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SEWING ROOM
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Work Expected To Begin
December 1 ; 25 To .
Be Employed
Mrs. (iilmcr A. Jones, supervisor,
has announced that the. WPA sew
ing room will be reopened on Dt -cember
1, and will employ 25 wo
men. The county commissioners are
l-'iving the'' necessary financial co
operation to make thi,s project pos
sible. . . The sewing room will he in the
Higdon building where the count v
welfare offices are located.
It is said that a greater ."number
of women could be given work if
larger quarters could be secured,
and it is hoped that ,a more suit
able room can be found.
The women will all do machine
work except for the necessary fin
ishing. All sewing rooms in the county
were closed several weeks ago be
cause the county commissioners
felt that they could not afford to
guarantee the funds which they
might be called upon to furnish
under the proposal first submitted,
but the difficulties now seem to
have been overcome and it is be
lieved that the project will go on
through the winter.
Truck Accident Fatal
To Cabarrus Convict
Charlie Griffin, 6, Cabarrus
, county convict working on a road
project in Macon county, died m
Angel hospital Saturday morning
at 2:45 o'clock of 'injuries .suffered
in an accident Friday.
Griffin, after loading a truck, at
tempted to swing onto it. He miss
ed his fooling and fell under the
rear wheel which passed over his
right side and head, fracturing his
skull and causing other severe in
juries. He was rushed to the hospital,
but did not regain consciousness.
Griffin was sentenced in Cabar
rus county last January to serve
three years for breaking, entering,
and larceny. lie was an A grade
prisoner.
The body was taken to the
Bryant funeral home and later, in
the day was sent to the home in
Cabarrus county.
Captain Veasy Now
Located At Aquone
Captain E. L. Veasy, former
medical supply officer at CCC
headquarters, Fort McPherson, G.i.,
begins his work this week as edu
cational adviser at CCC camp NC
F-10 at Aqnonc. "
Captain and Mis. Veasy arrived
in Franklin last Sunday, and are
located at the Franklin Terrace
hotel.
New Postmaster In
Office At Highlands
It is stated that James R. Wright
has been appointed postmaster at
Highlands: and has taken charge
of the office. Mr. Wright succeeds
Samuel E. I'otts,
Baptist Church Items
Going into the sixth week of
(hp Church Loyalty Crusade, the
pasfor, Rev. C. 1". Rogers, wil
preach at 11 a. m. Sunday on the
theme, "The Christian and His
Money", and at 7:30 p. m. on
''How God Forgives .Sins".
Bible school at 9:45 a. in., and
11. T, U. and Brotherhood at 6:30
p. m,
The choir and young people's
organizations are preparing to give
ii Christmas Cantata on Sunday
night, December 24, at the evening
worship hour, the title, "A Christ
mas Dream."
Next week will be observed as
Missionary Week in the church
activities,
WOOL
Increased domestic and foreign
demand for wool .brought about
by the F.uropcan War and re
duced supplies of wool .in the
United States will tend to support
domestic wool prices in 1940.
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When Winston Churchill, first lord
of the British admiralty, drew a
parallel between the American
South of the Civil war and Nazi
Germany of today, Mrs. Gerald M.
Clark of Jacksonville, Fla., rose in
wrath. She deman-3d, and received
on behalf of Southern womanhood,
an apology from Churchill, who de
nied any analogy in his speech.
MACON COURT
MEETSJONDAY
Judge Pless To Preside;
No Criminal Cases
Of Importance
The December term of Macon
superior court will convene next
Monday morning, December 4, at
10 o'clock, with Judge J Will Pless,
Jr., of Marion, presiding.
Following the swearing in of the
jurors for the first week and the
charge to the grand jury, the crim
inal docket will be taken up. There
are no important criminal cases
scheduled for trial, but there are
a latge number of misdemeanor
charges, mostly liquor and drunk
driving, on the docket.
The civil docket contains 19
cases, and will be taken up as
soon as the criminal matters are
disposed, of. It is believed that
there will not be sufficient busi
ness to occupy the lime of the
court for the full two weeks.
Quail Hunting Season
November 30 to Feb. 15
Today (Thursday) November 30,
brings the opening date for the
following game, it has been an
nounced by .1. Fred Bryson, game
protector.
