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FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1940
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GOP NOMINATES
PARTIAL SLATE
County Board Candidates
Named; Organization
Completed
, Meeting recently in the court
house auditorium here, Macon Re
publicans completed their county
organization and nominated a
major portion of their slate for the
forthcoming November elections.
Alf M. Higdon of Franklin was
named for the legislature by the
convention, presided over by John
Dean, but declined to accept the
..nomination. To date, no one has
been put up to oppose Dr, W. A.
Rogers, for the post.
Walter Dean was nominated for
chairman of the county board of
commissioners, against Gus Leach,
the Democratic nominee. Other
candidates' named for the board by
the convention are James R. Hol
brooks of Cowee and Freeman
Hastings of Cartoogechaye. .
The convention discussed organ
izing a "Wilkie For President"
club here, and a committee con
sisting of E. J. Carpenter, Alf
Higdon, W, C. Zickgraf, H. L.
Bryant and Henry D. West was
appointed to consider, the matter
further.
County party officials elected
were Mrs. Jud Xallent of Iotla,
vice-chairman, and Ray Swanson,
secretary.
Party chairman for the various
townships are Alec Deal for Mill
Shoals; W. R. Higdon for Elli
jay; O. C. Dills for Sugarfork; T.
M. Keener for Highlands; M. S.
Burnette for Flats; L. M. Henson
for Smith's Bridge; Hez Dills for
Cartoogechaye; Oscar Hicks for
Nantahala; Wymer Cochrane for
Briartown ; Pink Martin for Bunu
ingtown; Norman Houston for Co
wee ; and E. J. Carpenter for
, Franklin.
As The World Turns
A Brief Survey of Current Events In State, Nation
and Abroad. r
The War
Great Britain yesterday broaden
ed her blockade of the European
continent with a guard of warships
vent trans-shipment of supplies
through Spain and Portugal to
Germany and Italy, and to cut off
all Atlantic n-uropean commerce.
,
While Germans intensified their
aerial and sea warfare, with a
concentrated diving bomb attack on
Dover Monday and massing of
troops on France's shores, there are
Indications that the blitzkrieg is
imminent. ;
As smashing blows in air raids
claimed by both sides, with de
struction . on land and sea; the
Nazi radio and Italian press are
giving the impression that the in
vasion of England has been de
layed. - v
A battle' was fought Monday eve
ning off the coast of Brazil, near
Trinadad between, the 22,000 ton
British cruiser Alcantara and a
German raider. Both vessels were
hit. British warcraft ranged off
the Brazilian coast in search of
the raider.
.Violent attacks on Gibraltar con
tinue as Spain stages anti-British
demonstrations.
RUSSIA
Declaring close accord with the
axis powers, Russia today takes
into the Soviet Union : the little
Baltic countries of Latvia, Estonia
and Lithuania, and the newly con
quered territory of Bessarabia, part
pf Rumania. ,
BALKAN DISPUTE
Last week Hitler ordered Ru
mania to settle territorial claims
of Hungary and Bulgaria. This in
cluded the returning of the Dobrija
wheat growing region to Bulgaria.
The Balkans now come under the
domination of the Reich.
JAPAN
Japan moves toward her declar
ed goal for a new Asia by im
prisonment of British and other
foreigners. Britain' has protested
lh charge of espionage against 11
arrested, including an English cor
respondent, who, the Japanese say,
committed suicide. Five hundred
foreign teachers, including mission
aries will be ousted.
ON WAY TO BAHAMAS
The Duke and Duchess of Wind
ier have tailed en the tteun&ip
Franklin Future Farmers
Camp At White Lake
Eighteen Franklin Future Farm
ers of America, under the guidance
of E. J- Whitmire, agricultural
teacher here,- left Monday for
White Lake in Bladen county
where they will be in camp for a
week.
The boys will have a . full week
of athletics, boating, swimming, and
sight-seeing, including a day at
Carolina Beach. The trip is being
made via- Columbia, Sumter and
Florence, S. C.
Logan Allen, Fred Houk, Vic
Perry, Jack Angel, Charles.. Fulton,
Robert Fulton, Alex Keener, Hay
wood Frazier, Hunter Anderson,
R. L. Crawford, Blake Roland,
Marvin Roper, Ray Bennett, Cecil
Duvall, Garland Duvall and James
Hurst made the trip.
Macon Citizens Attend
Raleigh Meeting '
Representing the Macon county
demonstration club at the Farm
and Home Week observance in
Raleigh this week include Miss
Florence Stalcup, home agent;
Mrs. J, D. Burnette, Mrs. J, N.
