North Carolina Newspapers

COVERAGE For 55 Years r This Newspaper Goes To Every Corner of Macon County The Franklin Press has been serving the people of Macon County. PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENl1 VOL. LV, NO. 35 FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1940 $1.50 PER YEAR 1 attV . ' " Four Hundred Pers(d lis Make Annual Farm and Home Tour Livestock Show At Siagle Farm Is Climax Of Day ' Forty-eight cars and trucks fill ed , with Macon county people re turned late , Wednesday afternoon from what County Agent S. W. Mendenhall and Assistant Farm Agent T. H. Fagg termed "the best farm and home tour we've had yet." .' More than 400 persons attended the tenth annual combined tour and livestock show which was jointly sponsored by the Franklin Rotary and Lions Clubs. Prize money for the livestock show was donated by the Bank of Franklin, the Lions club, Rotary club-,, and the Franklin Hardware. The tour left the Agricultural building here at 9 a. m. and pro ceeded to a meadow on Albert Ramsey's farm, demonstrating les pedeza sowed in corn for a cover crop. Passing by A. L. Raby',s unit demonstration farm where contrast ing strips of grass showed how the use of lime produced a better growth and color, the tour stop ped at Frank Murray's farm to watch a combine in action. The machine, operated by Carrol Rey nolds and Woodrow Gibson, was harvesting the seed from red top grass. t A field of corn on M. L. Dow dle's farm was the nextpoint of interest. Mr. Dowdle's corn had not fired as badly as some of the . corn in the county because a les pedeza sod-. was turned before planting. The tour also inspected a le&pedeza field on his farm, on which lime had been applied and the weeds clipped preparatory to saving the seed with a combine. The next stop was made at Fred Taylor's farm which demonstrated the results of early and late plow ing and the use of lime on les pedeza. The use of lime on soy beans and erosion control by tree planting were shown on Arthur Dowdle's-farm. Another erosion control project was visited on Bob Wiggins' farm, where straw, lespedeza and tree planting has successfully been em ployed to halt erosion. A demon stration of the use of phosphate on a pasture was . a bo inspected here. After passing by tree, planting erosion control projects on the . farms of Mrs. L. C Holbrooks and Mrs. C. H. McClure; the tour stopped at W. C. Lettoetters farm for a demonstration of the use of lime on clover and erosion control by tree planting. Lunch was served at the Union Methodist church at Prentiss by the ladies of the Asbury Metho dist church. "The proceeds will go to building the new Asbury church at Otto. - After lunch, the tour observed two farms owned by Harley Stew art and Bill Mason, which had been purchased and on which homesteads had been built by Tenant Purchase Plan of the Fed eral Security Administration. The tour then proceeded to A. B. Slagle's farm on the Murphy road for the last stop of the day. Prior to the livestock show, the tour inspected his modern dairy layout and watched a new type threshing machine thresh a mixture of grasses, alsike and white Dutch clover. B ' Prizes in the livestock show were awarded as follows: For dairy cattle, six months to one year class first prize, Wendell Brooksliire; second, LeRoy Roper, third, Cliartes Ferguson, Ufie year to two year class first prize, Paul Amnions; second, Grady Garner; third, Jesse Thomas. Two years and over class first prize, Paul Amnions; second Bill Lenoir; third, George Gray. The judges in the dairy cattle division were Professor- J. P. La Master, head of the dairy depart ment of Clemson College, and John ' A. Arey, state extension dairyman. For beef cattle, feeder calves first prize, Sam Gibson ; second, Charles Ferguson third, Fred Dal ton. Fat calves first prize,-Charles Ferguson; second, Bobby McClure. Bulls first prize, G. W. Owenby; second, Charles Ferguson. For horse colts first prize, Charles Ferguson ; second, Harris Dreyman ; third Harley Stewart. For mule colts first prize, Law rence Ledbetter. Judges in the beef cattle and colt division were Garland Lackey, Jackson county agent, Jack Lynn, Haywood county agent, and Walt , Wiggins,- Graham count agent Macon County Is Scene Of Educational Motion Film Made This Week Macon county is the scene of a documentary, two-reel motion pic ture, made here this week for the Bureau of Visual Education of the University of North Carolina through the cooperation of WP A. The movie will 'center about a typical day in the life of a moun tain famil-the Woods family of Gneiss. Shots of Franklin and the surrounding countryside, are also included. Irving Hartley of New York made the pictures, under the supervision of Miss Elda Keiihly of the Bu reau of Visual Education. After the picture has been edited and a sound commentary added, it will be brought to franklin for a public showing, probably about two months from now, Miss "Keiihly I .said. The Bureau of Visual Education, a . recent addition to the Univer sity's list of public service organ izations, seeks to aid education in North Carolina by furnishing edu cational moving pictures