Quail from November 30 . until
February IS; rabbit, November 30
to February 15; grouse. November
30 to January 15. The bag limit
on quail is 10 per day and 150
for the entire season. There is no
bag limit on rabbits but for the
grouse, it will be two per day or
10 for the whole season.
Mr. Bryson further .stated that
the hunting season on turkey in
Macon county would n.t open this
year.
All hunters must see that' their
guns are plugged to three shells,
magainc and chamber combined,
and Mr. Bryson stated that any
person or persons violating this
game law will have hunting license
revoked. He asks the cooperation
of all hunters in carrying out
these restrictions.
Camp Branch School
Receives Library Books
Miss Mary H. Elmore 'announces
that She has received 70- library
books for the Camp Branch school.
Mrs, Angie W. Cox, of Walworth,
Wis., donated the books and also
a subscription to The Christian
Science. News. Miss F.hnorc sent
an appreciative response to Mrs.
Cox by telegraph. ' '
Miss Fhnore also states that
she scai red the promise of an
other contribution of hoiks which
will be added to the school library
toward the middle of the school
term,
"Sarie And Sally" at
Courthouse December 5
It is announced that "Saric and
SallieWulTTic Cabin Creek band,
radio entertainers, will appear -at
the courthouse in Franklin on next
Tuesday night, December S, for
the benefit of the Cullasaja Young
People's Endeavor organization.
The public it invited to attcmj,
FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, NOV. 30, 1939
War Activities Confined
To Air And Ocean Battles
German Subs And Mines
Take Terrible Toll
Of Shipping
German mines and pocket bat
tleships have been taking ter
ijfic toll of British and neutral
shipping during the past week.
The .story of magnetic mines said
to be used by the.' Germans is dis
counted by mechanical authorities,
but there seems to be no doubt
that Germany has developed a
small mine, which can be easily
planted and used with deadly cf
lect. These mines mav be ilis-
tributed by submarines or drop
ped by parachutes from the air.
Both theories have been advaiio
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liner, was sunk off the coast of
Iceland last Thursday after' a bat-
lie with the German pocket bat
tleship Deutschland and another
German warship. The British ves
sel went down in flames with col
ors flying and her decks covered
with dead and dying, it is esti
mated that 250 of the crew were
lost.
The Polish luxury liner, Pilsud
ski, 14,294 tons, struck a mine in
the North sea and was sunk Sat
urday. All but seven of the crew
and all passengers were reported
saved. The Pilsudski was built in
Italy in 19J5 and cost about $0,
000,000, and was under charter to
the British admiralty.
A large number of other vessels,
both British and neutral, have
been sunk during the week and
frantic efforts are being made to
master the menace of the German
mines.
GERMANS HAVE LOST.
43 SUBS DURING WAR
British and French naval of
ficials have estimated that a total
of 43 German submarines have
been sunk since the war .started
on September 3,' 33 by the British
and 10 by the French. Jt is esti
mated that Germany had (00 sub
marines ready for action at the
beginning of the war, but more
were being built. '
WESTERN FRONT QUIET
EXCEPT FOR AIR BATTLES
The quiet on the western front
has remained unbroken during the
past week except for air' battles
... uui miming (leiinile has been ! their government and "escape the
learned as to the size of the mines, fate of Poland."; Russia protested
the nature of the explosive used J against an alleged attack on Ked
or the method o( planting. In the ! army troops by Finnish artillery,
meantime Britain is being ser- but the Finns claim the Russians
wusly crippled by this new andMned the gun.s .themselves to pro
ternbly effective weapon of war. ! vuke trouble and give an excuse
ihe British cruiser Rawalpindi, "j for invasion. It is estimated that
a 16,607-ton converted passenger I there are 1,000,000 Red troops on
As The World Turns
A Brief Survey of Current Events In State, Nation
and Abroad.
PRESIDENT VISITS
ASHEVILLE
The visit of President Roosevelt
to Ashevillc Wednesday night, ar
ranged for by members of his staff
and the Ashevillc officials, is to
visit two friends, Marvin Mclntyre,
one of his secretaries, has been in
Ashevillc for some months, recu
perating from an illness, and Miss
Margaret Durand, secretary to the
late Louis Howe, is in St Jos
eph's hospital. ,
M'NUTT VISITS
ASHEVILLE
Paul V. McNult, federal secur
ity administrator and tentative
presidential candidate, stopped over
in Ashcville Tuesday en route to
Columbia, S. C, for a 30-minute
visit with Marvin H. Mclntyre.
