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V COVERAGE This Newspaper Goes . To Every Corner of Macon County For 55 Years The Franklin Press has been serving the people of Macon County. PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT . '.'.')' s ' ' VOL. LV, NO. 36 Second Flood In Two Weeks Damages Crops, Property Little Tennessee Reaches 1923 Flood Crest At Lake Emory Swollen by a record rainfall of 8.7 inches in less than 24 hour.s, the rampaging waters of the Little Tennessee river and its tributaries wreaked havoc throughout .the county last Thursday night. . Jt was the second "flash" flood . that the county lias, suffered in less than two weeks. Franklin was cut off from all transportation facilities frorh the east Friday as the Little Tennes see rose over U. S. Highways 64 and 23 on the outskirts of town. Arnold's Bridge on Highway 64 to'Highlands was temporarily wash out as were l many bridges on secondary highways throughout the county. All highways have now been opened with the exception of U. S. 23 to Dillsboro where the bridge across the Tuckaseegee there was swept away. v : At the Nantahala Power com pany's dam on Lake Emory, five miles from here, the waters reach ed a flood stage of 13 feet above normal, the highest crest recorded since 1920. Little damage was done to the company's property. Crops, Which suffered $50,000 damages in the last heavy rains, were devastated. County Agent Sam Mendenhall said he would be unable to give an estimate on the amount of damage done before next week. Flats, Sugarfork and Smithbridge townships appear to be hardest int. Flood waters and mud did an estimated $2,000 damage to the Standard Oil company of New Jersey s storage plant here, accord ing to their agent, J. S. Conley, Several home along the river were inundated. "In. Flats township, Middle Creek swept away a grist mill belonging to Zeb Bryson, burst a grist mill dam belonging to John Burnette, and. took off a wagon and 50 bush els of wheat of T. T. Vinson. M. S. Burnette also lost a new $100 wagon. ' REVIVAL PLANS ARE COMPLETE Rev. Excel! Rozzelle To Begin Tabernacle Revival Sept. 8 Final arrangements for the meet ings to be held in Friendship Tabernacle were completed by the pastors of Macon county at their meeting last Monday. Rev. Excell Rozzelle, pastor of the First Methodist Church, Gas tonia, the evangelist who will con duct the two weeks revival, will preach his . 'first sermon Sunday night. Services will be held each night in the tabernacle at 7.30 o'clock, and from 9:45 to 10:30 each morning in the Baptist .church. A 15-minute song . and devotional service will , be followed by 'a mes sage by Mr. Rozzelle. The following chairmen will be assisted by working committees : Music, Rev. Philip Green; pub licity, Rev. C. F. Rogers; enter tainment, Rev. I. V. Roberts; fi nance, Rev. J. A. Flanagan; per sonal work, Rev. J. C Swaim; ushers,' Rev. R. F. Mayberry; tabernacle, grounds and parking, the Angel brothers, Herbert . Angel, chairman ; decorations, Mrs. ; Sallie Moore. . Mr. Rogers, chairman of pub licity,: begs all to unite to make the guest preacher feel welcome, and that all denominations cooperate to fill the tabernacle next Sun day night and all other meetings. He asks that those who come- en deavor to bring someone with them. Perhaps a neighbor who has no car will be glad to fill an empty seat in your car. Mr. Rogers suggests that when these meetings are oyer that each one be able to say "I did my best in cooperating and trying as I could to help make Franklin a better place to live, by helping men to have a higher vision of life . and the things that make life worth while." Many Take Part In First Partner Day Despite the rival attraction of President Roosevelt's dedication of the Great Smoky Mountains' Na tional Park, Macon county's first Partner Day, sponsored by the chamber of commerce, created con siderable interest here Monday. A street square dance concluded the iky. . . John Harrison Named Mayor To Fill Balance Of Frank Ray's Term John 0. Harrison was sworm in as mayor of. Franklin Tuesday, to fill the remainder of J. Frank Ray's term, following his election by the town, board iof aldermen at their regular meeting Monday night. . Kay's letter of resignation was read and accepted by the board. He left here several weeks ago to accept a position with the Depart ment of Commerce in Washington. Mayor Harrison will serve until the town election next May. The town board also voted to employ an auditor, R. M. Dillard of Gainesville, Ga., to audit the town books as is required by law. Prizewinners In Missing Word Contest Announced Next Week The missing word contest closed