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SIM' f sfflffiftii ISKfe Full Coverage .1; The Press assures its advertisers of complete coverage of Macon Co. Established 1885 The Oldest North Car olina Newspaper West of Buncombe County, , 41 attV woman . INDEPENDENT PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL VOL. LlV, NO. 14 FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, APRIL 4, 1940 $1.50 PER YEAR r CENSUS TAKING BEGAN TUESDAY Expect to Complete Work Well Within The r 30-Day Limit 't - ' Census enumerators1 began their worki in Macon county Tuesday and hope to finish the big job well within the time limit of 30 days. The enumerators -are as follows: Tqwn of Franklin Miss Jean Moore. Franklin township Mrs. Hattie Mann, W E. Hunnicutt 'and J. Q llouser. Mill shoal J. M. Raby. . Ellijay Charles B. . Bryson. Sugarfork and Flats Thomas J Moore. . . , Highlands Tack "Potts. Smithsbridge Alex W. Cabc and Charles A. Jogers. Cartoogecljaye B. B. Lenoir, Nantahala Clint May. BurninKtown Ed Byrd. Cowee - Frank Browning and Horace Bryson. Last week, schools for the more than 300 enumerators of the 11th district were conducted in various Western North Carolina towns by Charles Z. Flack, district supervis or, and Dan Tompkins, assistant district supervisor. The work to be done in conducting the census was explained in detail to the enumer ators so that they would be ready to begin their work Tuesday. Four Other Censuses Four other censuses will go on at the same time The censuses of manufacturers and other business; such as wholesalers and retailers, started January 2 and are still op crating. A tally o housing and agriculture will start next week. The population survey is said to he the most important of the three remaining counts to be taken but the agricultural and housing sur veys are considered vitally neces sary for compiling statistics in the nation's inventory. Population enumerators started their rounds on luesday because of a technicality. Ten years ago remgress ordered-censnses to begin on April 2 ' each decade 1 because April 1, 1930 was a Sunday. Thin To Be Tabulated Things to be tabulated include not only the age, sex and location f everv uerson. but such other items as individual . income from ' wages up to $5,000, location nve years ago, education, citizenship, employment status, marital status, and occupation. In the bousing census will be questions about value, type and size of structures, mortgage indebtedness and wheth er occupancy is by owners or; rent ers. The agricultural census will tabulate the number, acreage and value of farms and farm buildings, nature and acreage of different crops, mortage indebtedness and number of workers. Population figures for the nation . and each state must, by law, be re ported to the president by De cember 1, and may be available several weeks earlier than that. In 1930, the count was 122,775.046. Now it is estimated at roughly 132,000,000. Started In 1790 This large-scale nose - counting business started under President Washington in J 790 and has been repeated every 10 years. The con stitution ordered it to give each state its proper share in the house of representatives. j Macon County Ministers To Meet Here Monday The ministers of all denomina tion of all the churches in Ma con county are invited to meet at ; the Baptist Ministers' Conference on Monday, April 8, at 11 o'clock at the Franklin Baptist church. The purpose of this meeting is to formulate plans for the meeting which is to be held at the Friend ship Tabernacle in franklin this summer. . Lunch will be served by the ladies of the Franklin Baptist church. Radio Entertainers To Be Here Saturday Night It is announced that Morris Brothers from Station WWNC, Asheville, will appear at the court house in Franklin Saturday night, April 13," with their show, "Gone With the Hens," for the benefit of Holly Springs baseball club. Curb Market Ladies To Hold Rummage Sale The ladies of the curb market will hold a rummage sale at the market on Saturday afternoon, April 13, immediately following the sale of food. . A great variety of used clothing for adults' and children will be of fered for sale at reasonable price. Pastor Moves ;lll5?'':fl v REV. HARRY S. WILLIAMS Pastor of the Franklin Circuit, Who Has Been