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VOL. LV, NO. 40
FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1940
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HIGHLANDS MAN
KILLEDJN JOB
A, R. Moreland Electro
cuted On Glenvitle
Project
Albert R. Moreland, 47 year-old
Highlands man, was instantly kill-,
ed Wednesday afternoon when he
came in contact with a high volt
age wire while working oh the
Nantahala Power company's hydro
electric development at Glenville.
The fftneral will be held in the
Highlands Methodist church Satur
day afternoon at 2 o'clock. Inter
ment will be in the Zachary family
plot at Norton.
The Rev. J. S. Higgins, pastor,
will be assisted by the Rev. J. G.
Benfield and the Rev. R. B. Du
pree. . . 1
Mr. Moreland, who was employ
ed as an electrical engineer by the
Morris-Knudsen company, contrac
tors for the project, was working
up on a pole on a transmission
line when the accident occurred.
He was born in Harrisonville,
Mo., on November 18, 1893, the son
of AWan W. Moreland and Mary
Alice Moreland. He came to High
lands from Raleigh 'about, five years
ago.
He is survived by his widow,
Jessie Zachary Moreland, and by
two sisters, Mr,s. Lee Daughlity of
Webb City, Mo., and Mrs. Edwin
Gough of Hutchinson, Kan.
As The World Turns
A Brief Survey of Current Events In State, Nation
and Abroad.
THREE-POWER PACT
AIMED AT U. S.
The ten-year military and eco
nomic pact of Germany, Italy and
Japan signed last Friday, which
unites these totalitarian powers
against the enemies of any one,
was anticipated in Washington. The
Japanese press stated that Presi
dent Roosevelt's embargo on scrap
iron exports placed the U. S. on
Britain's side. The pact is aimed
at the United States.
THE BATTLE OF THE AIR
The battle of the air has been
waged furiously during the past
week, with both German and Brit
ish flyers sowing destruction. The
pendulum is swinging in Britain's
favor, as the expected invasion is
still postponed, and the air force
is strengthened. Aid from the U.
S. is considered a decisive factor
in the upturn for Britain. Myster
ious new "nighthawk" , fighter
planes, said to be superior to any
thing Germany possesses, have kept
, the majority of German bombers
from London.
BRITISH OPEN BURMA ROAD
Britain will reopen the Burma
road, main Chinese supply route,
on October 17, following Japan's
military alliance with the axis this
after exchange of views with
Washington, it is stated.
CHAMBERLAIN OUT
OF CABINET
Neville Chamberlain, former prime
minister in cabinet that led Britain
into war through his "appeasement"
policy, resigned today as president
of the council in Churchill's cabi
net. Other changes give the .Labor
party greater strength in the su
preme war council.
AXIS PLANS ASSAULT
ON ROCK OF CI BR ALT A
It is reported from Vichy,
France, that the axis staffs have
mapped plans for a sea-air-land at
tack on Gibraltar that will "pulver
ize the Rock". Doubt is still ex
pressed that General Franco will
go all the way with the axis, and
without Spain there can be no
real action against Gibraltar.
ITALY MASSING TROOPS
OPPOSITE GREECE
Greece rushed troops to the Al
banian frontier, it was learned to
day, after Italy suddenly moved
up impressive forces close to the
Greek border.
PRESIDENT DISPLAYS U. S.
AIR MIGHT AT DEDICATION
Foreign diplomats invited to see
President Roosevelt preside at an
airport conerstone laying in Wash
ington witnessed an unannounced
display of this nation's expanding
air power when hundreds of war
planes thundered overhead in what
the president described as a "sur
prise party." .
Mrs. Angie W. Cox
Benefactor Of Libraries
Visits Franklin
Mrs. Angie W. Gox of Wal
worth, Wis., and Pasadena, Calif.,
generous benefactor - of libraries
here and elsewhere, visited Frank
lin for the first time and spent
several days inspecting the Frank
lin and "county school libraries that
have received her gifts. Many of
the rural schools would have no
books except for Mrs. Cox's inter
est, and the Franklin ' public li
brary and school library have been
enriched by the addition of sever
al thousand new, well selected and
greatly needed books. ,
Through her friendship with Mrs.
