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500 YEARS GIVE NOW! ... Since ignorance gave -Jvvaytcrknowledge7darkr" ness before light, thru the invention of printing To the Red Cross to help war victims in France, Thousands are wounded, sick, starving, homeless! PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL. LV, NO. 23 FRANKLIN, N. C THURSDAY, JUNE 6, 1940 $1.50 PER YEAR MORE RED CROSS HELP IS NEEDED Prompt Giving Urged To Complete Macon's Quota The following donatiins have been received during the. week for the War Relief Fund of the Amer ican Red Crops, as reported by Harley K. Cabe, county chairman! The Girl Scouts . will continue to receive contributions on Main street for the remainder" of the week. : ' The Macon county quota is $300, which National Chairman Norman Davis has asked to be increased in , the face of indescribable need pf the war refugees. Each day over A radio and through the press comes news of horrors ami suffering of pitiful millions who look to the United States as their only hope of relief. The American Red Cross worker are risking their lives to minister to the suffering and starv ing, with the need much greater than they can meet. Chairman' Cabe urges prompt rcr spon se so that Macon county's share in this work may be wired to headquarters without further de lay. Lee Cuffey, $1; Ras Penland, $1 ; Mr,.,, Ella Hall, $1; Mrs. J. H. Slagle, $5; Mrs. S. I'. Penland, 50c; Allie Wood, 50c; Mulberry Metho dist Sunday, school, $1.22; Mrs. E. N. Evans, 50c; Coweta Baptist Sunday school, $1.25; Snow; Hill Methodist Sunday school, $3; Hick ory Knoll Sunday school, $2; Paul Carpenter, $1; Mrs. Chas. Meli char, $1 ; A. G. Cagle, $1 ; Eliza beth Love, 25c; Mrs. 1. Li Roberts, 50c; Dr. J. H. Fouts, $1; Rev. P. L. Green, 50c ; Chas, , Bradley $1 ; W. G. Hall, $1; Edna Jamison, $1 ; . J. R. Bulgin, $1; E. B. McCollKm, $1; Mrs. E. B. McCollum, 50c; Rev. Mayberry, 50c;. Mrs. Gordon Moore, 25c; H. C. Wellman, $5; C. P. Moody, $1; Mrs. Lavada Compton, $1; Mrs. E. Doyle, $1 ; Mrs. John B. Willis, $3; Miss Anderson, 25c; Mrs. E. K. Cun ningham, $1 ; " Ray SwanBf $1 ; Koy P. Cunningham, $1; T. W. Angel, Jr.. - $1; B. W. Woodruff, $1; T. D. Bryson, $1; H. H. Hinsch, $1; Mrs. H. H. Hirsch, $1; Airs. W. W. Sloan's Sunday school llass, $5. Total $52.72. The amount ac knowledged last week was $35.35, which brings the total aknowledg mcnt to $88.07. Tony Welch Buys People's Market R. E. (Tony) Welch, a former Franklin boy, has returned to his home town and has purchased the People's: Market from Mrs. C. S. Brown. Before going to Denver, Colo., a few years ago, where he has been employed by Safety Stores, Inc., he was an employee of People's Market wlien it was owned by C. L. Pendergrass. Mr. and Mrs.. Welch will1 receive a warm welcome home witli good wishes from their many friends. A total of 6,397 drivers' licenses have been suspended in this state i since 1935 for causes ranging from speeding to illegal transportation j the mountains are expected this of liquor. season. Unveiling Of DeSoto Marker With Celebration on June 26 Colonial Dames Celebrate Historical Event With Fitting Ceremony The unveiling of the De Soto marker commemorating the 400th anniversary of the Ue Soto expe dition by the Colonial Dames will take place in Franklin on June 26. The Buncombe county committee of the North Carolina chapter of the Colonial Dames have charge of the arrangements for the un veiling of the marker, which is one of a series being placed by the national society of Colonial Dames to mark the route of Her nando De Soto's explorations in the New World 400 years ago. A atone marker, with a bronze plate engraved with an historical nar rative of the expedition is to be placed in every state along the route. The first marker was un viled near Bradenton, Fla., about a year ago, near the entrance of Tampa Bay where De Soto landed from Cuba. The Franklin celebration will in clude a program arranged by the North Carolina Colonial Dames. Other distinguished guests as well as member. of the Colonial Dames arc expected to attend the unveil ing, immediately following! this ceremony, which will take place pear the Little TcnneMee river The Bath House at Cliff side LEGION PICNIC AT CLIFFSIDE State Commander Rose To Be Guest Speaker On June 16 June H. Rose, of Greenville, N. C, department commander . of North Carolina, will be guest speaker at the annual picnic given by the local post of the American Legion and members of the Amer ican Legion Auxiliary, on Sunday, June 16, at Cliff side Lake, near Highlands. An invitation has been extended to. all ex-soldier,s in Macon county, including their families. Transpor tation will be furnished to all these ex-soldiers and their families who do not have their own conveyances. They are asked to meet at the Macon county courthouse at 10:30 o'clock. Commanders and adjutants in the 20th district have been invited to attend. The picnic dinner, which will be