Fisher, Mrs. 'Jack Cabe and Mrs.
Floyd Martin.
The farmers of the county at
tending with Sam W. Mendenhall,
county agent, are C. L. Garner,
J. L. Clark, Bob Wiggins, Roy
Southards, B. W. Justjce, M. S.
Burnette, J. C. Ferguson, and Rob
ert Fulton.
Health Department To
Hold Tuberculosis Clinic
' A tuberculosis clinic will be held
in the offices of the Macon county
health department in the Ashear
building here next Wednesday and
Thursday, August 7 and 8. Clinic
hours will be from 9 to 12 a. m.
and 1 to 4 :30 p. m. on each of the
two days.
X-rays of the lungs will be made
only on persons with a. positive
tuberculin test, or on those susr
pected of having tuberculosis in
the early or late stages.
Excalibur from Lisbon to , New
York, whence they will go to the
Bahamas where the former King
will serve as governor-general of
the British-owned islands.
WASHINGTON .
-Statine that this country, is in
danger of a direct attack by
Hitler and that Great Britain may
fall in 30 days, Secretary of War
Stimson yesterday strongly backed
the Burke-Wadsworth bill requir
ing men between the ages of 21
and 65 to. register for military
service. The senate military af
fairs committee has altered its re
port in the face of opposition to
favor limiting the compulsory ser
vice bill to 12,500,000 between 21
and ,45. The, provisions would al
low all men between to volunteer
for enlistment for, one year, requir
ing . employers to re-hire men at
the end of the year.
President Roosevelt yesterday
shut off shipment of American
aviation gasoline to all non-Western
hemisphere countries.
The President completed a jtour
of "outer defenses" of the national
ra nihil inn Monday with the re
mark, "The chances of success of
an invasion would depend entirely
on when it came and who it was,"
he said. He inspected the fleet
operating base at I Norfolk, the
navy yard and the privately-owned
Newport New Shipbuilding and
Dry Dock company.
THE HAVANA PARLEY
The accord of the American" re
publics reached in Havana pre
sents a solid front to aggressor
nations who might seek a hold On
any possessions in the New World,
The Havana Declaration on inter-
American economics and policies
was considered a triumph for Sec
retary of State Hull
DR. POE SUGGESTED FOR
WALLACE'S SUCCESSOR
The name of Dr. Clarence Poe,
editor of the Progressive Farmer
and one of the nation's best agri
cultural . authorities, has been sug
gested to succeed Henry A. Wal
lace, now Democratic vice-presidential
candidate, as Secretary of
Agriculture.
TRAIN CRASH FATAL
TO 41 PERSONS
A gasoline electric coach train
running from Hudson to Akron,
Ohio, had a head-on collision with
a freight train yesterday, which
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FLOWER SHOW
GREATSUCCESS
Garden Club's Event Was
Attended By 300;
Fine Exhibits
Miss Mary Willis, prominent
Garden CJub member, won the
sweepstakes prize at the annual
county-wide flower show here last
Saturday, taking a total of four
prizes and one second prize in a
field of more than 125 entries.
Approximately 300 persons, in
cluding many summer people, vis
ited the display in the Macon
Theatre building, sponsored by the
Garden Club.
Judges included ' Mrs. . W. W.
Baker of Orlando, Fla. ; Clyde H.
Ray of Kay Florist shop, Waynes;
ville, and Arthur Connell of the
National Park Service, stationed at
Waynesville.
Winning entries included: roses,
first, T. W. Angel, Jr. ; second,
CCC Camp, Otto. Pansies, first,
Mrs. Frank M. Killian; second,
Mrs. T. T. Henderson. Gladioli,
first, Mrs. Lola P. Barrington ;
second, Mrs. L, T. Peek. Dahlias,
first, Mrs. Zeb Cansler; second,
Mrs. Ellis Clarke Soper. Sweetpeas,
first, Mrs. Lee Guffee; second,
Mrs. I. T. Peek. Gallardias, first,
Mrs. R. M. Rimmer; second, Mr.s.
LJames L. Averell. ; Nasturtiums,
first, Miss Mary Willis; second,
Mrs. Frank M. Killian. Wild flow-
rs, first, Mrs. Zeb Cansler; sec
ond, Mrs. J. S. Sloan. Gardenias,
first, Mrs. Ellis Clarke Soper. .
Calendulas first Mrs. R. M.
Rimmer; second, Mrs. T. W. Ang
el, Jr. Marigolds, first, Mrs. T.
