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COVERAGE This Newspaper Goes - s, ' To Every Corner of Macon County AID YOUR STATE In restoring wild-life. Obey the game laws, KUUKESiSl VE LIBERAL IKTEPKXm.MV FRANKLIN. N. C, THURSDAY, SEPT. 26, 1940 LOVE, HIGDON NEW OFFICERS Will Serve As Secretary And Treasurer Of C. Of c. T will T. Love and . A. R. Higdon serve respectively as secre tary and treasurer of the chamber of commerce until., the. general elections next April, the Rev. Frank Bloxham, retiring secretary, announced at the general meeting of the chamber in the courthouse here : last Tuesday night. Higdon was named by the board of directors to replace Bill Sloan who recently resigned, and Love, who worked in the chamber's in formation booth during the summer, succeeds Mr. Bloxham, who leaves this week for Lincolnton., (Despite the meeting's unofficial nature, due to the lack of a quorum, Mr. Bloxham made his re port on the progress made by the chamber this year and indicated its plans for the future. According to his report, 2,250 visitors called at the information bureau during its three months of operation. Of "these 1,226 signed the visitors register and these came from 37 states, the District of Co lumbia, Canada and the Bahama Islands. There were 726 pieces of j mail sent out during the season The following financial summary was given by the secretary Income received from dues etc. $1,054.35 Information Bureau, bldg., wiring and equipment .. Information Booklet, en velopes and printing .... .... Information Bureau help,. Salary , of Secretary , . Advertising signs, lease of of land, maps, Ad in 'Touring' .... f. ......... . . Partner Day prizes, print- t i'ng, etc. ... ....J.JrMJJ., 4l Telephone, installation, rental and long - distance calls ' Power Co. for lights r Postage ................... Typewrighter rental ...... Sundries .................. Red Panthers Win From Long Creek Academy 26-0 -255.25 101.80 135.00 116.25 110.00 19.00 (6.18 17.19 7.00 21.94 - Total Expenses ....... $831.41 The balance in hand of $222.94 has been reserved, for the printing of a picture folder during the winter months ready for business next spring. Mr. Bloxham said that the board of directors of the chamber were working on two projects at pres ent: the establishment of a West ern Union or Postal Telegraph station here in the business dis trict, and an active effort tq secure the establishment of some form of light industry here. He pointed out that the location of an industry would benefit the town by providing more employ ment for citizens and by a larger payroll to be spent in the county. .Also he stated that several sur rounding towns have offered tax free factory sites in an effort to secure the location of industries. Using furniture as an example, he said that lumber from the coun ty was shipped to the eastern part of the state to be made into furni ture, which in turn was shipped to Atlanta for distribution, whereas a furniture factory here wotild.be able to economize through its prox imity to both raw materials and market. . Upon a motion by Major Car-: mack, the meeting extended a 4 unanimous vote of tlianks to Mr. Bloxham for his service to the community. The chamber also voted to in vestigate the feasibility of opening the information booth during the month of October. Unleashing a powerful air and ground attack that kept their op ponents baffled for the greater part of the afternoon, the Red Panth ers of Franklin high overwhelmed a weaker Long Creek Academy eleven 26-0 in the season's opener here last Friday. The Panthers showed up well both offensively and defensively, scoring in all four quarters and never permitting Long Creek to penetrate their 20 yard line, but they were handicapped at times by lack of coordination and early season awkwardness. Brooks scored the initial touch down early in the first quarter on reverse that was good for 40 yards, after the Panthers had ad vanced the ball from their own 38 yard line, where they received . the kickoff. Leatherman snagged a 25 yard pass in the end zone from Hunnicutt for the second, Hunrii cutt ' completing five out of seven aerials during the afternoon. Hunnicutt and Fout,$ scored the third and fourth touchdowns on running and pass plays in the last half during which the entire