The former Indiana governor de
scribed 'his visit as "purely per
sonal," and that politics did not
enter into their conversation.
WPA QUOTA INCREASED
The' WPA quota for the Ashc
ville area, made up of 13 West
ern counties, has been increased
by 950, WPA officials announced
Tuesday.
Another quota increase is 'expect
ed for January 1, it was said. The
present increase was 800 men and
150 women.
U. S. ENVOYS
RETURN FOR VISIT
Joseph E. Dayics, ambassador to
Belgium, and Joseph P. Kennedy,
ambassador to England, have been
granted permission to return to
the United States to spend
Christmas.,
Neither has been called home,
the president hat announced,
between ..German and French ami
English fliers. ' These have served
to con firm the British and French
claims to superiority in the air.
The lirilish high- crjiimand issued
a statement which said that Ger
man planes were now being de
stroyed faster than their' factories
could replace them, Both British
and French air .officials freely ad
mit that the. American made Cur
tis s pursuit planes are responsible
for their . victories .over the Ger
mans, i
RUSSIA LAUNCHES BITTER
ATTACK ON FINLAND
Russia has renewed her attacks
on Finland and is calling upon
the l-iun;sk people to overthrow
; or near ihe Finnish a,,.!
in view 'of the fact that the' total
population of Finland is only about
3,0U0,UX, it would seem that re
sistance to invasion would be use
less. However, invasion of P'inland
might bring Russia into conflict
with Norway, Sweden ami Den
mark, and also with Britain and
France, which is .something the
Reds desire at all costs to- avoid.
BRITAIN ORDERS NEW
BLOCKADE PUT IN EFFECT
The British - French blockade
against German exports has been
ordered into effect after next Mon
day, which means that ships of any
nation carrying goods of any char
acter to or from German ports
will be ' subject to seizure. This
will have no effect upon United
States shipping as our vessels are
barred from the war zone by the
neutrality act, but it will be felt
by American firms who are doing
business with Germany through
otner nations.
BUTTER AND BACON TO BE
RATIONED IN BRITIAN
The British food administrator
has ordered that rationing of but
ler and bacon be put into effect
January 8, with purchases restrict
ed to four ounces. Sugar has not
yet been rationed, but citizens are
asked to restrict purchases' to one
pound per person. Much of the
butter and . bacon used in Britain
is bough from Denmark, and
German mines and submarines have
made shipping from all Scandinav
ian countries extremely hazardous.
THREE GOVERNORS
IN ASHEVILLE NEXT WEEK
Three governors will meet in
Ashevillc next week.
' (iov. Prentice Cooper of Tennes
see, tiov. I'rcd P. Cone of F'loriJa
and Gov. Hoey of North Carolina,
all members of the class freight
rate committee of ' the Southern
Governors' conference, will come
here December 7 as a preliminary
to a meeting of the southeastern
and '.southwestern governors.
DUTCH SHIPS SAIL
Netherlands government sources
declared Tuesday Dutch ships will
continue to sail the seas despite
war dangers and new blockade re
strictions imposed by the British
and French.
MAGNA CARTA IN
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
- One of the four copies of Brit
ain's Magna Carta, on which King
John placed his seal "at Runny
incdc in 1215 is how in a guarded
case in the Library of Congress,
opposite the Constitution and Dec
laration of Independence.
Exhibited in the Canadian-British
pavilion at the World's Fair,
the precious document will at
present remain for safe keeping
with Uncle Sam. Lord Lothian.
British ambassador, ended the cer
emonies by handing the key to
the cubiiKt to Librarian McLeish.
SUGGEST DELAY OF
CONVENTIONS
Suggestions that the 1940 Demo
cratic and Republican national con
ventions be postponed and the
political campaigns shortened were
reported on excellent authority to
day to have been a topic of dis
cussion between President Roose
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Spear Gunner
Spearing: fish underwater with a
new rubber spear gun is the latest
piscatorial sport in Miami, FJa. The
gun is deadly accurate, the mask is
face fitting so all that's necessary
is to dive, hold your breath and nail
your fish.