served at 12:30 o'clock, will be furnished by the attending group, and the speaking is scheduled to begin at 2 a clock. Franklin Lodge And Golf Course Now Open The Franklin Lodge- and Golf Course is now in readiness to re ceive guests after many additions and improvements, including three new cottages. Fresh paint and many new furnishings have made both lodge and cottages even more attractive. Electric hot water heaters and showers have been placed in every cottage, giving this delightful re sort every indoor comfort a well as offering the attractions of liv ing out-of-doors. The golf course has been put in perfect condition Ifor the season's playing. New lighting and decoration in the lodge made this .spacious house one of the main attractions among tour ist accomodations in the commun ity: Major and Mrs. Carmack have advertised Franklin in. Florida. the past winter, With the result that many newcomers to this part of bridge, a pageant depicting the De Soto story will be presented by the local committee of entertain ment in the Macon Theatre, which the operators have generously of fered for the occasion. Will Direct Pfit Miss Edith Kuseell of the Russell-Harrington Studios, Ashevile. who is directing the Rhododendron Festival, is author of the pageant and has volunteered to direct its production. From 30 to 40 people will be in the cast, including older members of the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts. A motorcade under the direction of the Franklin Chamber of Commerce hospitality committee, James Averell, chair man ; will be guided over U. S. Highway 64. This roughly follows the De Soto route up the Car toogechaye valley to Chunky Gal mountain from which is a mag nificent view of Slnjoting creek val ley, along which the expedition traveled the Indian trail through Tennessee to the banks of the Mississippi. All hotels and inns in Franklin and vicinity are being requested to be prepared to accomodate the visitors on that day with a special luncheon. Some overnight guests are expected and others will arrive on the morning of the celebration, which is scheduled to begin at 11 lo'cloclc. ' 'X- t Cliffside Lake Open To Fishing This Week-end Cliffside Lake will again.be open to fishing on June 8, 9, and 10. Daily fishing permits may be ob tained at the bathhouse at $1.00 per person. The first open period which occurred in May proved to be an outstanding success. The fish caught averaged one-half pound each. All fish caught were brook trout and averaged approxi mately 11 inches. It has been found that not only the lake but also As The World Turns A Brief Survey of Current Events In State, Nation and Abroad. v WAR SUMMARY With the withdrawal of 335,000 Allied troops from Dunkirk under German attack by air and land, the deadliest battle the world has ever seen was brought to its tragic end. The British navy, using a thousand ships, assisted by every se t of small craft, performed one of the greatest feats in naval war fare by the successful transporta tion of this large proportion of an army otherwise doomed for an nihilation. German superiority in mechan ized lumbers on land and in the air swept over Holland and Bel gium, forcing their complete sur render. Holland's royal family escaped to England and Belgium's king surrendered his throne. Losses on both sides were colos sal, including thousands of men, women and children t refugees, which the advancing Germans swept ahead of them for protection from AUied forces, and which were machine-gunned by low flying Nazi planes. The Germans are now in possession of Dunkirk and that section of northern France. BERLIN The German high command states that they have thrown "countless new divisions" against a 200 mile front in .Northern France. They predict capture in Paris in two weeks. PARIS The first large air raid on Paris has claimed 254 dead and 652 wounded and caused much damage within the city, as the Nazis drop ped 1,000 bombs. Generalissimo Weygand s new system of defense is reported to lave stopped Germany's armored columns which broke the main French front at spear-points of their great offensive towards Paris yesterday. Changes in Premier Reynaud's cabinet includes the dropping of former .premier, Daladier, Reynaud thereby becoming minister of na tional defense as well as minister of foreign affairs. Reprisal air were made following air raids on cities in southern France and on raids on German military . bases Paris. ' ' LONDON Lord Beaverbrook, air minister appealed for the speeding of air plane output, for the production you pour from your factories this week will be hurled into the des perate struggle, next week. The government is considering sending hundreds of thousands of British children to Canada and Australia as England faces inva sion and bombing from across the channel. Incendiary bombs were dropped yesterday in many rural districts in Germany's first wide spread air attack on England. . MOSCOW . London reports