Frahkr in. squad saw action. Long and Loudermilk stood out for Long Creek. This Friday, Franklin meets the Brevard eleven on the high school field here at 2:30 p. m. The Panth ers will be out to avenge the 14-0 defeat hung on them by Brevard two seasons ago. The starting lineup will prob ably be : Cunningham, LE: G. Pen nington, LT; Johnson, LG; Garner, C! Guest, RG; C. Pennington, RT; Leatherman, RE: Tessier, QB; Hunnicutt, FB; Fouts, RH, and Houk, LH. Fans who plan to attend the Franklin - Waynesville game in Waynesville Friday night, October 4, are asked to buy their tickets from members of the team or from either of the drugstores before they leave in order to benefit the home team.' Singing Convention In Courthouse Here Sunday . The fifth Sunday Singing. Con vention will be held in the Macon county courthouse on Sunday, Sep tember 29, it has been announced by James M. Raby, president of the convention. Mr. Raby states that '. singers have been invited from South Caro lina and Georgia and from the adjoining counties to come and take part in the day's singing. All sing ers in Macon county are invited to attend. The public is invited to attend. For Legislature Fred Montony Succeeds Rev. F. Bloxham As Lions President Bishop Gribbin Will Preach At St. Agnes Church Sunday Rt. Rev. Robert E. Gribbin, D.D., . Episcopal Bishop of Western North Carolina, will' conduct the 11 o'clock service at St. Agnes church next Sunday morning, it is announced by Ben W. Woodruff, warden of the church. ' As a' chaplain in the National Guards since the World War, when he saw service overseas with the A. E. F., Bishop Gribbin is answering tlve call to the 30th Divi sion, 105 Medical Regiment where he holds the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, which will be stationed at Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C ry In the absence of a minister at this time, Bishop Gribbin has ar ' ranged to stop over in Franklin pa hit way to Camp Jackson, Fred . Montony was installed as president of the Lions club at the club's regular bi-weekly meeting here last Monday night, succeed ing the Rev. Frank Bloxham who leaves this week for Lincolnton. T. D. Bryson, Jr., was named third vice-president, the office for merly held by Montony. The club presented the retiring president with a traveling bag as a token of their appreciation for his services. Charles Melichar, supervisor of the Nantahala National Forest, was the guest speaker of the evening, He presented the Lions with a handsome gavel made of walnut with a cherry handle, decorated with a bow pf gold and purple rib bon, the club colors. . The head of the gavel was inlaid with burnished copper, bearing the Forest Service shield on one side and a block "V on the other. A tiny copper plaque carried the en graved message: "Presented to Franklin Lions Club, 1940, by U. S. Forest Service. Help Prevent Fires". President Montony accepted the gift in behalf of the Lions club. Mr. Melichar described the. Nan tahala National Forest as small when compared to some of the other 12 National forests in the Southern region, but a very busy organization with a regular per sonnel of approximately 50 persons. In addition, supervision is given to some 800 CCC enrollees at the four camps' on the Forest and some 70 WPA workers on Forest projects. Since 1912 the Nantahala has ac quired about 350,000 acres of land, primarily for the purpose of water shed protection and timber produc tion. In a tune such as the present when National Defense has cre ated a strong demand for lumber, the large bodies of timber in the National forests are a source of security. Last year the Nantahala sold $35,000 worth of timber, and, due to careful marking of all trees be fore cutting begins, only the ma ture timber is cut with the result that a continuous cut each year is possible. Macon county received a portion of the $35,000 since the U. S. Treasury returns 25 per cent of the timber sale receipts to the states in which the timber was cut, and this is apportioned out to the counties on the basis of the acre age of National Forest lands they contain. The Lions club also voted to give $30 to the high school athletic fund for football uniforms. Holds Farewell Services Sunday Night A large congregation of church members and friends