Charles O. Ramsey, the former
Miss Virginia Bryson, a native of
this county, while a teacher in
Kentucky, Mrs. Cox first learned
of this sectioni Her philanthropy
of books has' extended over a
period of years, to many libraries
and schools in different parts of
the United States. For nearly two
years the people of this county
have been the beneficiaries of this
large hearted woman's wise gen
erosity. Other schools in the mountains
of Western North Carolina and
Georgia have received books from
Mrs. Cox. ' ,
District Teachers Meeting
Set For Asheville
All teachers in the Western Dis
trict of North Carolina will meet
in Asheville on Friday, October 18.
Further details will be carried
in next week's Press.
U. S. HAS ABILITY TO MAKE
GREATER AMERICA SAYS
WALLACE
No matter what happens to the
world after the European war, Hen
ry A. Wallace says, the United
States "has the machinery, the
personnel and the skill to build a
greater America."
This- country ' could become an
example to the world a "prac
tical example of democracy at
work," the Democratic vice presi
dential candidate declared at Spo
kane, Wash., Wednesday night in
his closing, campaign address to
voters of the northwest's wheat
and power belt.
U. S. URGES SOVIET
AGAINST 3-POWER PACT
The United States is trying to
discourage Soviet Russia fnom join
ing the new Japanese-German-Ital-ian
military alliance, administration
sources said . today.
ROOSEVELT TO RADIO
REARMAMENT REPORT
ON OCTOBER 12
President Roosevelt will give the
United States and the entire West
ern hemisphere a report on Ameri
ca's rearmament in a radio speech
on ehe night of October 12 from
Dayton, Ohio.
DEFENSE BILL DELAYS
ADJOURNMENT
The last big defense appropria
tions bill of the session was ex
pected to slide through the senate
without difficulty today, but dis
agreement over a preparedness air
port construction program put a
new stumbling block on the rocky
road to a recess for congress,
NAVY .INCREASES
ATLANTIC FLEET
A "Patrol Force" U. S. fleet, of
more than 125 vessels and the
necessary complement of aircraft,
tor ' the Atlantic, was announced
Thursday by the navy a step to
wards the two-ocean navy planned.
WILLKIE RAPS
NEW DEAL
Wendell L. Willkie extended his
presidential campaign into Ohio and
Pennsylvania industrial . cities
Thursday after accusing the Roose
velt administration of playing "pol
itics with preparedness."
INCREASED FUNDS TO
GREAT SMOKIES
The operating budget of the
Great Smoky Mountains National
park approved for the current fis
cal year shows an increase of $13,
330 over the preceding fiscal year's
budget, bringing the total to $101,
670. This includes funds for the
administrative force, the ranger
naturalist service, engineering, road
and maintenance, sanitation and the
like.
A separate amount also is pro
vided for the construction of minor
roftdf.
FRANKLIN LOSES
TO BREVARD 24-0
Locals Play Waynes ville
Under Lights There
Friday Night "
Brevard High used Franklin's
Red Panthers as a stepping stone
to their third straight win of the
season here last Friday, decisively
walloping Coach Hawkin's eleven
to the tune of 24-0. :
Allison scored Brevard's first
touchdown early in the first quar
ter on a long end run from the
Franklin 40. Taking the kickoff on
his own 20, he opened the second
half with a spectacular 80 yard
jaunt down the sidelines for his
second touchdown of the day. Ash
worth scored the third on a line
back from the Franklin three, and
Sentelle added the fourth with a
brilliant one-hand catch of Mor
ris' pass from the Franklin 35 to
the IS, to score untouched.
The Red Panthers lacked the
spark that makes a winning foot
ball team. Their plays got under
way slowly, the interference was
ragged, and their punting was
poor. Although the Panthers never j
seriously threaten, they racked up
five first downs to Brevard's six
and made the only sustained drive
of the afternoon. Defensively they
gave a better account of themselves
than the one-sided score would
indicate. Leatherman, Pennington,
Tessier and Hunnicutt played an
outstanding game.
Friday night the Panthers jour
ney to Wayhesville for their first
game of the season under lights.
The team is reported to have im
proved tremendously since last Fri:
day and ' is out to mar Waynes
ville's hopes for a perfect record.