W. Angel, Jr.; second, Mrs. I. T.
Peek. Two-tone flower arrange
ment, first, Miss Mary Willis; sec
ond, Mrs. A. R. Higdon.' Any flow
er in shad-es of one color in con
tainer of same color, first, Mrs.
Frank Higdon; second, Mrs. T.
W. Angel, Jr. Petunias, first, Mrs.
Frank M. Killian ; second,. Miss
Ruby Baldwin, Large zinnias, first,
Mrs. .1. T. Peek; second, Mrs. Zeb
Cansler. Japanese flower arrange
ment, first, Mrs. E. K. Cunning
ham; second, Bobby Ty singer.
Table arrangement, Mrs. Ellis
Clarke Soper. Hanging baskets,
first and second, Mrs. E. K. Cun
ningham. Mixed flowers, first, Mrs.
Frank Higdon; second, Mrs. T. W.
Angel, Jr. Most artistic miniature
arrangement, first and second, Miss
Mary Willis; phlox, first, Miss
Mary Willis.
Potted plants, first, Mrs. R. M.
Rimmer; second, Mrs. Zeb. Can
sler. Snapdragons, first, Mrs. T. T.
Henderson; second, Mrs. Frank M..j
Killian. Dwarf zinnias, first, Mrs.
R. M. Rimmer; seend, Mrs. To. W.
Angel, Jr. Corsages, first, Mrs. W.
T. Moore; second, Mrs. Frank
Higdon.
The flowers were judged for
their color, surface, texture, size
and form.
Girl Scouts Collect
For War Relief
The. Franklin Girl Scouts did
their "good turn" on Saturday
when they collected for the War
Relief fund of the .American Red
Cross. . Contributions in small
amounts from a number of citizens,
amounted to $1920.
Harley Cabe, Macon : county
chairman, acknowledges the follow
ing donations. Young Woman's
Auxiliary of the Franklin Baptist
Church, $1; Mrs. Lavada Compton,
$1; J. L. Lakey, $1; A. L. Smith,
25 cents; Asbury Methodist
Church Sunday School, $1.
Rickman Family Reunion
At West's Mill Sunday
Descendants, of the late Mentt
Rickman will meet at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Rickman at
West's Mill, on Sunday, August
4, 'for their annual reunion. In the
afternoon following the picnic
lunch' a .short program will be
given. All members of the family
are invited to attend.
Swafford Family To Hold
Reunion This Sunday
The annual Swafford family re
union will be held at the home of
J. M. Swafford on Oak Dale, this
Sunday, August 4.
All relatives and friends of the
family are cordially invited to at
tend and bring baskets.
N. C NATIONAL GUARD
AMONG F1R5T TO BE CALLED
The 30th division of the National
Guard, including North Carolina
guardsmen and the 252nd coast
artillery regiment of N. C will be
among the first ordered to active
duty upon enactment of legislation
requested by the president. The
coast artillery would go to Charles
ton and the guardsmen to Camp
Jacluoa, S. C
Standing Indian Area
Closed To Fishing
The head of the Nantahala river
in the Standing Indian Wildlife
Management area is closed to fish
ing for the rest of the season, ac
cording to Charles Melichar, sup
ervisor of the Nantahala National
forest at Franklin. .
The river is being closed a month
early due to insufficient fish left
in the stream to warrant keeping
it open. The fishing on the river
has been fairly good, but isi ex
pected to improve greatly next
year.
This year's catch suffered from
the fact 'that the stream is being
changed from a brook trout to a
rainbow stream, and the fish plant
ed have not reached legal . size.
Investigation by Fish Biologist
Ancel Holloway disclosed that the
brook trout were not doing well,
having small bodies in comparison
to the size of the , head, while the
rainbow trout were fully developed.
TWO MORE SAW
OUT OF JAIL
Prisoners Make Escape
Saturday Night; Still
At Large
No trace of the two prisoners
who. sawed their way out of jail
Saturday night "had been found
Thursday, according to Macon
county officers.
The prisoners were Herbie Brad
shaw, 27, recently removed from
Angel hospital to the jail, and
Charles Extine, of Cowee mountain,
charged with driving an automobile
while intoxicated.
Bradshaw, who has previous pris
on records, was held in connec
tion with an atternpt to enter the
home of his '. brother-in-law, Wayne
Underwood, in the Mulberry sec
tion, when he was shot by Under
wood. The break was discovered Mon
day morning when , an attendant
took breakfast to the cell. Accord
ing to John Dills, jailor, the men
asked to have the radio .turned on
Saturday night, when, it is thought,
the sawing was done without be,
ing heard. A fragment of broken
saw was found outside the window
of the cell, which wa on the first
floor.
