church be if every member were just like me?" The pastor will preach Sunday at 11 o'clock on the theme "The Four Natures in Man as Mani fest in Jesus," Lu. 2:52, and fol lowing the evening message at 7:30 the ordinance of baptism will take place. As the World Turns S. Marion Justice Visits Franklin School S. Marion Justice, of the state vocational guidance division of in structional service, visited the Franklin school on Wednesday. After addressing the student body, Mr. Justice presented a guidance prograin to the senior clas. Stating that the average U. S. citizen ranks about eight grade in his education, the speaker cited the advantages of a thorough edu cation in preparing for any kind of employment, pointing out that of the approximately 20,000 types of work open to youth today, only six to eight per cent are "white collar" jobs. Poor use of English was found to be charact eristic of the average American, in spite of all the school and college facilities available, and one of the most common drawbacks to secur ing a good position. Former Home Town Of M. Blumenthal Bombed M. Blumenthal, Franklin mer chant, is a native of Bialystok, Poland, a city about 75 miles northeast of Warsaw, which was bombed by the Germans a few weeks ago. Mr. Blumenthal, who. came to this country 32 years ago, has a married sister in Bialystok whose fate he has not yet learned. (Continued From Pag One) ing authorization for an early sur vey of the Bhie Ridge Parkway through the Cherokee Indian Res ervation. . ADULT EDUCATION MEET A district meeting of the adult education ' group will be held in Asheville.on. Friday and Saturday, in connection with, the teachers' district meeting scheduled for those days. RISE IN N. C. BIRTHS The state bureau of vital statis tics reports that the number of births in September. 1939 were 7, 579 an increase over September 1938 of 660. Deaths increased only 20, 2,412 being reported for Sep tember, 1939. SUICIDE IN LOUISIANA SCANDAL Suicide ended the life of Law rence Merrigan, former internal review collector, when two grand juries returned 14 more indict ments against former Gov. Leche and others involved in Louisiana Huey Long machine scandals of embezzlement, using mail .to de fraud, hot oil, income tax eva sions and other violations. BEAL ATDIES HEARING Fred rwin Beal, Communist organizen of the Gastonia 1929 tex tile strikeserving a prison term for the miihh?-f. Chief-of-Police Aderholt, testified Ware the Dies committee yesterday. He told the whole story of his convicting, flight to Russia, false passport, false lectures to Russian peasants and disillusionment, his return to the United States to serve a pris on term in preference to living in Russia. LINER HIT BY HURRICANE The President Harding, carrying 579 passengers, bound for home, 300 miles south of Newfoundland, was struck by a hurricane that caused injury of 73 and loss of one member of the crew. Aboard were 330 Americans and 36 surr vivors of the British freighterHer' onspool, torpedoed off the Irish coast six days ago. War conditions were responsible for the disaster, through disruption of , international weather reports. SCANDINAVIAN CONFERENCE A throug of 100,000 greeted the' kings of Denmark, Norway and Sweden and the president of Fin land when they gathered on the balcony of the royal palace in Stockholm. They are meeting . to discuss the preservation of their solidarity and neutrality in Europe's war. Stockholm's papers carried an appeal to the northern states to make the meeting a starting point for a general Euro pean peace move. The gathering received messages from 21 American republics, in cluding the United States, express ing support of the ' principles of neutrality. 1 ADDITIONAL FRANKLIN SOCIAL ITEMS Mrs. J. F. Watson, of Knoxville, Tenn., sister of the late Logan Allen, is visiting Mrs. Logan At len for a few days. She expects to return to Knoxville in time for the Alabama Tennessee , football game, as she is: interested in her grandson, Clinton Campbell, who plays in the Tennessee band. Mrs. Logan Allen entertained with a spend-the-day quilting party Wednesday, October 18. Those present were: Mrs. J. F. Watson, of Knoxville; Mrs. W. W. Mc- Conncll, Mrs. W. M.. Officer, Mrs. J. J. 1 Conley, and Miss Charlotte Conley. . . George J. Johnston, of Atlanta, visited his mother, Mrs. 1. r. Johnston, on Thursday. ' Mr. and Mrs. John E. Rice, of Spruce Pine, are spending a few days at the Kelly Tea room. Mr. and Mrs. Rice formerly made their 1 home in Franklin. Box Supper To Be Held At Maple Springs A box supper will be held at the Maple Springs school house on Saturday night, October 21, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. The pro ceeds will be used to paint the school house. The public is invited to attend. Box Supper At Cowee November 4 The Cowee Athletic club will sponsor a box supper at the Co wee school house on Saturday eve ning, November 4, beginning at 7:30 o'clock. Special string music will feature a part of the evening's program. The public is invited to attend. ' Sloan'Q pecialjj Friday and Saturday, October 20th and 21 it Sliced Pineapple, 07e 2 No. 2 Can. ' Orange Juice, Cc 12-oz. can .............. Salad Dressing, 1 Qc qt. jar AJ SWISS Milk er" 20' Crieco, CQc 3-Bb. can 013 Poet Toatie., 10 3 for Flour, PilUburryV $109 Beet. 24-lb. bag ....... 4 NO. 2 CANS Tomatoes 25c Octagon Soap or 9' Powder, 6 for NanUkala String Bean, OCc Z No. 2H eana, .,!..... 0 Watch Dog Lye, OCe 3 can. PURE RIO Coffee L 27' Fixit Waffle Mix, 1 7e make 10 'waffles . . ., Cno..e and Blackwtell OCc Soup., 16-ox, 2 for . . . d Crape Juice, 1 Cc 16-pb. .ire J MIXED Sausagelb.1212C Veal Chop., OCc per lb J Branded Western Round OOc Steak, per . .......... V Freak Pan Trout, 1 Cc per lb : J SELECT, IN SEALED CANS Oysters 35c 'Sloan's Market The Complete Food Store PHONE 85 FRANKLIN, N, C. iLi...LAJiiLiaiLa BUY AT OLD PKDCES SET OF DISHES OR RUG FREE With Each RANGE TABLE OR RUG FREE With Each LIVING ROOM SUITE GET ALL THE LATEST NEWS ONE TABLE FREE With Each RCA VICTOR RADIO We have a large stock of I Furniture bought at old prices. As we all know, prices are advancing. On some articles prices have advanced 15 and 25 and will advance still more. Our specials and free goods, which we ran through the month of Sep tember proved so success ful we have decided to continue it another month -through October. BUY NOW AND SAVE SET OF DISHES OR RUG FREE With Each KITCHEN CABINET TABLE OR RUG FREE With Each STUDIO COUCH 9 x 12 LINOLEUM RUG Free With Each BEDROOM SUITE Macon "Fum Phone 158 Your Credit is Good With Us Franklin, N. C.
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