All local fans expecting to attend
the game are asked to buy their
tickets: here before they leave,
from either of the drug stores, or
from members of the team, in ord
er that the proceeds can go to the
local football team. -
The starting lineup Friday night
will probably be: Cunningham, LE;
G. . Pennington, LT ; Johnson, LG ;
Garner, C! Guest, RG; C. Penning
ton, RT; Leatherman, RE; Tessier,
QB; Hunnicutt, FB; Fouts, RH,
and Houk, LH. '
Macon Represented In
State 4-H Dress Review
Sixty or more 4-H Club girls,
from as many counties throughout
North Carolina, will assemble at
N. C. State college Friday (Oc
tober 4) to compete in the annual
State 4-H Dress Review. They will
model dresses and suits of their
own workmanship, and the winner
will receive a free trip to the
National Club Congress to be held
in Chicago, 111., in December.
Miss Barbara Hurst of the
Franklin 4-H Club, a winner in
the recent district contest at Hen
dersonville, will take part in the
contest. 1
Miss Willie N. Hunter, extension
clothing specialist, and Miss Julia
Mclver, assistant specialist, will di
rect the contest. The farm girls
will submit their costumes to the
close scrutiny of the judges in the
college Y. M. C. A. , at 10 o'clock
in the morning. ''
The formal review, at which all
costumes will he modeled by their
owners, will be held in Pullen Hall
at 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The
public is invited to this program,
at which time, the winners will be
announced.
The review is divided into four
divisions: (1) Wash (tub material)
dress or suit for school or sports
wear; (2) wool dresses, suits or
ensembles for school, sports or
street wear; (3) best dress or en
semble, including dress; and (4)
informal party dress.
Miss Jcmnie Faye Barnes of the
Black Creek 4-H Club in Wilson
county won last year's contest with
an ensemble which would have done
credit to a Park Avenue stylist.
It consisted of a plaid sport coat,
a dress of light wool, and match
ing accessories. The entire outfit,
including shoes, stockings and
other purchased apparel, cost only
$14.95.
Other costumes placed in the
"blue riblxn group" cost from as
little as $3.39 to a top of $19.98.
Miss Hunter says .that this
year's state review has occasioned
more interest than any held in
the past. A sectional dress review
was recently held by 4-H girls of
the mountain district at the West
ern North Carolina Fair in Hend
ersonville. About 60 per cent of all farm
families are inadequately housed,
according to the U. S. housing
autboritres,
Large Crowd Here For
Fifth Sunday Singing
Convention This Week
A .capacity crowd from all sec
tions of Macon county and the ad
joining counties,- attended the fifth
Sunday singing convention at the
Macon county courthouse here
Sunday. '
The golden key quartet, a quar
tet from Gay and the Cowee
mountain singers from Jackson
county attended and took part in
the singing. Also classes and quar
tets from various sections of the
county were .present. 1
James M. Raby, president of the
convention, presided, and announc
ed that the next convention would
be held in December. . '
MAYOR HEADS
CHINESE AID
Bowl Of Rice Parties To
Be Held For Relief
Of War Stricken
Mavor T. O. Harrison, honorary
chairman, has announced the ap-
nointment of I. Horner Stockton
and Mrs. J. W. C. Johnson as co
chairmen of a Franklin committee
for the annual nation-wide Bowl
of Rice Party campaign.
Mayor Harrison accepted the ap
pointment from Col. Theodore
Roosevelt, national chairman, and
the Hon. F. H. LaGuardia, mayor
of New York City, chairman of
the mayors committee.
This is the third year that the
American people have united to al
leviate in some measure the great
suffering of the men, women and
children in China who continue to
stand fast in the face of barbaric
invasion of their country. In this
the fourth year of their resistance
over 40 million face disease and
starvation in the wilderness, driven
from their homes by the wholesale
bombing and destruction of their
village Cholera and malaria will
stalk in company with cold and
hunger as medical relief as well
as food is needed to save thou
sands of lives for whom America
is their last hope.
The American Bureau for Med
ical Aid to China, the official rep
resentative for the National Red
Cross Society of China, is the
agency directing the Bowl of Rice
parties. Madame Chiang Kai-Shek
is honorary chairman, and the na
tional committee in the United
States includes physicians and oth
er citizens of national distinction.
Throughout the United States
cities and towns will hold the
"Bowl of Rice" parties for the
purpose of raising funds for this
cause. Full details and plans will
be announced at an early date as
soon as the chairmen organize the
local committees of arrangements.
WCTC Enrolls 491 For
Fifty-Second Session
Westep Carolina Teachers col
lege, having just completed the
first week of the fifty-second ses
sion, has 491 students enrolled from
54 North Carolina counties.
Of the total, 284 are women and
207 are men. there are 148 fresh
men and 97 seniors.