from all sec tions of Macon county were pres ent at the farewell services given for the Rev. R. F. Mayberry at the Franklin Baptist church last Sunday evening. Mr. Mayberry, who was recently elected pastor of the Rhodhiss Bap tist church, has served as pastor of the rural churches of the county for the past eight years. He left for his new charge Tuesday ac companied by his wife and three children. The Rev. C. F. Rogers, pastor of the Franklin Baptist church, pre sided over the meeting. Those making short talks were the Rev. Phillip Greene, pastor of the Frank lin Methodist circuit ; the Rev. J. I y Panorama Court On Georgia Road Opens For Business . John E. Rickman was named by the Republican . county ' executive committee last Saturday as candi date for the legislature, opposing JJr. W. A. Rogers. A. Flanagan, pastor of the Frank lin Presbyterian church ; John E. Rickman and the Rev. J. C. Pipes, of Asheville, Baptist state conven tion missionary for Western North Carolina. Mr. Mayberry made the prin cipal talk for the evening. As The World Turns A Brief Survey of Current Events In State, Nation and Abroad. WAR NEWS Ominous news is coming from war fronts of three continents to day.' After conferences of axis leader's, Rome announces a new world em' pire to be formed by the combined powers of Germany, Italy, Russia, Japan and Spain. $338,263,902 appropriation bill to finance barracks and other facili ties for conscripts. ' British warships and planes with drew from Dakar, French port on the African west coast, nearest South America. A three-day bat tle under the command of Gen DeGualle, commander of "Free French" forces, failed to land troops to keep Nazis from control of this strategic coast line. German authorities in Norway have closed Norwegian coastal areas, presumably to conceal of fensive preparation's against Britain. The 'end of monarchy and parlia ment in Norway" is announced by the Nazi high commissioner. Ger man troops will' remain in Norway which will have no national rights but be governed from Germany. Italy acknowledges destructive bombings by the British of their troops and bases in northern Africa and the sinking of an Ital ian destroyer. Over 100 French bombing planes from Morocco have hammered Gibraltar, wrecking government and other buildings in a vengeance raid", for the British naval assault on French West Africa. ' Nightly German bombers loose fresh cargoes of destruction oh London. The air ministry announc ed 26 German planes shot down yesterday by fighters and anti aircraft. Other towns and cities, including Liverpool are receiving heavy bombing. The British continue destructive raids on German coastal bases and gun emplacements on the French, Belgian arid German coasts, and have bombed many objectives in Berlin, starting destructive fires as well as demolishing important war supply factories and gas stations with bombs. AP's headquarters was badly damaged last night. On demand of Germany end re portedly with the consent of Rus sia, German troops and ' supplies are now crossing Finnish territory to facilitate their operations in Norway. They likewise crosa Swed ish territory. The Finnish people knew nothing of the permission given. The U. S. government through Secretary of State Hull has pro tested the Japanese aggression into French . I ndo China. WASHINGTON Rep. John W. McCormack of Massachusetts was elected Demo cratic leader of the house Wednes day, succeeding Rep. Sam Rayburn of Texas who became speaker after, the death of William D. Bankhead. . President Roosevelt ordered 35, 700 more national guardsmen into service October IS and signed a Vice-President John N. Garner returned to Washington to resume his duties as presiding officer of the senate. PRESIDENT BANS WAR SUPPLIES TO JAPAN - The President today banned shipments of scrap iron to any countries except British and west ern hemisphere ports. This is aimed at Japan, it is understood. U. S. LENDS 25 MILLION TO CHINA Announcement is made that the U, S. has arranged to lend 25 mil lion to' China in return for present and future shipments of tungsten, a metal needed for an alloy for hard steel , in high speed tools. -'' . KIDNAPPED CHILD IS RETURNED SAFELY Three year-old Marc de Tristan, son . ot socially-prominent Gjuiu and Countess -Marc de Tristan of