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VOL. LV, NO. 24
FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 13, 1940
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John Temple Graves Speaker
At De Soto Celebration Here
Colonial Dames Society
To Unveil Marker;
" Pageant Follows
Word has , been received by the
' local committee for the De Soto
celebration from Mrs. S. Westray
Battle of the Buncombe county
committee, that John Temple Graves
II, distinguished columnist and
speaker of Birmingham, Ala., will
. make the address at the occasion
of the unveiling by the Colonial
Dames of the historical marker to
be placed in Franklin on June 20.
Invitations have been sent out by
the North Carolina Society of Col-i
onial Dailies : to many prominent
citizens of the state to be pres
ent on this occasion. The unveiling
ceremony ' will take place at noon
on. Wednesday, June 26, at -a point
near the bridge over the Little
Tennessee river in Franklin on U.
S. Highway No. 23.
": Program Outlined
The . program will include a
pledge to the flag of the United
States and greeting from Mrs.
Walter J. Williamson, of Wilming-'
ton, president, who will also make
the presentation of the memorial.
Mrs. Peter Arrington of Warren
. ton, assisted by Mrs. Egbert Jones,
will unveil the stone. The public
is invited to attend the celebra
tion. Invitations are being sent to
the mayors of Franklin and High
lands 'and to officials and heads
of civic clubs. Through them an
invitation is sent to members of
the organizations and groups they
represent.
"Sag Of De Sato" ,
Jmmediately following, the page
ant "Saga of De Soto" will be
be presented at the Macon The
atre which Messrs Tomlin and
Gailey have generously offered for
the occasion. This presentation will
be under the direction of Miss
Russell of the Russell-Harrington
Studios, Asheville, who has written
the pageant and will come to
Franklin several days ahead of
time to train the cast.
Mrs. Richard Jones i' chairman
of the pageant committee, assisted
by Mrs. Charles Melichar who is
helping the girl scouts with their
parts, and a group of older boys
and boy scouts. A number of young
people will take part in the cast
of about 40. Authentic costumes of
the Spanish conquistadors rented
for the purpose will be worn.
One scene of the pageant will be
a Spanish fiesta in Havana as De
Soto took leave of the island of
Cuba, of which lie was governor;
and his beautiful wife, Isabella,
whom he left tq rule until his re
turn'. Fred Hearn and Mis.s' Mary
Sclari,, who do some of the beau?
tiful solo dancing in the rhododen
dron festival, will dance in the
fiesta scene.
Admission will be by card which
will.be in cliarge of T. W. Angel,
chairman of the Chamber of Com
merce committee. .
Another feature of Franklin's en-
Tull Speed Ahead' In Help
To Allies, Says Roosevelt
President Rebukes Italy's
Cowardice In Address
At U. Of Va.
v The peoples of the Americas have
Itacked up President Roosevelt's
item message to the world given
in an address before the Univer
sity of Virginia's graduating class
at Charlottesville on Monday after
noon., Revealing his futile efforts
to keep .Italy at peace, a world
hook-up , carried the President's
words in many languages only two
hours after Mussolini declared war
ion the Allie,.'
Cheers and rebel yells greeted
every reference to sympathy with
. Great Britain and France.
Accusing Italy of "plunging a
dagger m the back of its neigh
bor" President Roosevelt pledged
the Allies "the material resources"
of the United States. He painted
a grim picture of consequences to
America should "the gods of force"
achieve world dominance.'
Highlight la Spch
Here are some excerpts from
)he address:
Let us not hesitate all of us
o proclaim certain truths. Over
whelmingly we, as a nation, and
this applies to all the other Amer
ican nations, are convinced that
v military and naval victory for the
gods of force and hate would en
danger the institutions of democ
racy in the western world and
that equally, therefore, the whole
of our sympathies lie with those
nations which are giving their life
Ve send forth our prayers and
blood in combat against tfioij
Chamber Of Commerce
On The Job
The directors of the Chamber of
Commerce have met several times
since the organization meeting.
Much has been accomplished and
it is confidently hoped that the
work will be of great benefit to
the community.