yesterday afternoon. All answers are being carefully checked by .the judges, who will announce the names, of the winners in next week's Issue of The Franklin Press and Highlands Maconian. DRIVER HELD AFTE WRECK One Killed; One Critically Injured In Accident Monday Night Fred Khoury, 40 year-old Seneca, S. C, taxi stand manager, is be ing held in the county jail here on a manslaughter charge, follow ing an automobile accident on the Georgia highway late Monday night in which Mrs. Lou Campbell of Seneca was instantly killed and her son, Jack, critically injured. No Hearing has been set as yet pending the outcome of the youth who suffered a badly fractured skull in the accident. Khoury was arrested on a warrant sworn out by State Patrolman Ed C. Guy. . Doctors at Angel hospital gave Campbell an even chance of re covery Thursday morning. According to Khoury, the driver of' the car, the accident occurred when the brakes of the automobile locked and it swerved into Com' missioners' bridge, about-a quarter of a mile trom the ueorgia line. Khoury said that ', he had been engaged by young Campbell to bring ' bis- mother home tTrom Mountain. City, Ga., where she had been spending the summer. They were' returning . to. Senece via Highlands when the collision took place. fA colored girl in the car was slightly injured. The body of Mrs. Campbell was taken to Seneca Tuesday for fu neral services. Prison Trusty Back In Camp Following Brief But Exciting Escape Wade Campbell, 22, cook and trusty at the state prison camp here, is back in custody this week, facing a possible sentence on Fed eral charges as a result of his break for freedom last. Saturday night. Campbell made his escape about 8:15 p. m. by climbing over the fence at the rear of the camp into a woodland. A. little later he dis covered Jess Conley's automobile parked before his home on Harri son avenue with the key in the switch and mad off across the Georgia border with it, thereby violating a Federal law against, the transportation .of stolen automobiles across a- state line. - The automobile was wrecked when it turned over on a curve near Lakemont, Ga., about 35 miles from here. Campbell escaped with minor bruises. . He was apprehended and lodged in the Rabun county jail when two Georgia youths became suspicious of his behavior and notified Sheriff Luther Rickman at Clayton. Sher iff A. B. Sbgle and Chief -of-Police C D. Baird brought him back to Franklin early ' Sunday morning. Campbell had only six more months to serve on a sentence of p years and one-half for forgery, imposed on him in Guilford county. He was transferred to the camp here la July, 1939, FRANKLIN. N. C. THURSDAY, SEPT. 5, 1940 9m. ' AT v Residents of East Franklin on nooo waiers oi me unie lennessee. i nis - picture - was taken where 64, joins Highway No. 23. Bridge in upper center marks normal course Rev. Frank Bloxham Resigns Work In This Section. To Accept Call To Lincolnton ' Rev. F. Bloxham Accepts Call Of Church In Lincolnton Rev. Frank Bloxhap announced to the congregation of St. Agnes church last Sunday hjsTaeceptance of a call to St. Luke's churcH, Lincolnton. Expressing deep, regret at leaving this field which he has served for nearly .seven years, Mr. Bloxham .-stated Wat he and his family would leave for his . new post on the first of October. -Rev. and Mrs Bloxham '."came to Franklin in January, 1934. His charges have been St. Agnes church, Franklin; - -Incarnation, Highlands and part of that ' period he has also served. Good Shepherd, Cashiers and Messiah, Murphy. St. Luke's Church is one of the J oldest parishes in the diocese of Western North Carolina. Mr". Blox ham will also have charge of the Church of the Redeemer, Shelby, and Our Savior Mission at Wood- side, at both of these places the erection of new church buildings will be under his direction. Dig Your Potatoes Is Advice To Farmers By Plant Pathologists Sam Mendenhall, county farm agent has reported that Howard R. Garriss and Don E. Ellis, ex tension plant pathologists, spent the day in Macon county' Tuesday, September 3. (With the county agent and the assistant several farms were visit ed in regard to potatoes rotting in the field. Several fields were ex amined and a considerable amount of loss was found due to this rot. It was determined that the rot was caused by late blight on the tuber and that the loss was in creased by the excessive wet weath er. It was recommended by these men that farmers finding this trouble in their patches should dig their potatoes immediately, de stroying the infected potatoes and storing the remainder in a cool, dry, dark place. This, it was thought would help prevent some of the