Another jail break of the Same
character occurred last April.
Local Fruit Dealer Is
Hurt After Falling
Asleep At The Wheel
Ule McKinney, 55, of Hiwassee,
Ga., had his left arm fractured in
two places Monday afternoon when
he went to sleep over the wheel
of his Chevrolet pickup truck, on
the Franklin-Highlands ; highway
near Cullasaja Falls.
The truck crashed into one of
the many rocky embankments that
line that particular stretch of high
way. Jimmy Hall of West's Mill,
who was working in the vicinity,
brought McKinney to Angel hos
pital.
For the past montfy, McKinney
has been operating a1 fruit .stand
here in Franklin. He was en route
to Walhalla, S. C, with a load of
peaches when the accident occur
red. ALL-STARS WIN
FROMDEMOREST
Will Seek Revenge From
Knoxville In Return
Match Here
Paced by home runs off the bats
of McCollum and Martin, who hit
his second in as many games, the
All-Stars chalked up their sixth
straight win . by walloping the
Demorcst-Habershani crew 9-6 at
the local field.
In the deepening twilight, the
locals unlimbered their siege guns
in the fourth frame to score six
runs on four hits, one being Mar
tin's, and a liberal sprinkling of
errors. Those along with two runs
garnered in the third on a walk
and McCollum' s homer iced the
game and the All-Stars added the
last one in the seventh for safety.
The visitors, aided by errors
dished up by the locals, got to
"Little Beaver" Nichols for six
runs and seven hits before chas
ing him in the fifth. He was re-
leived by "Tin Horn" Higdon
Haynes, starting for the visitors'
bowed out during the fourth in
ning bombardment and Higdon fin-
Con tnwd m Ff Six)
C.Of C. Service
Increases Daily As 473
Register From 32 States
The information bureau of the
Chamber of Commerce continues
to render a valuable service to vis
itors to the community. During
the four weeks ending last Sunday
no less than 641 people came in
for information of various kinds.
Of these visitors some 473 persons
signed the visitors' book in the
booth and these came from 32
states, the District of Columbia and
Canada. During the four weeks
under review 205 pieces of mail
have been .sent out from the of'
fice.
Plan For Labor Day
At a meeting of the directors
held this week several important
matters were discussed and plans
for future action made. Among
other things it was resolved to
erect signs at certain points of ad
vantage and to hold a square dance
or two on the public square. Ar
rangements for the latter are in
complete ' and ' .announcement will
be made next week as to the day
and time of these dances. It was
further resolved that we have a
"Partner Day" on Labor Day this
year. This is a plan where all may
come to town and mix and mingle
with their friends on the streets
and have an opportunity of mak
ing new friends, and to have fun
and a little excitement to help kill
the monotony of day-to-day living.
Everyone will be allowed to par
ticipate free of charge and there
will be at least 100 free prizes
given during the day. Watch the
columns of ,The Press each week
for further details'. The Chamber
of Commerce is proving its use
fulness to the community more
and more and we are still open to
receive new members. If you have
not joined yet there is still an op
portunity open to you to join in
this civic enterprise. More and
more as we receive the active co
operation of the citizens will we
see the town grow into what we
really are looking for. .A united
front on the part of our people
may result in achievements far
beyond our wildest dreams. We're
ready. Let's got
DEATH CLAIMS
JETER SNYDER
Prominent Sylva Business
Man Succombs To
Heart Attack
R. Jeter. Snyder, 40, prominent
Sylva merchant ahd lumberman,
and owner of the Macon Furniture
company, Franklin, died in , Petrie
hospital, Murphy on Wednesday
morning at 3:30 o'clock. Mr. Sny
der was stricken with a heart at
tack on Tuesday while on a busi
ness trip to Murphy.
Mr. Snyder, who at the time of
his death was the Republican can
didate, for state senator from the
32nd. district, was well known
throughout Western North Caro
lina. He was in the lumber and wood
business with the firm of Long
and Snyder from 1926 to 1935 and
in 1935 entered the furniture busi
ness. He Owned the Macon furni
ture store at Franklin, the Chero
kee furniture store at Murphy, the
Jackson Furniture company in
Sylva, and the Swain Furniture
company at Bryson Gty.
Mr. .Snyder was a member of
the Sylva Rotary . .club and was
president of the recently-organized
Willkie - McNary - McNeill club
at Sylva.
Surviving are his widow, the for
mer Miss Lois Hall; his father, R.