Transferred to Hillside Street Church, Asheville Open House To Be Held At Otto CCC Camp Sunday In commemoration of the seventh anniversary of the Civilian Conser vation Corps the camp at Otto will hold open house throughout the day Sunday, April 7. Visitors are cordially invited to visit the camp .and see first hand how the men live, eat, and spend their leisure time. No meal will be served visitors but guests will be taken through the buildings to see how camp, life is lived by the enrollees in camp. . Since the organization of : the CCC more than 2,400,000 young men have had special advantages, train ing, and monetary rewards in the greatest of all "peace time armies". The CCC has: proved itself as an agency of natural and human conservation. It is believed that there is ample justification for the high esteem in which the public has generally held the corps and Camp F-23 at Otto wants the peo ple 'to ' come arid see for , them selves. . ' ' Visitors will be received from 10 o'clock until 5 in the afternoon. Mothers and fathers of men in the camp are especially urged to visit their sons on this day. Many Attend Special M. E. Service Sunday The Methodist church was well filled for the special service last Sunday night. The Rev. H. S. Wil liams preached a most interesting sermon, and the pictures of China were shown to an appreciative con gregation. Four more Sundays of the Loyal ty Crusade remain. On next Sun day morning the pastor will preach on the subject, "Restoring Pros perity' The interest in these spe cial services continues to increase, and all indications are that the church is going to be greatly bene fited by the campaign. ' The Lord's Supper will be cele-. brated next Sunday. Franklin Grocery Installs Frosted Food Equipment Sloan'f Market . has installed a Bird's Eye frosted food cabinet, the first of this type of equipment to be installed in Franklin. A complete line of frosted foods will be carried. Vegetables, fruits, fish, and meats are quickly frozen at packing plants and are kept frozen until sold to the consumer. This method of handling retains to a large ex tent the freshness and vitamin content of foods. Tables are thus supplied with a wide selection of foods both in and "out .of season. Large Still Destroyed By Deputy Sheriff John Dills, deputy sheriff, de stroyed a 65-gallon capacity still Tuesday in Kelly ccve in the Burn ingtown section. The still, which had been in recent . use, was made of an oil barrel. It had a wooden . cap and a copper worm. Four hundred gal lons of mash was destroyed. Dills said that tie had destroyed 108 stills during the past nine years and this is the second one to have a wooden cap. The first was found in the same community. No arrests were made. . G. A. Jones County Manager For Broughton A telegram received from Broughton headquarters in Raleigh states that Gilmer A. Jones, of Franklin, has been appointed man ager in Macon county for the Broughton gubernatorial campaign. TROUT SEASON OPENS APRIL 15 Will Remain Open Until August 31 ; Coarse Fishing Rules The trout fishing season in Ma con county will open on Monday, April 15, and remain open through August 31. Many local disciples of Izaak Walton are already over hauling tackle, buying (and making trout flies and other lures and get ting everything in readiness for the big day. ' . . The size limit for rainbow trout is eight inches and for brook or speckled trout, six inches. Twelve is the bag limit for either or both. Fishing license may be procured at any of the following places: Macon. County Supply company and Angel's Drug Store, Franklin; Highlands Hardware, Highlands; J. D. Burnette, Scaly; Mrs. Frank Phillips, Rainbow Springs; Luther Jacobs, Aquone; M. V. Morgan, Kyle; Clint May, Flats; J. K. Southards, Franklin Route 1; Jesse Estes, Cullasaja. Coarse Fishing Regulations New regulations in regard to coarse fishing have been issued by the State Board of Conservation and Development, and the Little Tennessee river is one i of the streams declared open for that sport during the entire year. This, however, does not include the trib utaries. Coarse fish include carp, red-horse and suckers. Following are four rules which should be borne in mind by all fishermen : 1. Fishing is prohibited by any means or method except rod and reel or hook and line. 2. Fishing is prohibited with arti ficial lures or live bait, such as minnows, frogs, lizards, crawfish, etc., during the closed season. 