LAST FOOTBALL
CONTKT TODAY
Game With Sylva Closes
Season For Local
Eleven ,
The ' Franklin high school foot
ball team will end the season to
day (Thursday) with a game on
the home .field against the Sylva
eleven. Franklin woii from Sylva
earlier in the season and the boys
hope to make, it another victory
today. . ' ' ' -
. Though this is the last scheduled
game of the season, the boys hope
to arrange one or. two post sea
son contests with neighboring
towns.
All uniforms and equipment were
lost when the gymnasium burned
Wednesday of last week, but ' the
local team has secured uniforms
and helmets through the generosity
of the Swain high school boys of
Bryson City who loaned their out
fits for today's game.
The game will start at 2:30. and
the line-up will probably be as fol
lows :
Shepherd, LE; Setser, LT; Arvy,
LG; Higgins, C; Guest, KG; Pen
nington,. RT; Leatherman. RE;
Hunnicutt, QB; Culver. RHB;
Fouts, LHB; Higdon, FB.
County Residents Get
$2,474.10 In Aid
Macon county received a total
of $2,474.20 public assistance pay
ments from combined federal, state
and county funds to be distributed
to 335 county residents drawing
old ' age assistance, pensions and
aid to dependent children, Victoria
Bell, field representative for the
State Board of Charities and Pub
lic Welfare, has been advised by
Nathan H. Yelion, director of the
public assistance division of the
stale welfare department
A total of $1,583.50 went to the
county's' needy aged numbering
207, and another $391.70 was given
to 16 widows of Confederate vet
rans who had been transferred
from the state pension rolls to
the public assistance lists under
the act of the last legislature.
. Dependent children in the county
numbering 112 were given total
grants of $499.
State-wide average payments to
needy old people was $963, to de
pendent children $6, and to pen
sioners $25.27. A total of 55,731
persons over . the state received
$472,352 during the month' of No
vember. '.
No Preaching Sunday At
Presbyterian Church
Preaching, services have been
cancelled for the local Presbyter
ian church for Sunday, December
3, due to the absence of the pastor,
who is visiting in South Carolina.
The Sunday school will meet at
10 o'clock under the direction of
James A. Sutton, superintendent.
Baptist Ministers To
Meet Next Monday
The Macon county Baptist min
isters' conference will meet at the
Franklin Baptist church on Mon
day morning, December 4, at 11
o'clock, it has been announced by
the Rev. R. F. Mayberry.
All ministers of this denomina
tion are urged to attend.
$1.50 PER YEAR
NROLL CALL TO
END THIS WEEK
Macon County Enrollment
' Expected To Exceed
, Previous Years
The Red Cross campaign in
Franklin and vicinity got under
way last Wednesday, and work
ers report most satisfactory re
sults ,so far. People in this section
seem to feel a greater' interest .in
the work ihi .year, and it is be
lieved that the coim'tv will show
a larger membership than 'ever be
fore. The Highlands chapter started
.ii her and the work theie is " al
most r completed. A list oi. mem
berships there was .printed last
week ill, the- Highlands- section and
an additional - 1 i.-1 is carried - this ;
week.
the campaign' will, continue
through -tins week.
Following will be .found a par
tial' list ol membej-s eniolied in
Irankiiu and vicinity up to Wed
nesday : .
I Rov F. Cunnliiuhain. Keid Wuiu-
ack. Rule Cunningham, Mrs. Joe
Ashear, Mrs. F. 11. McColhuu, J.
B. l'endergi ass, C. 1.. i'endcrgras-,
John Slagle, Lassie' Kelly, Mrs.
John B. Willis, Miss Marv Willis,
Judge B. Willis, Mr,,. Maude
Blaine, Louise B. Phillips, Roy
Carpenter, City Garage, C. T.
Blaine, Airs. E. ii. Strickland,
Rev. 1. L. Roberts, llarley R. Cabe,
A. B. Slagle, Elizabeth Slagle, Ras
I'enland, George Carpenter, G. L.
Houk, John Dills, E. C. Guy, Jr.,
Jessie Xell, Kimsey, Carl D.