loss that would occur if the potatoes were allowed to re main in the ground. ' --) A Flood Waters North of Franklin Bridge their wav to work Fndav: August As The World Turns A Brief Survey of Current Events In State, Nation and Abroad. LONDON German bombing of London and other .sections continuing with in creasing fury have been counter ed with destructive attacks by the R. A. F. on Berlin and other points, including air bases in the Black Forest, and on the French coast. The -greatest of all air battles continues in fury, while R. A. F. stiffens the defense of home shores. Practically all of French Equa- toral Africa-166,489 square miles of territory has been aligned with Britain, making British "land bridge from the Atlantic to the Mediter ranean and Red Seas," General De Gualle, leader of "free Frenchmen" has announued. The French government has ac knowledged that rebellion has brok en " out in lndo-China and French West Africa following the action of French Equatorial Africa in going over to Britain. BERLIN Adolf Hitler, .with a triumphant year of war behind' him and an unpredicatable winter ahead, spoke out to his British foes yesterday with fury and jeers and a threat that the bombers of ' Germany Jvill "erase" English cities to avenge the night raids of the RAF. " He warned the British not to become impatient for the invasion by. Germany, The high command, reported to day that, a single submarine 'had sunk six armed British merchant men totalling 51,507 tons and in cluding the 15,007-ton Dunvegan Castle, previously reported by both the Germans and the British. BUCHAREST, RUMANIA An attempted assassination of King . Carol climaxed ' the critical situation in the Balkans yester day, resulting from the axis. de mands for transfer of. Transylvan ian territory to Hungary. The Nazi Iron Guard demands capital pun ishment for "those to blame for Rumania's trouble.". DESTROYERS TO BRITAIN Congressional approval exceeded protest when President Roosevelt announced on Tuesday the trans fer of 50 "over-age" destroyers to Britain. The United States is to receive, in turn, the right to construct a string of naval and air bases from Newfoundland to South America "to keep an overseas enemy from our front door." Attorney . General Jackson rUled that congressional action was un necessary. 60,000 GUARDSMEN CALLED President Roosevelt has sum moned 60,000 national guardsmen to a year's military service start ing September 16. , LABOR DAY WEEK-END HAS HEAVY DEATH TOLL . Floods, traffic accidents and the greatest disaster in the. history of American commercial aviation swelled to 217 Sunday . night the death toll in the nation's celebra tion of the long Labor Day week end. , Automobile accidents on high- rill 30. foiinH ttw-ir wav mt iff hv the the Highlands road Highway No of tc river. i'hcto by Crifsp. ways crowded with vacationists took 147 lives. This ' number has been increased by later reports. SENATOR LUNDEEN KILLED IN FATAL CRASH An airliner out of Washington, bound for Pittsburgh, crashed in a storm Saturday afternoon, and all 25 aboard were killed. Among the victims was Senator Lundeen of Minnesota. I WALKER APPOINTED POSTMASTER GENERAL The President's appointment of Frank C. Walker, New York law yer and business man, and former treasurer of the Democratic Na tional Committees, to succeed James A. Farley as Postmaster General, was expected to be submitted to the Senate Wednesday.. DEMOCRATIC RALLY NEXT SATURDAY The address of J. M. Broughton, Democratic gubernatorial candi date, to a state-wide rally in Hen- dersonville Saturday will be broad cast by radio station WWNC, from 11:45 a m. to 12:15 o'clock. The two N. C; senators, Congress man Zebulon Weaver, A. L. Bul- winkfe and Robert L, Doughton and all candidates for state offices will attend. Danger Warning Issued By Health Dept. Following Flood The following instructions are is sued by the state and local health departments: 1. All persons living in areas af fected by flood waters should be vaccinated for Typhoid Fever at once. 2. All water used for drinking purposes should be boiled at least ten minutes unless Bryson City water supply is used. 3. Wells or springs which have been flooded' should be pumped out and sterilized before again be ing used. 1 To sterilize well take one-half pound of HTH, or Perchloron or three-fourths . pound BK or two pounds Chloride lime mix in two gallon pail and after stirring pour into well. Allow to stand 24 hours and then pump out. Boil ajl-water until after this is done. ' 4. Open privy pits should be fill ed at once. 5. Bury human wastes until new privy can be installed. 