3. Game fish on which the sea son is closed if taken shall be im mediately and carefully returned to the water. 4. Regulation North Carolina fish ing licenses are required. "Mystery At Midnight" Here April 6 And 7 Work has been going on steadily for the past two weeks in prepara tion for the big show Friday and Saturday nights. The cast i as follows : Detective Briggs, Dick Slagle; Judge Rollins, Frank Ray ; Sally Grant, Meda Peek; Jack Murphy, John Cunningham ; Pro fessor Rockbottom, E. J. Whitmire; Elvira Nosegay, Ada Belle Sherrill; Mrs. Halloway, Katrina Brook shire; Sarah, Sally Lou Moore; Ralph Norris, Bill Bryson; Bonnie Baker, Pete Calloway; Tom Foster, Frank ' Higdon ; Stranger, Lester Arnold. ',.' The play deals with a group of people who were traveling by bus. When the. bus was wrecked, miles from the nearest town, the riders were forced to seek shelter from the raging storm in an abandoned house. Out of this situation arises much comedy, suspicion, and pos sibly murder. The slow-witted de tective succeeds only in muddling everything, and finally falls under suspicion mmseit. Attempts are made 46 find out who's guilty by talking with the spirits in one of Sarah's seances, but even the spirits can't help out here., , The three choruses, composed of 18 high school girls, . do their bit at entertaining as well as trying to solve the mystery. The choruses will be accompanied on the piano by Mrs. Higgins. There will also be other musical specialties between acts. "Mystery at Midnight" will start promptly at 8:07 o'clock. Tickets are being sold in advance for this exciting home talent play, so get your ticket early and be sure to have a seat. Mrs. Janie Fox, 94 Taken By Death Mrs. Janie Adams Fox, 94, died Saturday night at the home of a daughter, Mrs. ' Mattie Moss, at Gneiss after a two-weeks' illness following a paralytic stroke. Funeral services were held at 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon at the Mountain Grove Baptist church, of which she was a member, by the Rev. J. I. Vinson. Burial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were Lyman and Zeb Moss, James and John Taylor, Walter Young and Henry Fox. Mrs Fox, widow of William Fox, a Confederate veteran, was born in the Ellijay community and had lived in Macon county all her life. Surviving are three daughters; Mrs. Lydia Adams of Ellijay town ship; Mrs. Peggy Gregory of Rin gold, Va, and Mrs. Moss, and a son, T. L. Fox of Kiddeoite, MRS. J. J. SMITH DIES TUESDAY Highlands Pioneer Was Poet, Artist And Botanist Funeral services for Mrs. John Jay Smith, pioneer citizen of High lands, were held at the residence at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon by the Rev. Frank Bloxham, rector of the Episcopal church, of which she was a member. Burial was in Highlands cemetery . beside the grave of her mother. She is sur-; vived by her husband, John Jay Smith. Pallbearers were: J. E. Hicks Tudor N. Hall, T, C. Harbison, Louts Edwards, Steve Potts and Jack M. Hall. Mrs. Smith, who had been in declining health for the past sev eral years, died Monday afternoon at six o'clock after a four weeks' illness, at the age of 85. Mary Chapin Smith was born, in Wethersficld, 111., March 3, 1855, the daughter of Adolphus Chapin and Cynthia Loomis Chapin, a de scendant of old New England fam ilies on both sides. When a few years old, her parents' returned to the Chapin home in Massachusetts. Her girlhood was spent at Uxbridge and , Norton, Mass. Mrs. Smith's paternal aunt, Mrs. Eliza B. Wheaton, was instrumental in founding Wheaton Seminary in Norton, Mass., now Wheaton col lege. ' From this Seminary Mrs; Smith was graduated in 1873. Fol lowing her graduation, she taught school for several years, later join ing her widowed mother here who came- to Highlands in the early 1880's and built the present Smith cottage. On July 20, 1886, she was mar ried to John Jay Smith. For a long term of years she and Mr. Smith operated the Smith House (now Highlands Inn) during the' summer seasons. The hotel was sold in 1925, and since then she and Mr. Smith have continued to live at the cottage. . From the time