of various sorts to public schools and other institutions throughout the state. In addition, the Bureau, headed by Charles Milner,- is producing a number of movies, . similar to the one made here this week, so that eventually public school students will be able to see for themselves what the various sections of the .state are like. . r REYNOLDS AND WEAVER REPLY Acknowledgment Of Peti tion For Aid To Britain Received Here TheTollowing letters have been received by ,R S. Omohundro in acknowledgment of the petition forwarded to them, signed by citi zens in favor of material aid to Britain as the best insurance to keep America out of war: , United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations August 22, 1940 Mr. R. S. Omohundro, Franklin, N. C My dear Mr. Omohundro: Thank you very much, for your letter together with petition Signed by citizens of Franklin with refer ence to the matter of aiding Eng land. In reply I beg to advise that this matter is being given my most sin cere and careful study and coir sideration, and I appreciate more than I can tell you your writing to me concerning same. With kindest regards," I am, ' Sincerely yours, ' , . Robert R. Reynolds, U. S. S. Congress" of the United States' House of Representatives Washington, D. C August 18, 1940. Mr. R. S. Omohundro, Franklin, N. C. Dear Mr. Omohundro: Your joint letter to Senator Reynolds and myself has been re ceived, and I. appreciate , your thoughtfulness in securing and presenting the views of so many of the citizens of Macon v county. I am thoroughly in favor of 'as sisting Britain just as far as we can, and you may be assured of my continued and thorough cooper ation in this connection. ';' Thanking you for your thought fulness in writing me, I am, . Sincerely yours, . Zebulon Weaver "Panorama Court" To Be Name Of Tourist Camp "Panorama Court" was the name selected for the tourist camp now being erected cm the Georgia road by A. G. Cagle and Charlie Brad ley. The, name was submitted by J. C. Marsh of Franklin.' The partners have not as yet set the date for the opening of the camp, preferring to wait until the construction is nearer completion. Baptist Ministers To Hold Conference ' The Macon County Baptist Ministers Conference will be held on Monday morning, September 2, at the Franklin Baptist church it has been announced by the Rev. R. F. Maybcrry. All ministers are invited to attend. Court Of Honor Will Be Held Here Next Wednesday The regular monthly court of honor for the Smoky Mountains District pf the Boy Scouts will be held in the basement of the Franklin Methodist church on Wednesday evening, September 4, beginning at 8 o'clock. ' A local Rotarian will be guest speaker as this will be Rotary night. All members of the club are especially urged to 'be present. Friends of the Boy. Scouts,, who are interested in their activities, are invited. Members are expected from Cherokee, Bryson City, Cullowhee, Sylva and Highlands -and A.. W. Allen, Scout executive from Ashe yille, will preside. James Hauser is the Local Scout Master. Morris Brothers Will Present Show Here "You Can't Fool Me," starring Sambo and Hezy of the Morris Brothers radio team, will be pre sented in the courthouse auditor ium here Saturday night, August 31, at 8:30, sponsored by the Mary Johnston Allman society of the Franklin Methodist church. The Morris Brothers are heard daily over Station WWNC of Ashe ville. They promise a program of old time hymn singing and good old mountain music that " the whole family will enjoy. ' ' , As The World Turns A Brief Survey of Current Events In State, Nation and Abroad. War News LONDON - A week of fierce raids over Bri tain was climaxed .-. last night by incendiary bombs starting many fires in London while many of the eight million people were hud dled in shelters during a sleepless night. It was London's 6th con secutive night of attack and 20th air raid alarm of "the war. British airmen continue their raids into Germany, Italy, Libya, and Ethiopia. BERLIN British planes attacked Berlin for nearly two hours yesterday, appar ently flying over, the center of the city, while anti-aircraft guns blaz ed and booming explosions like bursting bombs rolled in from the outskirts. , . The air raid alarm, Berlin's 7th of the war and 3rd in a week, lasted 3 hours. . Planes were heard distinctly over central Berlin, above the gov ernment buildings .in the Wilhelm strasse and Unter Den Linden. VIENNA Following continued clashes be tween Hungary and Rumania over Transylvania, Germany und 'Italy rushed JHptomatic shock' troops to Vienna for conferences in an ef fort to keep quiet in .