that the diplo matic front has' improved in Rus sia following the imminence of Italy's entrance into the war. Town Board Votes Improvements For Palmer Street , At the , town board meeting last. Monday night action was taken to ' lay curbs and gutters on Palm er street from the intersection with Alain street at the foot of then hill o the to the crossing of U. S. Highway 23. This work will be done under the same arrangement that Harrison avenue has been improved, with WPA furnishing labor and concrete and the town supplying other "ma terial and equipment. The widening of Main street from the postoffice to Harrison avenue was discussed but no vote was taken on the motion. It was agreed that the people of the town should be consulted before the board could come to a decis ion that'would involve the destruc tion of all trees shading that sec tion of the street. the two small streams entering it are . well .stocked with brook trout equal in size to those found in the lake. Skittles Creek below the dam has numerous excellent pools in which will be found brook trout equal in size to those found above the dam. .''" Harrison avenue and Church street are closed for surfacing for the rest of the week. ROME Italy announces a 12-mile danger zone around her coast and colonial possessions while Pope Pius XII sent a .signed message to Musso lini with a final plea that Italy would refrain from entering the war. ' - ISTANBUL Turkey has ordered partial re moval of citizens from Istanbul and is building air raid shelters. .''' WASHINGTON Congress has promptly voted an other billlion requested by Presi dent Roosevelt to add to the $1, 250,000,000 already voted for emer gency national defence. ' .' . Steps have been taken to in crease defense taxes by lowering tax exemptions from $2,500, to $2, 000 for family heads and for sin gle persons from $1,000 to $800, to apply to 1940 earnings. Senate and house committees approved a resolution reaffirming the Monroe doctrine. - The house passed and sent to the senate a bill providing for the summary . deportation of aliens who are convicted of felonies or who engage in espionage or sabotage. 1 The senate appropriations com mittee approved a relief bill carry- ing appropriations, of $1,073,384,916 anu loan authorizations of $125, 000,000, ,',h provisions to train CCC men in non-combat defense work. Rep. Dies (D., Tex.) pioposts that congress outlaw the Commun ist party and the German-American bund and fix heavy penalties for membership in those groups "or any organizations controlled by them." Amid mounting opposition in con gress to President Roosevelt's re quest for authority to call the national guard to active duty, the army high command contends that the possibility of "dangerous de velopments" in this hemisphere made it essential that the request be granted. All warring nations were noti fied by the state department last week that more Jhan 2,500 Amer icans' were sailing on the liner Manhattan from Genoa and the President Roosevelt from Galway, Ireland. . President Roosevelt has announc ed that he will have to postpone the date of the dedication of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, due to present conditions abroad that effect this nation. Republican presidential candidate Dewey will speak in Greensboro Saturday, noon, and his address will be broadcast over that station. . ' Gov. Hoey has urged observance of Flag Week, June 8 to 14 to emphasize our appreciation of the freedom vouchsafed us. Population Of 1,250 By J. M. BROUGHTON i 1 I , , V i I 1 J.M.BROUGHTON NEXT GOVERNOR Second Primaries Waived By Runners-Up Of Both Parties Lieutenant Governor Wilkins P. Horton withdrew from the Demo cratic gubernatorial campaign Mon day. , Broughton said he was "deeply gratified" and sincerely believed the decision would aid party harmony. The state board of elections an hour earlier had formally ruled that Horton was entitled, to a sec ond primary. He got 105,916 votes to take second place in the seven man field. Broughton led with 147, 386. Governor Hoey quickly let it be known that he had given his un qualified endorsement to Horton's withdrawal. "It is a very forfunatc circum stance that the people will not have the tenseness of a second primary . . . " said Hoey. Horton's Statement After the state board of elec tions certified returns of the first primary, tlortun aimuuncca ins withdrawal in a statement which said: "It appears that the best interests ot tne iJeiuuerauc pimj will be served by terminating the matter without further contest . . . 