The information booth has been
furnished and is open daily from
10 a. m. to 3 p. m. and from 5
p..m.. to 10 p. m. and, all day on
Sunday. It is planned . to keep it
open till 11 p. m. in July and
August.
The information booklet is in the
hands of the Press and will be
out at the end of the week. Much
time and thought is being given
to the, whole question of advertise
ing and scon 'we hope to erect
signs at strategic points to direct
tourist to our community.
Again it is , asked of all citizens
that by courtesy kindness and con
sideration the tourists may feel at
home with us and enjoy their
visits. The thanks of the Chamber
is tendered to the Franklin Garden
club for the fine work they have
done in beautifying the lot around
the information booth, and so
making it attractive to all.
Inquiries for real estate are be
ing received, and it would be a
great help if anyone who has land
for sale will leave a complete de
scription at the information booth.
Slagle SeIs Registered
Guernseys In Ala. and Ga.
The American Guernsey cattle
club, Peterborough, N. H., reports
the sale cn registered Guernsey
cows by A. B. Slagle to E. ,E.
Pureell of Lavonia, Ga., CM.
Browden of Atlanta, Ga, and C.
L. Coe, of Dothan, Ala. f
AMERICAN REFUGEES
RETURN TO SAFETY
Mrs. Kermit Roosevelt, whose
husband a son of Theodore Roose
veltis a commissioned officer in
the British army serving at Nar
vik, Norway, was among the refu
gees safely returning to the U. S.
last Sunday. Her husband, who re
tains his American citizenship she
reports as "proud to be fighting
shoulder to shoulder with the men
who ; are defending our civilization
and all, that it means."
tertainment of the guests will be
a motorcade on U. S. Highway
No. 64 to Shooting creek valley,
part of which was traversed by
the De Soto expedition; and anoth
er to Wayah Bald.
As the azaleas are expected to
be in profuse bloom at this time,
these trips under guides who know
the mountains will be .especially
enjoyable to visitors from other
sections.
' James Averell, chairman of the
hospitality committee of the cham
ber of commerce and Mr. Bloxham,
chairman of the motorcade, will
have charge of the visiting cars
and the motorcade.
forces.
our . hopes to thase beyand the
seas who are maintaining with
magnificent valor their battle for
freedom.
Perception of danger to' our in
stitutions may come slowly or it
may come with a rush and shock
as it has to the public of the
United States in the past few
months. This preception of danger
has come to us clearly and over
whelmingly; and we perceive the
peril in a world wide arena an
arena which may become ao nar
rowed that only the Americans
would retain the ancient faiths.
Some indeed may still hold to
the now obvious delusion that we,
of the United States can safely
permit the United States to be
come a lone island in a world
dominated by the philosophy of
force. Such an island may be the
dream of those who still talk and
vote as isolationists. Such an is
land represents to me and to the
overwhelming majority of Ameri
cans today a helpless nightmare
of a people without freedom.
In our American unity, we will
pursue two obvious and simultan
eous courses: We will extend to
the opponents of force the mater
ial resource of this nation and,
at the same time, we will harness
and speed up the use of those re
sources in order that we ourselves
in the Americas may have equip
ment and training equal to the
task of any emergency and every
defense.
Bridge Over
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Near this spot on U. S. Highway 23 entering Franklin the
National Society of . Colonial Dames will erect a stone marker
commemorating the crossing of the river by De Soto in 1540.
As The World Turns
A Brief Survey of Current Events In State, Nation
and Abroad.
WAR SUMMARY
Since last Thursday the Hitler
war machine has moved relentless
ly on its wide path of destruction
over the fair land of France. On
a 300 mile front, in spite of the
desperate resistance of Allied forces
and incredible Ivsses, the mechan
ized army has reached the out
skirts of Paris.
Mussolini's long threatened ad
vent into the war on the German
side came Monday with a gesture
described as a "stab in the back"
of FVance. The seat of tlie gov
ernment of France fled Monday
night to Tour.s, '
Yielding to pleas for aid this
government has moved under the
direction of President Roosevelt
to make, available at once to Great
Britain and France . at least 340'
army and navy planes and huge
quantities of war materials.