Green, Chas. A. .Waldroop, Jake
S. Waldroop, H.. A. Wilhide, C7
L. I'otts, Edward L. Whitlingtun,
A. Zoellner, M rs. Adolph Zoellner,
H. P. West, Airs. H. P. West, T.
T. Hall, F'rank L. Henry, Sr.,
Dewey Rochester, Carl W. Cox,
L. Bailey Buie, Sloan Murray,
John Ansel, Harley Dunbar, Rich
ard Tillery, James Averill, Emory
Hunnicutt, Mr,s. Lucille Siler, Mrs.
Gladys Guy, Mrs. H. T. Horsley,
Charles Melichar, Mrs. Hyldah
Shepherd, Herbert McGlamery,
J. E. Hamer, John McColhuu,
Grover Jamison, Jr:, L. B. Liner,
H. W. Cabe, James McCollum, Dr.
Frank T. Smith, Frederick J. Sad
dington, Zcphyrhills, Fla.; H. H.
Hirsch, Mrs. H. H. Flirsch. C. B.
Wickliffe, May Belle Bryant, J.
E.Whitaker, Ralph West, Mrs. W.
T. Moore, Ruby Calloway, Lester
Conley, Grover Jamison, Sr., Mrs.
Lyman Higdon, Mrs. S. Poliakoff,
Fred Arnold, J. A. Flanagan, Mrs.
J. A. Flanagan, T. W. Angel, Jr.,
C'H. Bolton, Fred Montony, Clyd,e
Gailey, Lyman Higdon, P. F. Cal
lahan. Ralph Womack, J. A. Sut
ton, Dr. Ben P. Grant, Medford
Messcr. B. L. McGlamery, W.
C. Penn, Miss Evelyn Clement,
Miss Lucy Gray, John Archer.
Henry Turpin, ivlrs. Mae Cat
way. Mrs. W. C. Wilkes, Mrs.'
Fred Grant, Mrs. Gordon Moore,
Mrs. John Bingham (donation,
Mrs. J. E. Brookshire, Jr., Mrs.
Lee Leach, Mrs. C. N. Dowdle,
Lake Shope. A. R. Higdon, Mrs.
Gilmer Jones, Dr. H. T, Horsley,'
Mr.s'. - Funnan ' Angel, Dr. W. A.
Rogers, E. W. Long, C. N. Dow
dle, M. L. Dowdle, Mrs. M. L.
Dowdle, Mrs. James P. Wurst. Mrs.
D. W. Nichols, Jr., S. C. Rankin,
Mrs. W. H. Sellers, W. H. Sellers,
Oscar C. Bryant, Mrs. J. W. C.
Johnson. Dan Bryson, Jack' San
ders, Mrs. John M. Archer, . Mr,s.
Herbert E; Church, Mrs; J. S.
Conley, S. H. Lyle, Mrs. E. K.
Cunningham, Herbert E. Church.
Mrs. John Wasilik, Jr., Mrs. Thai!
D. Bryson. Jr., Mrs. M. D. Bil
lings, Carl P. Cabe, St. Clair An
derson, Mrs. Derald Ashe, Mrs. C.
A. Setser, Mrs. Charles Melichar,
Mrs. Jack Weyman, Mrs. Lester
Conley, M. D. Billings and J. L.
Teague.
M. Blumcnthal, Mrs. Frank T.
Smith, Mrs. John W. Hall, Mrs.
A. Bogner and Mrs. G. G. Wat
kins. Junior Red Cro Report
The' following teachers have re
ported their rooms enrolled in the
Junior Red Cross to date :
Otto, Ed Carpenter; Mashburn
Branch, Sam Bryson; Scaly Miss
Jessie Hurst, Miss Edwards; Low
er Tesenta, Miss .Mayburl Henson;
Burningtown, Mrs. Nina McGjy,
Miss Marie Roper; Oak Grove,. J.
J. Mann, Miss McCoy ; Watauga,.
Miss Jes,sie Ramsey; Clark's Chap
el, Mrs. Lola Kiser; Salem, Mrs.
Pearl Stewart, Mrs. Ina H.. Mor
gan; Mulberry, Mrs. Mary Byrd,
Mrs. Onnie Cabe; Gold Mine, Miss
Lois Henderson; Oak Ridge, Frank
Fleming; llotla, T. T. Love, Mrs.:
Annie Laura Neil, Mrs. Jessie
(Continued on Paft Six)