1 am a party, man." Both Broughton and Horton have been , staunch supporters of Gover nor Hoey's; administration, and there was but slight difference in their programs. Pledged To Modify Sales Tax Broughton is pledged to remove the sales tax from all food bought for home consumption; Horton did not mention the sales tax. Wf Erskine Smith of Albemarle has conceded the Democratic nom ination for lieutenant governor to R. L. Harris of Roxboro, who led in the first primary. . The meeting of the state board was of a routine nature. The Dem ocratic gubernatorial vote, as final ly certified, gave Broughton 147,- 386 and Horton 105,916. Well Known lb Macon J. M. Broughton is well knowr; to many in Maceis county, having delivered the commencement.' ad dress at the Franklin high school in 1939. He has been an active Democrat and Baptist leader for 25 years. His nomination, which is equivalent to election next No vember, will place the nominee in the governor's chair next January. Gilmer A. Jones was Broughton's manager in Macon county, where he received a plurality of 82 votes over Horton. No Republican 2nd Primary The possibility of a state-wide Republican second primary also was eliminated Monday when George M. Pritchard of Asheville announced he would not contest the gubernatorial nomination of Robert H. McNeill of Washington, D. C, and Statesville. In the first primary, McNeill received 13,130 votes; Pritchard received 11,847. Horner Stockton Elected President of Rural Letter Carriers J. H. Stockton, of Franklin, was elected president of the. Smoky Mountains branch of the North Carolina Rural Letter Carriers' as sociation at its annual meeting held at the Cliffside Lake recrea tional area in Nantahala National forest on Thursday. - , Other officers elected are: Vice president, E, E, Roberts, of Cand- Frsmklin Official Count Census Supervisor Urges Persons Omitted To Report Official census figures for the town of. Franklin' have been an nounced by Charles Z, Flack, of Ashcville, district supervisor, as follows : ' Poimlation as .shown by a pre liminary count of returns of April 1. 1940 is 1,250. The figures of the preceding census as of April 1, 1930 were 1,094, .showing astipu lation gain of 15o. The occupied housing units of 1'rajiklin are shown as 3J9, with 28' vacant houses. Not Too Late To Count Mr. Flack emphasizes the fact that it is not too late .to count any names omitted and requests these to be reported to the county clerk or The Franklin Press office. Miss Anna Jean Moore, census enumerator for the town of Frank lin, will add any additional named to her report. s Rufus Rav. 70 Dies At Clark's Chapel funeral services Ur Kufus Ray, 70, were held on Tuesday morn ing at 11 o'clock at the Clark's Chapel Methodist church. The Rev. Phillip L. Greene, pastor, -'was in charge of the services, iliiter ment was in the church cemetery. Mr. Kay, a widely-known farm er and carpenter, was the son of the late Wilburn and Nicie Wil-' son Ray. He was born on April 27, 1870, in the Burningtown sec tion of Macon county, and had lived his entire life in' this county. Fifty years ago he was married to Miss Carrie Roper, also of Macon county. He was a member of the Sugarfork Baptist church. Mr. Kay died at his home in the Clark's Chapel community on Monday morning at 1:30 o'clock. Although he had been ill for the past two months, death was sud den and unexpected.- Death was due to a heart attack.' The pallbearers were Glen Dow dle, R. L. Ray, Harve L. Bryant, Woodrow Dowdle, Paul Kay and Bill Barnard. Surviving are four .sons, Oliver, of Augusta, Ga. ; Mann, of Frank lin; and Robert and Frank, of Franklin Route 2; two daughters, Mrs. George Dowdle, of Franklin Route 2; and Miss Allie Ray, of the Clark's Chapel community ; one brother, Emeless Ray, of Frank lin Route 3: three sisters. Mrs. John Baldwin, Mrs. H. J. Bryant, and Mrs. ti. L. Barnard,, all of Franklin Route 3: 23 eranHrhiUr..!. and three great-grandchildren. ARRESTED ON ARSON CHARGE Four Men To Be Tried For Setting Fe To School House At a preliminary hearing Satur day before magistrates C. A. Set- ser and Samuel J. Murray, Willard Sanders and Leo SanHprs nf ihr- Skeenah section of Macon county and Bill Southards and Ranee Flemmines of Mountain Citv. Ga Were bound over to the.- August term of the Macon county Super ior court. These four men, who were ar rested by Deputy Sheriff John Dills and nlaced in iail arc al leged to have set fire to the Maple springs school house in the Skeenah community, on Monday night, May 27. Warrents were sworn out by Guy L. Houk, sup erintendent of Macon countv nuh- lic schools. All four men are out on $500 bond each. ler, and secretary-treasurer, W. P. Cook, of Asheville. , Decision was reached to meet again at Cliffside Lake on May 30. 1941. Fourteen letter carriers and their families attended the meeting. T. W. Porter, postmaster of Franklin was a special guest and led a rouna-taDie discussion on subjects of interest to the carriers. Mr. Stockton welcomed the carriers to Macon county and Mr. Cook spoke on thenational convention held at Portland, Ore, last August. Mr. cook was the district delegate to the convention. WAR The economic effect of the Euro pean war and the closing of vital markets to the agricultural sur plus producing countries are be ginning to have a decided effect on the prices of foodstuffs. l