-the. Balkans. Russia was missing from the con ference, i " RUSSO-RUMANIAN CLASH .Dispatches report Russian-Ru manian fighting. Russian troops were said to have crossed the new border which Russia established in July when annexing Bessarabia and Northern Bucovina. Two planes were shot down and several hun dred casualties were reported. AXIS REPORTS ' Axis claims and communiques touching on the Mediterranean and Middle East 'disclosed a de structive foray by German surface raiders in the Indian ocean and violent give-and-take aerial thrusts by Italian 'and British naval forces over a wide aFea. The German high command said its naval forces had sunk the 6,-900-ton tanker British Commander, described as" "armed," in the In dian ocean. Italy ' acknowledged, however, damaging British air raids from northern Italy to Ethiopia. Fascists admitted the British bombed Derna, Libya, "in large numbers," hitting an Italian timber-carrying ship, and raided the northern Italian provinces of Piedmont and Lombardy. SENATE PASSES DRAFT RILL By a vote of 58 to 31, with N. C. Senators voting with the majority, the Senate last night passed the draft bill, requiring all male citi zens between 21 and 30, inclusive, to register for the draft, to become liable to one year military train LABOR DAY IS PARTNER DAY Everyone Is Invited To Compete For One Of The 100 Prizes Franklin's first "Partner Day," sponsored by the chamber of com merce, in an effort to extend the goodwill of the community, will get under way here next Monday, September 2. Everyone in the county is in vited to come to town on Labobr Day and take part in the contest for the one hundred prizes thai are to be given away. A square dance on the Public Square at 8:30 p.-in. will bring the day to a close. All that anyone has to do to win. a prize is to come to the chamber of . commerce building on Main .street and get a tally bear ing a number. As soon as your "Partner" is found, wearing the same number as 1 you are, bring him or her to the chamber of com merce and both will receive prizes. In addition to persons along the street, all merchants and clerks will be wearing a number. Special numbers will be provided for colored people. RAIN, RAIN Heavy rains Thursday threaten more flood in this section. ing. No more than 900,000 drafters may be in training at one time, 12 million will be eligible. An amendment to delay conscription 60 days' was defeated Senator Rey nolds voted for delay, Senator Bailey against delay; NATIONAL GUARD TO BE CALLED SEPTEMBER IS The war' department plans tenta tively to , begin mobilization of the national guard, under legislation signed by President Roosevelt last Tuesday, by calling up '55,000 offi cers and men September 15 for a year of inteasive training. ' .''". ' DEFENSE BOARD ACTS ' IN RECORD TIME ' Deliberations of . the Canada United States Permanent Joint Board on Defense representing "the Monroe Doctrine translated into action," held its first session in Ottawa, Canada, last Monday. Mayor LaGuardia of New York is chairman of the U. S. section. -, REGISTRATION OF ALIENS AUGUST 27 TO DECEMBER 26 . Between these dates ail aliens are required to go to first or second class or county ceat post offices to register their names, be fingerprinted and answer 15 que's tions about themselves. ' PLANE ORDERS PLACED FOR ARMY President Roosevelt said yester day that 6,361 combat and train ing planes were being built for the army and navy under formal contracts and 3,654 under "letters of intention" given to manufactur ers pending final contracts a total of 10,015. In addition, the army has given contracts for 20 transports. SECRETARY OF COMMERCE RESIGNS Secretary of Commerce , Harry L. Hopkins has resigned his post in the cabinet on account of ill health, and the President has of fered the post to Jesse Jones, Texas head of RFC in Washing ton. REFUGEE SHIP ARRIVES SAFELY v The U. S. army, transport Amer ican Legion, overloaded with ' 897 American refugees, royalty and dip lomats, arrived safely in New York yesterday after a voyage from Scandinavia marked by German radio warnings of mines in her path. M'NARY ACCEPTS Senator Charles L. McNary of Oregon accepted his nomination to the vice-presidency by the Repub lican party in a speech at Salem, Ore., Tuesday. . .-- DRY FORCES WIN IN SOUTH CAROLINA Late returns from South Caro lina's primaries showed the dry forces won in the liquor referen Roosevelt, Hoey, Cooper Will Speak At Park Dedication Evangelist Rev. Excell Rozzelle Who Will Conduct Revival at . Friendship .Tabernacle in Franklin. Revival Arrangements Being Made By County Pastors Plaus are being made by the pastors and people of Macon coun-: ty for the cooperative meeting at Friendship Tabernacle during the period of September 8-22. All min isters of the county are asked to meet Monday morning at 10 o'clock at the Baptist church to. complete plans for the revival. Committees will be announced next week. The Rev. C. Excell Rozzelle will be the evangelist for this series of services. He is a 'man acquainted with religion, scholary and elo quent, who speaks the-language of the common people. He is a popu lar speaker at Rotary clubs, re unions and other gatherings. Ma con county is fortunate to secure his services f(Or thi,s meeting. All are reminded of the importance, of attendance from the first so as not to miss' any of the services. The Rev. Philip Green, pastor of the Franklin circuit, and Mrs. Green will direct the singing. 24 Macon County Firms Receive "A" Rating By Sanitary Inspector Twenty-four Macon county finns received ah "A" rating in the July inspection of all food-handling establishment in the county, accord ing to W. F. Hart, sanitarian for Mucon- and Transylvania counties. 