Hillsborough, Calif., was returned safely to his parents Sunday after having been snatched from the hands of his nurse 24 hours earlier. His kidnapper, Wilhelm Muhlen broich, a German alien, was cap tured with the .child when two woodsmen V came upon a car in a lonely spot with the child and man in it. They overpowered the heavily armed man and brought the child to safety. A $100,000 ransom was demanded but had not . been collected. " AMERICAN LEGION FAVORS AID TO BRITAIN The American Legion, meeting in Boston , for its 22nd national con vention, ;voted overwhelmingly Wednesday to give "all practicable aid to Great Britain" in conjunc tion with a defense program de signed to make America "strong enough to meet and turn back any possible invasion before it arrives." On Thursday the Legion voted down a resolution which included a declaration of neutrality. CENSUS REVEALS U. S. POPULATION INCREASED The census bureau announced Saturday that the population of the United States on April 1 was 1JI.4JJ9.881, a gain of 7 per cent since 1930 the smallest percentage increase in any previous decade of American history. The .southern states however, showed important gains. A large number of patrons have been enjoying the spacious facili ties , of Panorama Court, which openedits dowrs for business last week. The handsome stone 'building,' erected by the owners, C'liark-s Bradley and A. G. Cagle, is as signed to serve a modern tourist camp which the owners intend to build on the tract of 40 acres on the Georgia' road, commanding a beautiful view in every direction. One cottage, built of stone, with all modern conveniences, including electric water heater, lias been completed and four, others are to be constructed, it is announced. The central building, which mea sures 50 by 55 feet, is eauiuDed with all modern restaurant facili ties, with table alcoves around a large dance floor which gives a place for recreation for' young1 and old. The woodwork is worm-eaten chestnut, finished in natural color. with a high wainscoting around the inside. Good lighting and large fireplace make a most attractive interior. Mr. Cagle said that they expected to conduct a . high class csiauusninent mat will be an as set to Franklin. The original estimated cost of $7,000 has . already - been exceeded, Mr. Cagle stated. RICKMANTORUN FOR ASSEMBLY Nominated By Republican Executive Committee Saturday MACHINERY FOR DRAFT STARTED Hoey Issues Statement On Plans For Appointing Local Boards WPA WILLING TO BUILD ASHEVILLE ARMORY Asheville will get a $50,000 to $75,000 national guard armory, pro vided the community will supply ine site and certain skilled labor tor the project which has already been approved by state WPA head quarters in Raleigh. FIREMAN KILLED IN SALUDA TRAIN WRECK Fireman J. B. Williams, of Mor gan ton 'was fatally injured when the engine of the freight train on which he was riding plunged over th; end of the safety track at Saluda. Governor Hoey will soon name the local draft boards which will classify men according' to their ability to serve in the natioiCs drafted armed forces, was announc ed yesterday. The chief executive has announc ed that the number of draft boards eeded in each county was being computed, and said that as soon as the figures were completed, the "county court clerks, county school uperintendents, and county elec tions board chairmen w,ou!d be asked to recommend the draft board members. He said he had directed the tate elections board to order reg- strants on duty October 16 to reg ister those between the ages , of 21 and 35 for possible compulsory military service. The 1,916 registrars will be on duty at regular- polling places for the day. ; The governor expressed the hope that competent and pa triotic persons would volunteer to aid the registrars. ... Adj. Gen. J. Van B.. Metts has been designated state director' for tne compulsory military training program. He will be assisted by members r.of his staff, who, have taken special training in draft methods. ') ' ' ' It has been said that North Car olina's quota under the first draft of 400,000 men might be about 13,- 000, less whatever credits the state -fnuy receive for voluntary. 