Henry Ford is in consultation
with government authorities look
ing to mass production of air
planes. Increase in taxes to meet
the billions needed for national
defense is being rushed by Con
gress with all possible speed.
Senator Byrd stated that the pres
ent bill would yield only "chicken
feed" as the senate suggested
Congress double or the house bil
lion dollar bill.
With the sympathies of her
Fascist government on the side of
Italy and Germany, Spain has an
nounced her attitude of non-belligerency
instead of neutrality.
Princess Juliana of Holland with
her two children have arrived in
Halifax, Nova Scotia, en route for
Quebec refugees from German-occupied
Holland.
PARIS ABOUT TO
BE TAKEN
Dispatches late Thursday after
noon report . the line outside Paris
is holding in spite of heavy on
slaught. But Commentator Kalten
born states that surrender of the
city now declared, an "open city"
technically inviolate against bomb
ing or shelling appears imminent,
and that Ambassador Bullitt is'
within the city prepared to hand
over the government to the in
vaders. LONDON '
Great Britain poured men and
guns across the English, channel to
the aid of her. hard-pressed French
ally today, backing up far-ranging
air raids pressed against the enemy
from Equatorial Africa to Arctic
Norway.
"Every gun that ' could shoot,"
every available soldier and tank
headed or the continental battle
field to fight the Germans, while
Italy replied to Briti,Ji air forays
with deadlyattacks on Malta,
Britain's islands fortress in the
Mediterranean.
.
TOURS
German troops have crossed the
Marne at Chateau-Thierry last
night as they half ringed the city
by a three headed drive. Fighting
raged over the gardens of the Am
erican ambassador's chateau, while
Ambassador Bullitt, is reported to
be still in Paris. Nazi losses are
reported enormous as . they threw
a new mechanized force of 80,000
men, 3,000 tanks and other equip
ment into yesterday's battle. There
is little hope of saving Paris from
falling into German hands, but the
French will continue to fight.Non
lines beyond the city.
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BERLIN
Tens of thousands of German
troops saw the Eiffel tower of
Paris clearly just a little way
ahead, drew tighter their circle of
fire and steel about that French
capital yesterday. '
The city doomed in German
eyes was within easy range of
Garman guns' from three direc
tions. -. ' ,
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ROME
Italy has moved to cut the Med
iterranean in half with a wide new
mine belt intended to -box in com
pletely the British fortified island
of Malta Italy's first announced
objective of the war.
Her other activities against the
allies on the .side of Germany is
largely an unknown quantity.
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ANKARA, TURKEY
Turkish government decided last
night to stay out of the . war at
present, but to redouble its defen
sive preparations.
Turkey is especially interested in
the Russian attitude and certainly
will not enter the conflict, despite
her mutual assistance agreement
with the. allies, until she is assur
ed she will not have a hostile Rus
sia at her back.
CAIRO, EGYPT
This morning Egypt moved to
ward war on the side of the Allies
after unanimous vote of both
houses of parliament severed dip
lomatic relations with Italy. Last
September Egypt broke off diplo
matic relations with Germany and
interned 200 German residents.
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ETHIOPIA
Ethiopians are already reported to
be fighting the Italians with mod
ern arms.
BUCHAREST. RUMANIA
All Rumanian ships today were
ordered to return "immediately to
home ports and diplomats attrib
uted the order to government fears
the war : soon might spread to
other Mediterranean countries such
as Turkey. '
JAPS DESTROY
CHINESE CAPITAL
In a brief 23-minute raid yes
terday 124 Japanese planes destroy
ed two-thirds of old Chungking
City, provisional capital of China,
and caused casualties probably
numbering 1,500.
American missionaries said the
havoc was the worst single devas
tation caused by Japanese bombers
since the start of hostilities near
ly three years ago, and probably
was one of the worst ravages of
a city in - history.
Between 800 and 900 demolition
bombs were' dropped.
The German ultimatum "surrend
er or be destroyed" against the
beautiful French capital is ex
pected tonight. The French came
to the decision to surrender their
capital to save it from complete
destruction.