G. Snyder, of Willits, and three
sisters, Mrs. Allen Sutton, of Wil
lits; Mrs. Roscoe Parrii, of Ral
eigh, and Mrs. Vaughan Smathers,
of Hendersonville. ''
The funeral services, were held
Thursday afternoon at 3 o'clock
at the home. The Rev.: P. L. El
liott, of Cullowhee, officiated. In
terment was in Scott s Creek cem
etery at Beta.
Active pallbearers were : John B.
Ensley, Bob Long, Eld Reed, Mont
Cannon, Dan T. Bryson, and W. C.
Hennessee.
Clark's Chapel Church To
Have Benefit Box Supper
An old-fashion box supper will
be held at the Clark's Chapel
Methodist church next Saturday
night at 8 o'clock, proceeds to go
for a piano for the church.
The program will include cake
walks, games, and string music,
boxes to be auctioned off by Carl
Sorrells. Cakes, pies, ice cream,
sandwiches, and lemonade will al
io be sold.
BAPTISTS MEET
FRIDAUUG.8-9
Annual Macon Association
Gathers At Ellijay
For Program
The Macon , county Baptist asso
ciation will meet at the Ellijay
Baptist church Thursday and Fri
day, August 8 and 9, for their an
nual association.' '
After opening with devotions and
organization, the Rev. Norman E.
Hoklen, of the Liberty church, will
preach at' 11 o'clock.
The afternoon program will be
as follows: Sanford j. Smith 'of
Cullasaja will speak on Orphan
ages; Rev. James I. Vinson of Dil
lard, Ga., on Ministerial Relief;
Rev. J. G. Benfield of Highland
on Christian Education. Periodicals
will be the theme of Rev. C. C.
Welch of Tellico, and Rev. Robert
Williams of Etna will speak on
Hospitals, followed by the roll call
of messengers. '
At 8 p. m. a visiting .minister
will preach.
The Friday morning session will
begin at 9:30. Honier Stockton
will speak on stewardship and en-4
listment, Rev. R. F. Maybcrry on
state, home and. foreign missions,
and Rev. C. F. . Rogers on temper
ance. The afternoon , session will
include talks by Mrs. Sam Gibson
on the Woman's Missionary Union
work, Miss Katherine Bowden of
the Baptist, Training Union, Glen
Shuler on Sunday Schools, follow
ed by committee reports, resolu
tions and roll call. .
John E. Rickman is moderator
and R. M. Ledford is clerk Of the
association.
Sutton Home Seriously
Damaged By Fire Here
On Monday Afternoon
Flames sweeping through timber
parched by the recent heat wave
partially destroyed the home of
Mont Sutton in Bonny Cre.t here
Monday afternoon.
Mr. Sutton discovered the fire
on the second floor around 2:30
p. m... after it had gained consider
able headway. An alarm was turn
ed in, and the volunteer fire de
partment brought the-flames; under
control after 20 minutes of stiff
fighting.
The roof and the second story
of the eight-room frame house
was seriously damaged, causing an
estimated loss of $2,000. All the
furnishings were safely removed
from the first floor.
The fire is believed to have orig
inated from a defective kitchen
flue.
George Penland is Tired
Of Cat Hunting
"I wish people would quit bring
ing their cats out to Wayah Crest
and turning them loose," State
Game Protector George Penland
remarked rather plaintively here
this . week.
At least Mr, Penland suspects
that is the source of the half-dozen
or more household cats, he had to
hunt down and -kill. On. the Wayah
Game Management Arp last
month. . .( r
The cats once released, take a
tremendeous toll of wildlife in the
area.
"If people have any cats they'
are thinking of abandoning on
Wayah, it would save me a lot
of trouble if they would just call
me and let me shoot them in the
backyard," Mr. Penland added.
Macon County Ministerial
Conference To Meet Here
The Ministerial Conference of
the Baptist ministers of Macon
county will meet on Monday, Aiig
gust 5t at the Franklin Baptist
church for their regular monthly
meeting. All ministers in the coun
ty are requested U be present.
Believe It or Not"
Cucumber On Exhibit
This week The FranWlin Ptt i.
exhibiting a ' verv lare-e SiamKi;
Twin cucumber in its front window.
We regret that we do not have
the name of the fin-e vonno man
whp brought Jr-frr as the product
ot his farm. We believe he is
from the Walnut Creek section,
and we know that he told us he
would be in the seventh grade
next fall. We will appreciate his
paying us another visit so we can
put his name in the paper next
week.
Trout Planted
In Macon Streams
Seventy-one thousand brook trout
have been planted in streams over
Macon county during the month of
July, County-Game Protector,. J.
Fred Bryson announced this week,