'enlist ments with armed forces. Governor Hoey displayed a . let ter from President Roosevelt, not ing that election officials and draft board members would be expected to serve without pay as their "con tribution to national defense,", just as young men will devote a year of their time to military training. "It is all-important that the lo cal boards be composed of men in whom the community has the greatest confidence," Mr. Roose velt wrote. 'Membership on a hoard should be considered a po sition of trust and honor. I feel certain that many thousands of our most able and patriotic citi zens twill offer their services for this duty. . . . ,'.. s "A favorable and intelligent pub lic opinion based on a just and impartial administration of this most important defense measure, can be more effective in securing proper and effective administration of the law than the penalties writ ten into the statute." John E. 'Rickman, prominent Ma con county mine operator, was drafted by the Republican county executive committee last Saturday, afternoon to opiose Dr. V. A. Rogers in the race for representa tive 'to the legislature from this county. , The" nomination was offered to. A.' R; Higdon whpn . the '' .Republican, county convention drew up its ticket at a meeting here several weeks ago, but Mr.- Higdon de clined the post. The executive com mittee then named Mr. Kicknian. who filed as a candidate for the legislature last May. Mr. Rickman was postmaster of; Franklin post office here, from 1930 to 1934. During the World . War, he served on the draft ex emption board. He has also served as chairman of the county execu tive committee for 25 years. Other candidates on the Republi can ticket are: " Walter Dean for chairman of the county board of commissioners; and James R. Hoi brooks, and Freeman E. Hastings for members of the board of com missioners. John H..lalton, county surveyor since 1900, is unopposed for reflection. ' Although." an official "Willkie for President" club has hot be organ ized here yet, it is understood that a good many local individuals are actively campaigning for his elec- ' tion. J. H. Dean is chairman of the Republican county executive com mittee; Mrs. Jud Tallent is vice chairman, and Ray Swanson is ' secretary,. STARS SWAMP ROBBINSVILLE Win Twenty - First And Final Game Of Season 12-6 l Rattlesnake Population On Ellijay Is Decimated The rattlesnake population on El lijay suffered a sharp , decline Thursday when a large family of rattjers 16 in all was wiped out by Ted Higdon and Roy Stiwinter. Two of the snakes were above average size for the section, bear ing 10 and 6 rattles respectively, while the other 14 were only a lit tle over a foot in length. Blasting their way through the Robbinsville Mountaineers by a score of 12-6, the Franklin All- Stars annexed their 21st game to bring the season to a successful close here last Sunday. lhe All-Stars were out front all the way ' until the seventh when Robbinsville tied the count at 6-6, but Franklin came back in the eighth with a six run splurge to win in a walk. ; Swanson hit a Texas Leaguer back of second, Higdon struck out, and Melton and WhitmirS- $&lKed to iill the bases to set up) the score. Ihen Newton siagle(l - ac cording Swarvson and Melton,' Du vall signled scoring Whitmire, "Gabby" Archer slapped a long triple to deep center bringing in two more runs, and Teague scor the box : Robbinsvillle: AB R Wilkie, s,s .............. .5 1 Gates, If 5. o 1 West, cf 5 1 3 Elliott, 3b ............ 5 1 3 Martin, 2b 5 11 Hodges, c . '.'A. )' 1 Smoke, lb ...... ... 4 0 1 Brown, rf 4 0 1 Mitchell, p ...... . 4 i 1 ...... 41 '6 12 AB R H 4 3 4 ...... 2 2 0 ...... 4 1 1 ...... 5 1 3 4 2 2 Teague, ss 4 1 3 Tysinger, rf .. 2 0 0 McCollum, rf, x 3 10 Swanson, 2b 4 .1 1 Higdon, p ; . . 4 o 0 Total ... FWnklin : Melton, 3b ., Whitmire, cf Newton, If .. Duvall, lb ... Archer, c . .. Total 37 12 14 x Replaced Tysinger in the 4th. Robbinsville 100 011 200 6 Franklin 102 201 0612 Two Of Ten Candidates Accepted By Recruiter For Naval Service Here Tw0 ten candidates for the United States Navv were arrentri during the two-day recruiting drive nere Wednesday and Thursday, Chief Machinist Mate Charles C. bmart, recruiter in sharer drive, announced Thursday afternoon. The two boys, Albert H of Prentiss, and Pryor L. Davis of Franklin, will be sent to Raleigh for a final examination before he- jng sent to their stations.