1 Mr. Hart said-that he wms spe cially pleased with the showing of the hotels and restaurante here in Franklin. Firms receiving the "A" rating were : Angel's Drug store, Arnold's Cafe, Cagle's Cafe, City . Market, Edwards . Hotel, Fairview Inn, Franklin Terrace, Highlands Coun try Club,' Highlands Manor, Hottl Bryson, Kelly's Tea Room,, King's Inn, lmrel ' lxidge, 1'iersou Inn, Pendergrass' Market, People's Market, Potts Brothers Meat Market, Potts House, Sandwich Shop, Sloan's Market, The Dug out, The Tavern, Tricemont Ter race, and Trimont Inn. Stamey Family Reunion Held On Sunday The 9th annual gathering of the Stamey family was held on, Sun day at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stamey on South Skeenah with approximately 300 relatives and close friends in attendance. Prior to the bounteous picnic dinner .spread on a table in the grove, a sermon by the Rev. Claude Ledford, was enjoyed by alL In the afternoon talks were made by the Rev. Mr. Dillon, of Chero kee county, and the Rev. Lester Sorrells, visiting ministers. The large crowd of relatives present decided that they would meet again at the same place on the 4th Sunday in August next year. The out-of-county and state vis itors present included Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Spencer, Mrs. Gen eral Mote, and Clyde Stamey, of Iemorest, Ga., Mr. and Mrs. Wil liam Sanders and family, of Bun combe . county, Mr. and Mrs. Bass Cowart and family, of Piedmont, S. G, and a Mr. Davis of Bun combe county. 1 rYJ , 1 v ..ill1 m I o ' Ceremonies To Be Held At Newfound Gap Monday Final ; 'preparatiins are being made- this-'week for the dedication of the Great Smoky fountains National Park by President Frank lin I). Roosevelt next Monday afternoon. , The dedication ceremonies will take place on the rock platform of . .the Rockefeller Memorial in Newfound Gap, exactly on the North Carolina-Tennessee line, presided over by Secretary-of-the-lnterior lckes. The governors of ljth slates, Clyde R. Hoey and Prentice Cooper will speak prior to Mr. Roosevelt's address. . Arrangements have been made to have Mri Roosevelt's speech broadcast over both major net works.' , .The' ceremonies will begin at 4;30 p. m. with the arrival of the President arid his party. About one hour before the dedication the approach road will "'be closed at a point -about 10 miles from the Gap. . All the usable area at the Gap will be required for the audience during the dedication. Cars will be parked ,on the Clingsman',s Dome road, leading off the Newfound Cap . highway. Passengers ' may be discharged at the dedication site, but the driver will' be required to take his car to the parking place. 'Immediately after the dedication President . Roosevelt will drive to Mary'villc,;,Tenn., .to board his sp'e- , cial train for South Charleston, W.: Va., where on Tuesday lie will in spect the naval armor and. gun plant there. ..Park 'Superintendent Eakin made it plain today that the dedication Monday will mean no change '.in ' the status of' the Great Smoky Mountains National park. The de velopment of the park has been proceeding just as fast as appro priations have been made available. SCHOOLS OPEN IN MACON CO. Four Thousand Children Return To Work For For Fall Term The Franklin and county schools opened their doors this morning for the beginning of a new school term. The Highlands school will open Monday, September 9. Rain greeted the 4,000 young people who started out on their first day of school, and so steady was the downpour that most of them likewise went home in the showers either light or heavy according to the time of dismissal. At least it has been a warm rain and all parents and teachers hope that bad colds will not result. .The increase in enrollment in the Franklin high schuol has required the addition of one new teacher. A larger attendance throughout the . county than last year is expected. The building of bus sheds and garage on the grounds of the Franklin ,school is expected to add to the convenience of students. Equipment For Franklin Football Team Is Given By Coach Wade of Duke Largely through . the generosity of Duke University, Franklin High's football team is on the way to being ready, Coach W. C. New ton revealed this week. Faced with the problem of re placing the uniforms destroyed in the gymnasium fire last year, New ton wrote Coach Wallace Wade of Duke University last week, ask ing for help. This week the ans swer arrived in the form of a shipment of 17 pairs of football pants and 10 pairs of shoulder pads, . all in excellent condition. - Football practice will probably begin next week, Coach Newton said. The schedule this year calls for home games with Canton, Brevard, Sylva, Andrews and Bryson City, plus trips to two additions to u;t- year's schedule, Waynesville, and Georgia Military Academy. Sever al open dates have yet to be filled.. "We've got prospects for a good defensive team this year," Coach Newton said. "I don't know about the offenise yet." ' Mother men to chicks: "Mustn't bother papa now! He has to re hearse for his sunrise broadcast tomorrow morning."