of the founding of the Hudson Library Association in 1884, Mrs. Smith has been one of the foremost leaders in the li brary work. She was president of the association and chairman of the book committee till 1935, when she asked to be relieved of her duties because of advancing age. She was a wide reader of the best literature, and to her goes muclv of the credit for the high class selection of books in the library. She is also the author of a very interesting history of the Hudson Library Association, Mrs. Smith was one of the organizers of the Vil lage Improvement Society and an active worker in both the Floral and Horticultural Societies. For a time she : was a trustee of the Highlands Museum and Biological Laboratory. ' Mary Chapin Smith was deeply interested in music and art, and at one time painted for Asa Gray, the botanist. From girlhood she was an ardent student of botany, and her great interest in flowers, trees and shrubs remained with her throughout her long life. She made a special study of birds, and was a lover of all kinds of wild life. The woodland setting of the Smith Cottage was a source of much joy to her. Her flower gar den until recent vears was a thing of rare beauty, reminding one of the Anne Hathaway Garden. Her love for all phases of nature found expression in many beauti ful poems. A volume of her verses; entitled "Earth Songs" was pub lished in 1910. Since then she has written other poems, many of which have appeared in various papers and magazines. " Mrs.. Smith was keenly interest ed in the civic welfare and beautv of the town and in her oassinir Highlands has suffered a distinct loss. . "Gone With The Wind" Will Be Seen By Many Many are anxiously waiting to see "Gone With the Wind" which the Macon Theatre announces will be shown here May 1, 2, 3 and 4. People who have already seen the picture expressed their desire to see it again during the four days showing here. " . Macon County Managers Appointed By Horton It has been announced from the headquarters of Wilkins P. Horton, in Raleigh, that Harley R. Cabe and Lester L. Arnold have accept ed appointment as managers for the Horton campaign for governor in Macon county. Honored at School -if " I - r f V' f j ! MISS VIRGINIA RAMSEY Who Has Been'. Elected Vice President of the .Student Body at Asheville Teachers' College. Honors Won By Miss Virginia Ramsey At Asheville College Miss Virginia Ramsey, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ramsey. of Tellico, who is finishing three years' work at Asheville Teachers' college has recently, by popular vote, been elected as 'vice-president of the student body for the com ing school year 1940-'41. The vice- president heads the judicial court. of which Miss Evelyn Rickman, of Clayton, Ga., is a member. A stu dent government conference for col leges of '.the south' is being held at Tulane University in New Or leans. Miss Ramsey will accompany the president, Miss Phillis Witnnns, of Marlington, W. Va., to this con ference with all expenses paid. They will leave April 8, to be gone one week. Miss Ramsey also has attained other honors. In March, a Folk Dance Tournament was ' held for colleges in Knoxville, Tenn., of which she was a member. In 1939 she was associate editor of. the school paper. "The Hilltopian," and is a member of the Highland Players. First Baseball Game Set For Sunday If the weather permits, the Franklin . baseball team and the team from the CCC camp at Otto plan to meet for a pre season or practice game next Sunday after noon at the Franklin park. Neither, team has had opportun ity to practice to any extent, but the fans will no doub,t turn out in force to see them work. out. As The World Turns A Brief Survey of Current Events In State, Nation and Abroad. 