Jackson county is represented by
129 students, there are 67 from
Buncombe, 38 from Madison, 29
from Haywood, 28 from Henderson,
20 from Swain and 19 from Chero
kee. Other counties represented in
clude: Macon with 15, Cleveland,
11; Yancey, 11; Graham, nine ; ,
Guilford, nine; Transylvania, eight;
Mitchell, seven; Lincoln, seven;
McDowell, six; Clay, five; Wayne,
five; Franklin, Hoke, Moore and
Polk, four each; Gaston, Mecklen
burg, Rutherfordton and Stanley,
three each; and Alexander, Cataw
ba, Cumberland, Davie, Pender,
Surrey, Union and Wake, two.
Record Set For Travel
In Great Smoky Park
The greatest travel year in the
history of the Great Smoky Moun
tains National park, officially re
corded tonight, showed 860,950 per
sons counted from the United
States, its possessions and 15 for
eign countries.
The figure represents a 13 per
cent gain or nearly 100,000 per
sons more than the corresponding
period last year. The travel year
runs from September 30 until Sep
tember 29. Last year, 861,567 per
sons entered the three checking
stations.
Tennessee sent the highest num
ber of visitors, 283,613 for the
year.
Ohio sent 92,992, the second high
est number. Next came North Car
olina, with 89,866. for the year,
Rev. Ruf us Morgan
Accepts Charge Of
Agnes Church
St.
The Rev. Rufus A. "Morgan, of
Columbia, S. C.,' has . accepted the
call to St. Agnes -church, Franklin,
and the Incarnation, Highlands, to
begin on November I, according
to the announcement of Bishop .K!
E. Gribbin at the service at St.
Agnes church Mast Sunday.
'Mr. Morgan was torn and rais
ed iu Macon county, and his host
of friends and . relatives will re
joice .to iearn that he has decided
to come "back home" to continue
his ministry. For the Jast 10 years
he has .served as rector of St.
John's church, Columbia, and alsr)
as business manager and director
of boys' summer camps at Kanuga,
Episcopal conference center near
Hendersonville. Mr. Morgan began
his ministry in Western North
Carolina, and has served charges
in South Carolina for a number
of years.1;
Tunnel Worker Hurt
At Nantahala .
Jim Guy, 40, of Copper Hill,
Tenn., was brought to Angel hos
pital Thursday from the Nantahala
Power company's dam construction
site at Nantahala where he suffer
ed three broken ribs in' a tunnel
accident.
Doctors reported his condition as
favorable.
Jackson County Bryson
Family Will Hold 24th
Reunion This Saturday
All relatives and friends of the
Bryson family in . Macon county
are cordially invited to 'attend the
24th annual Bryson reunion at
Scott's Creek Baptist church in
Jackson county Saturday, October
5., '.;
Judge Felix E. Alley of Waynes
ville will make the principal ad
dress of the day. The complete
program " is as follows:
11:30 Song, congregation, led by
Rev. H. M Hocutt.
11 :35 Devotional, Rev. T. F.
Deitz.
11 :50 Recognition of visitors.
12:00 Special music, Miss Mil
dred Cowan.
12:10 Welcome address, H. E.
Monteith.
12.25 Address, Judge Felix E.
Alley.
1:00-Dinner.
1 : 10 Secretary's report.
1 :20 Treasurer's report.
Big Yam Is Now
On Display Here
A big sweet potato or yam, as
they are sometimes called, was
brought into The Press office
Nine Bear And Boar Hunts
Scheduled For Nantahala
Eight Franklin Scouts
To Receive Promotions
Monday Night At Sylva
Court of Honor for the Smoky
Mountain district of the Daniel
Boone Council will be held in Sylvia
on Monday, .October 7, at 7:30
p. m.
Scoutmaster Jimmy Hauser said
that he expected to take eight
Scouts from the local troops over
to receive their, promotions.
' E. B. Whitaker of Bryson City,
chairman of the district committee,
w-ill be in charge of the Court of
Honor. The public is invited to at
tend. Scoutmaster Hauser and T. T.
Love will attend a two-oay Scouter
training course at Western North
Carolina Teachers' College at Cul
lowhee, October 5 and 6. Courses
in introduction to scouting, troop
operations, short-term camping,
rocks and minerals and council ad
ministration will be offered under
the guidance of Dean W. E. Biard
of W. C. T. C. Any local Scouters,
troop committeemen, or others in
terested in Scouting why wish to
attend, are asked to get in touch
with Mr. Hauser. '
Epp L. Russell Elected
To Georgia 'Legislature
Epp L. Russell, a former Macon
county resident, was elected repre
sentative of White county, Ga.,
by a land slide vote in the recent
general election, receiving a total
of 29 more votes than his two op
ponenta together.