FATHERS DAY
Sunday, June 16, has been desig
nated Fathers Day.
MAXWELL'S CONDITION
UNCHANGED
Revenue Commissioner Maxwell
(who suffered a stroke a few days
before the primaries in which he
was a candidate for nomination
for governor, is still an ill man in
Rex hospital in Raleigh.
Federal Power Commission
Approves Building D a m s
Red Cross
Relief Fund Donations
Received This Week
Harley R. , Cabc, Ma'cpn county
chairman of the American . Ked
Cross, announces that all contri
butions to. war relief will be 'used
solely for that 'purpose.'-and' sent
direct to war refugees in the
stricken Allied countries.
The following donations received
since last (veek's report are ac
knowledged: Franklin Methodist i Sunday
school, $21.73; Miss Mayberyl
Moody, $2.50; John Norton, $1 ;
Oak Dale Sunday school, $2,50 ;
Mrs. C. C. Cunningham, $2.40;
Miss Willie Mae Corpening, $1 ;
O. C. Corbin, $1 ; Miss Nettie
Henderson, $1 ; Mrs Annie Hender
son,, $1; Union Sunday school,
$6.31;", Patton Methodist Sunday
school,1 $3.10; Mrs. Albert Ramsey,
$1.; Mrs. L. H. Page, $1; Miss
Lassie Kelly, $1; Mrs. Myza
Crawford, $1; Mr; Blumenthal,
$5; J. E. S. Thorpe, $5; George
Prescott, $1; Robert Sloan 25c.
Total $37.06.
Total this week, $58.79. previous
ly acknowledged, $88.07. These
amounts total $146.86. The original
quota asked from this chapter was
$3.00. .
LEGION PICNIC
AT CUFFSIDE
State Commander Rose
And Other Guests
To Attend
On Sunday, June 16, the Amer
ican Legion and members of the
Legion Auxiliary will hold their
annual picnic at Cliffside Lake.
Commanders, adjutants and spe
cial guests are expected from Bry
son City, Andrews, Murphy,
Waynesville and other,-' nearby
towns.
All ex-soldiers and their fam
ilies who do not have convey
ances to the picnic are asked to
meet at the courthouse Sunday
morning at 10:30 o'clock and. trans
portation will be furnished free.
Picnic lunch will be served at 12:30
and the speaking will begin at 2.
o'clock. June H. Rose, department
commander of North Carolina, will
be the guest speaker.
Franklin Hardware (
Enlarges Store
Alf Higdon, owner of the Frank
lin Hardware company, has com
pleted extensive improvements in
his store that have modernized
both building and service.
A masonite ceiling and fresh
paint on all surfaces make the in
terior like new, while the rear
floor .space has been enlarged by
including part of the adjoining
store room. Display cases have
been placed in the center . with
service, counters to the rear, giv
ing better sales facilities and dis
play advantages for the large and
varied stock carried by this firm.
Anything in the hardware, farm
implement, household utensil and
building line can be furnished.
A lumber mill, large warehouse
and storage facilities, enable the
company to give quick delivery
service to both large, and small
orders for anything in the build
ing line. Mr. Higdon stated that
his firm has adopted the motto,
"You Get-What You Buy."
Franklin Boomers Win
With Score Of 28 To 0
The Franklin Boomers, the new
name of the Clark's Chapel club,
won art easy victory over the
Shortoff nine last Sunday on the
Clark's Chapel diamond, before a
large crowd of fans, with a 28-0
score.
Little Man Poindexter pitched
his first no-hit-no-run game of the
season. The old reliable hands
backed him, such as G. I). Buch
anan on first ; P. L. Davis and
Mut Teague around the old key
stone bag; Albert Cabe on third;
R. Angel catching; H. Angel, And
erson and Reno Moses in the
field.
The , public is cordially invited
to Sunday's game with the Otto
CCC boys. The Boomers plan to
supplement the Franklin All-Stars'
schedule so that Franklin fans can
see a Franklin team on the home
diamond every Sunday afternoon.