6. If water has been in your house, scrub walls and floors with hot soapy water. Be sure to get all mud and dirt out. Then rinse all shelves, walls, and floors with chlorine solution made by mixing V, teaspoonsfulls of HTH, BK, or Perchloron in each gallon of water used. If chloride of lime is used, it is necessary that seven teaspoonsfulls be used to each gal lon of water. These instructions are for the protection of your health. If as sistance is needed, call on your health department. Typhoid innoculations can be ob tained at the Macon county health department Tuesday afternoons and Saturday momingi, $1.50 PER YEAR THE PRESIDENT DEDICATESPARK Ceremony In Smokies Witnessed By 10,000 Labor Day Standing before the Laura Spel man Rockefeller Memorial -on the summit' of Newfound Gap, Presi dent Frariklin Delano Roosevelt Monday dedicated the Great Smoky Mountains National Park "to the free people of America". It was a fitting climax to the years, of effort on the part of citi-. zenS of North Carjlina and Ten nessee for the establishment of the vast recreational area and a beau tiful and impressive. setting' for the simple dedication ceremonies. M'ore than 10,000 persons, some . of whom had been waiting since early morning,, filled every avail able space, within , the Gap.' 'to see and hear the president. Radio facil ities of three major networks car ried the president's speech to mil lions more. "The old frontier, that put the hard fibre in the American spirit and the long muscles on the Amer ican .back lives and will live in these untamed mountains to give tuture generations a sense, of the land from which their forefathers hewed their homes." Mr. Roosevelt said. ; "If we are to survive, we cannot be soft in a world in which there are dangers that threaten Ameri cans dangers far more deadly than were tho.se the frontiersmen had to. face. "It is good and right that we in all this should conserve these mountain heights for the benefit of the American people. -But in this hour we have to safeguard a greater thing: the right of the people of this country to live as free men. . "The winds that blow through the wide sky in, these mountains the winds that sweep from Canada to, Mexico, from the Pacific to the Atlantic have always blown on free men. We are free today. If we join together nowmen, wo men and children and face the common menace as a united people, we shall be free tomorrow." Above the president's head as he spoke, three American flags and the state flags of North Carolina and Tennessee whipped in a stiff breeze. It Was a perfect day for the "ceremonies ; clear, cool and in the distance, the blue haze that gives these mountains the charac teristic nickname of "Smokies". Scheduled to begin at 4 :30 p. m.. the dedication did not start until 5 p. m. In the car with the presi-' dent as he arrived at the Gap from Gatlinburg were Mrs. RoosV velt, Secretary Ickes, Sen. Rey nolds, and Sen. McKeller of Ten nessee. The ceremonies, presided over by Secretary Ickes, opened with an invocation by Rev. Fred F. Brown of Knoxville. Prior to the president's address, Governorii . Clyde R. Hoey of North Carolina and Prentice Cooper of Tennessee, spoke briefly. Governor Hoey's emphatic "there should be no quar ters given to fifth columnists any where in this free kin.d", drew a large burst of applause )rom the crowd. On the speakers', platform, were many notables. Besides the presi dent and Mrs. Roosevelt there were the governors of North Caro lina and Tennessee ; Governor Bur net Maybank, of South Carolina; Governor Johnson, of Kentucky; Paul V. McNutt, head of the Fed eral Security Administration; Sec retary Ickes and Mrs. Ickes; Ber nard Baruch, noted New York fi nancier ; James L. Fly, chairman of. the Federal Communications commission; Captain Paul L. Cal lahan, naval aide to the president ; Brigadier General E. M. Watson, military aide and presidential sec retary; Dr. Ross T. Mclntyre, White House physician ; Senators Reynolds and McKellar ; Congress man Zebulon Weaver, of Asheville; Will W. Neal, chairman, and Char les A. Webb, vice-chairman of the North Carolina Park Commission ; Col. David C. Chapman, president of the Great Smoky Mountains Conservation association and for mer chairman of the Tennessee Park commission, and other offi cials of the two states, including members of their park commis- sion. Also on" the platform were New ton B. Drury, director of the Na tional Park service; Arno B. Cam merer, former director; J. Ross Eakin, park superintendent; Con gressman Scrugham, of Nevada, chairman of the house sub-committee on Interior Department ap propriationsand Harlan P. Kelsey, of Salem, Mass. J -
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