1 1940 CENSUS GETS UNDERWAY Census-takers generally found citizens ready to cooperate in the vast quiz designed to show the na tion's status as regards population, jobs, bmes and other factors. Approximately 120,000 enumerators throughout the country luesday set about the gigantic task of ask ing the nation's estimated 132,000, 000 population an average of 15 questions apiece within one omnth. . ANDERSON AUDITOR I UM DESTROYED BY FIRE An early morning fire Monday destroyed the $100,000 Anderson Auditorium' at Montreat, Southern Presbyterian assembly ground. Al so consumed by the blaze were the furnishings and equipment of the commercial and dramatics de partments of Montreat college. The large stone and wood structure in cluded the auditorium with a seat ing capacity of 4,000, a chapel and 12 committee rooms. Anderson Auditorium will be replaced with a building to cost between $50,000 and $75,000, and actual construction will begin as soon as the debris is cleared from the site of the old one, Dr. R. C Anderson, president of the Association, announced Wed nesday night ' PRESIDENT ORDERS MERGER OF U. S AGENCIES President Roosevelt Tuesday sent to congress a new government re organization order providing con solidation of several treasury func tions under a permanent fiscal of ficer, and for changes in the agri culture and interior department set-ups. The order made no change in the status of the forest service, j WORK TO START ON NEW SCHOOL Construction Of Modern Building At Otto To Begin April 11 County School Superintendent Guy L. Houk states that work on the new school building at Otto is expected to start on Thursday, April 11, and will be pushed to completion as rapidly as possible. It is hoped to have the building ready for the opening of the fall term. The building will contain 10 class rooms' and a spacious auditorium, and will be built entirely of native stone and tile. WPA labor will be used. The specifications call for elecr trical equipment, sewerage, central heating and ' modern plumbing. this will be the first of two buildings provided for in a WPA allotment which was recently ap proved. The structures are to be identical in size and equipment, and plans and location for the sec- hnH HiiilslinfY n.ifl fv nnn..nMA4 . soon. The consolidated school at Otto will eliminate seven small schools, four with one teacher each and three which have two teachers. Jt will be a standard school with a teacher for each grade, and will have a total enrollment of approx- mately JU0. Adequate land will be provided for playgrounds, and the project also contains provisions for com plete landscaping and beautifica- tion. In addition to providing modern school facilities, Superintendent Houk states that a community cen ter will be developed which will be a source1 of pride and great benefit to the community. It is also hoped . and expected that as soon as the good effects of a teacher for every grade are shown, a modern junior high-school will be put in operation. 1 County Political Pot Beginning to Boil Indications are that several ad ditional candidates for county of fices will qualify before the dead line on April 13. It is understood that Robert A. Patton, of Franklin, and A. L. Mc Lean, of West's Mill, will be in the race, for the general assembly. Charles A. Rogers, of Clark's Chap el community, is being urged to run for chairman of the board of commissioners, and Commissioners C. L. Blaine and Ck A, Bryson may announce for reelection. More information as to the var ious races is expected next week. now under the agriculture depart ment. ' CHURCHILL PUT AT HEAD OF BRITISH WAR DRIVE First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill, Wednesday, be came the "strong man" of Britain's war effort in an extensive cabinet shake-up that affected 11 minis ters. Prime Minister Neville Cham berlain's announcement of the shifts placed new men in the key posts of air, shipping,' food and defense coordination after increas ing complaints against the gov ernment's war policies; NAZIS MOBILIZE TO STRIKE BLOW Field Marshal Herman Wilheim Goering, Adolf Hitler's political heir, told millions of German chil dren Wednesday, that Hitler had mobilized all his forces for "a de cisive blow in the west" The mighty German army, he told the children, Will attack on the west as it did in the Polish blitzkreig. He gave no clue to the time of the attack. . . POSTMASTER GENERAL TO BE IN W. N. C TWO DAYS Postmaster General James A. Farley, avowed candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, will spend two days in Western North Carolina next week. The postmaster general will come to this section of North Carolina to dedicate new postoffice buildings at Canton and at Boone. FRANCE, ENGLAND WILL BE VICTORS CLAIMS REYNAUD Premier Reynaud. fresh from a (CentmiMd on Pag EiffcQ