There will be a small admission
fee to pay for use of the ball
park.
Projects Will Provide
Nantahala Power Co. ;
Water Storage
The , Federal . -Power commission
in Washington has approved . the
application of the Nantahala Pow
er and Light. company, a subsidiary
of the Aluminum company of
America, for the right to build two ,
hydro-electric projects at Nanta
hala aid Glenville on the Little
Tennessee river system, it was an
nounced - Monday at the'--offices
here of the Nanta-hala company.
While it was .stated . that two
othrr governmental authorities
i
would, have to pass on the pro
posal,, there is no difficulty antici
pated. It is hoped that positive as- 1
surance that work will begin soon
may be announced by the company
at an early date.
The news of this proposal which
would furnish employment for a
large number of people in Macon,
Jackson and Cherokee counties, has
been received in this section with
great interest.
Provide Water Storage
The two locations would provide
water storage against low .water
periods and would assist in level
ing out ,the flow of water and
power 1 in the company's hydro
electric developments on the. Little
Tennessee river system in West- .
em -North Carolina.
The Nantahala project would pro
vide one turbine developing 00,
000 horsepower and Glenville a
turbine developing 30,000 horse
power. This horsepower would be
added, to the 274.UIO horsepower al
ready capable of being generated
by the company existing develop-'
ments on the Little Tennessee riv
er at Santeetkih, Cheoah, and Cal
derwood and would . give the com
pany a total generated capacity
on its Little Tennessee river de
velopments of 364,000 horsepower.
On Two Tributaries
- The Nantahala dam would be on
Nantahala river, a tributary of the
Little Tennessee river, ' in Macon
county. The Glenville project would
be in . Jackson county, on the west
fork of the Tuckaseegee river, a
tributary of the Little Tennessee
river.
Nantahala and Glenville would
have, the highest heads of any
dam in the United States east, of
the Rocky mountains. The head at
Nantahala would be 999 feet and
that at Glenville 1,215 feet. The
Nantahala dam would be 260 feet
high and the one at Glenville 130
feet in height. At Nantahala, a
lake of 1,631 acres would be cre
ated for water storage while at
Olenville the lake' would cover
1,470 acres.
Construction of the dams would
be done by the, company's own or
ganization. . 1 he dams would be
earth-faced, rock-filled. Cubic yards
in the Nantahala dam are estimat
ed to be 1,829,000, while the cubic
yardage in the Glenville dam would
be 458,000. . . -
W. Pierce Deal. 87
Passes At Home
William Pierce Deal. 87. died at
his home in the Hnllv
j - i n -'
community on Saturday afternoon
about 2 o'clock following an illness
of six months.
Mr. Deal, a widelv-k
and farmer, was born on January
20, 1853 and had lived hi entire
life on the old Deal homestead N
He was the son of the late Wil
liam Deal and Mank Imminos
Deal. On December 6, 1883 he was
married to Miss Lydia Berry, of
this county, who preceded him in
death. He was a member of the '
Holly Springs Baptist church and
took an active interest in all
church and community affairs as
long as his: health would permit.
Funeral services were held on
Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at
the Holly Springs Baptist church.
The Rev. lames I. Vi n nn nactnr
of Dillard, Ga., Route 1, assisted
Dy the Kev. K. b. Mayberry, pastor
of the Iotla Baptist church and the
Kev. Joseph A. Bryson, of Colum
bia, Mo., were in charge of the
services. Interment was in the
church cemetery. .
nephews were the pallbearers,
they included T. W. Angel, Jr.,
James Berrv. Elbert R rvcrm Mir.
ion Deal, William Crawford,' Astor
weal ana Uewey Rochester.
Honorary pallbearers were Dr.
Furman Angel, Dr. Edgar Angel,
Dr. W. A. Rogers, J. B. Justice,
John C Ferguson, Wayne Mc
Cracken, Mrs. C. L. Ingram, Mrs.
R. E. Pattillo, Mrs. Addie-Cabe,
Frank Cabe, Mrs. Sam Crawford,
Jack Cabe, Walter Elliott, Weaver
(Coatroued o Pa EifktJ