Mr. Russell is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. John C Russell, of the
Cullasaja community.
MACON SCHOOLS
ENROLL 3,709
Figures For First Month
Show Slight Decrease
To Last Year's
Macon county schools had a
total enrollment of 3,709sluijents
at TficrM7rTr3"ot the hrsTmonth of
school, according to figures releas
ed from the county superintendent
of schools' office this week.
Although , this figure is slightly
less than the total of 3,732 for the
first school month of 1939, Super
intendent Guy L, .Houk stated that
he expected the total figures for
the school year 1940-41 to equal or
exceed tlwse set last year.
Of the total of 3,709 students this
year, 638 were enrolled in the three
high schools of the county, and 2,
938 in the elementary schools.
Franklin hjtJilil dtl? an enroll
'UenLof 529., Highlands had 73, and
Otter Creek 36. .
The total white enrollment for
the county this year was 3,579 and
the total negro 133.
Enrollment by schools is as fol
lows :
Academy, 37; Allison-Watts, 56;
Aquone, 40; Beecher, 21; Buck
Creek, 25;' Burningtown, 66; Camp
Branch, 33; Clarks Chapel, 48;
Cowee, 94; Ellijay, 26; Faii-view,
27; Franklin, 985; Gold Mine, 32;
Hickory Knoll, 51; Higdon ville, 62;
Highlands, 347; Holly Springs, 148;
Kyle, 39; Liberty, 54; Lower Tes
enta, 40; Maple Springs, 96; Mash
burn's Branch,, 20; Mountain
Grove, 13; Mountain View, 39;
Mulberry, 51; Oak Dale, 73; Oak
Grove,' 134; Oak Ridge, 44; Olive
Hill, 52;- Otto, 80; Otter Creek,
.170; Pine Grove, 54; tSalein, 49;
Scaly, .58; Slagle, 180; Union.' 96;
Walnlt Creek, 43; and Watauga,
50. Chapel, the only negro school
in the count v, had an enrollment
of 133.
Today Is New Year
In Jewish Calendar
Today,. October 3, is. Rosh-A-Shuno,
"head day" or New Year of
the ancient Jewish calendar, cele
brated as a religious holiday by
the Jews. The year is 5,701', count-
ing from the time of the flight .
from Egypt of the Children of
Israel.
Thursday by Elbert Angel who dug
it from his garden yesterday, It
weighed 3 pounds, 7 ounces.
The only comment the office
force had to make was . that they '
wished Mr. Angel had gone to the
trouble of popping it into hi, oven
before bringing it in. And maybe
thrown in a few marshmallows for
good measure.
Leaders Of Hunts To Be
Selected By Public
Drawing
Nine combination Russian wild
boar and bear hunts will be con
ducted on the Sunteetkih federal
state cooperative game manage- '
nient area of the Nantahala na-'
tional forest this fall, C. N. Mease,
chief refuge supervisor, announced
this week. ,
The two-day hunts will be held
on, Big Santeetlah drainage area
on November 16-17, November 27
28 and .'. December 6-7 ; on Little
Santeetlah and Deep creek drain- '
age areas on November 20-21, No
vember 29-30 and December 11-12;
and on Slick Rock, Bear and Bar-;
ker creeks on November 22 21, De
cember 4-5 and December 13-14.
Applications should be made in
the form of a letter to Mr. Mease,
Room 307, City Hall, Asheville,
before 9 a. m., November 4, by
persons possessing recognized bear
or hog dogs or in a position to
obtain them. A check for $5 must
accompany all applications.
Nine hunters and six alternates
will be chosen at a public drawing
in Asheville, including three Gra-
ham county hunters. Each of the .
nine successful applicants will be
allowed to invite a party of 24 to
accompany nhem on the hunt.
Each party may kill one bear
and one wild boar, or two bears
or two boars. They must not mo
lest other game.
Hunting will be permitted from
sunrise to sundown. Hunters must
have North Carolina hunter's li
censes and must abide by state
and national forest regulations.
If weather prevents hunting on
scheduled dates, another period
may be substituted.
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