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Jftifr JOIN .1 jsg RED CROSS rUUGRESSIVE . - - LIBERAL gcotmtn RED CROSS wnwpffvnvvr VOL. LV, NO. 45 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, MOV. 7, 1940 " $1.50 PER YEAR BROUGHTON HAS big r.' Democrats 'Made Clean Sweep Of County Ticket IAJORITY For the third time in as' many general elections, Macon DemO' - crats swept national, state and county tickets but by smaller mar gins than in the two previous elec tions. -'. ' ' Officials returns from all 12 precincts gave majorities ranging from 81,5 for J. M. Broughton over Kobert H. McNeil for gov 4 ernor to 493 for C. A. Bry son over ' ; Wiley Clark . for county commis sioner. Rainy and wind-swept, election day jn Macon was relatively quiet. A total of 5,256 voters went to the polls over the county, slightly under totals for the past two elec tions. Approximately 150 absentee ; ballots were cast. Democratic Landslide Over State . Returns over the entire state indicated another Democratic ava lanche. With only 166 precincts '"' out of 1,916 missing, Broughton was leading by 481,592 votes to 138,103 for McNeil, In other state races, Lieutenant-Governor R. L. Harris led Halsey B, Leavitt 479, 493 to 137,107. Secretary of State Thad Eure defeated A.. I. Ferree 478,933 to 137,353, and State Audit or .George Ros.s Pou won over J M. Van Hoy 348,727 to. 101,164. Eleven congressional districts sent , Democratic nominees to Washington, including the 11th where Zebulon Weaver, .candidate : to succeed himself, defeated R. Frank Jarrett of Dillsboro 61,707 to 24,886. Small Majority Fair Rootevelt president Roosevelt polled a "' smaller county -majority than in the . two - previous elections, leading Willkie by the margin of 624 votes: as compared to 816 in 1932. Macon .ave Weaver 2,964 , votes to 2,240 for Jarrett. In the race for representative, Dr. W. A. Rogers was elected to serve his sixth term in the gen eral assembly, winning over John E. Rickman ,2,938 to 2,266. Dr. Rogers served his first term in the legislature, in 1905. Chairman Gus Leach was the A only new county commissioner to be elected, defeating Walter Dean by a majority of 644 votes. C A. Bryson and C. L. Blaine were re- i turned to office 1 by majorities of - 493 and 545 respectively. Macon gave E. B. Whittaker of Bryson City, candidate for state senate from the 33rd district 2,897 , votes as compared to 2,225 from John B. Green. Returns front 49 of the 67 precincts in the 33rd district gave Whittaker 10,306 to . Green's 7,029. County Surveyor John H. Dal- ton and Town Constable Derald Ashe were unopposed for election. Our Leaders For The Next Four Year p.j.TOuiiw,jMaiwumw ipitamgra ....- , N r ' r i -I ' ' 1" " l ts. L siA I A 1 "rvimvtwwi'tr-wtMi in'inrMiiiMii--wiiiiiijjt . FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT J. MELVILLE BROUGHTON 'RED CROSS SETS COUNTY QUOTA Roll Call Worker Are Announced By Mrs. H. F. Church The quota requested for the Macon Roll Call this year is $400, the same amount raised last year, according to a letter received from National headquarters of the Amer ican .Red Cross. In the face of greater world need for Red Cross ministration,' this amount will not only be met, but over-subscribed, Chairman Harley Cabe predicts. Lbt Of Franklin Workers The following list of workers have been announced by Mrs. If. . Church, chairman for the town: Mrs. John M. Archer, Harrison venue; Mrs. J. A. Sutton, Bid well street; Mrs. Lester Henderson, Hillcrtst drive; Mrs. Alex Stewart, Franklin school faculty; Mrs. Ray Swanson, Dillsboro road and depot; Mrs. George Brown, Bonny Crest; Wrs. A. B. Omohundro, Murphy I road and side streets; Mrs. Carl Howard, Georgia road; Mrs. Roy Cunningham, Palmer street and one block of Main; Mrs. Bennie Mc- . Glamery, East Franklin, Riverview, Church and Iotla streets; Mrs. Pearl Wright, West Main street; Mrs. Harry Higgins, State highway employees; Miss Doise Sherill, , East Main street; Mrs. H T. Horsley, Forest Service and Post Office; John Archer, Power com panr, A. & P, and City Market; i. E. Perry, one block of business section ; T. W. Angel, Jr, one block of business section. All hornet and buiioeif houKi ANDREWS WINS OVER FRANKLIN Panthers To Play 'Sylva Return Game There Friday Afternoon Held to a, 6-6 tie until the final period, Andrews shook loose a deceptive passing attack for three consecutive touchdown marches to overwhelm Franklin high 26-6 last iuesday afternoon. The game, originally scheduled for last Fri day, was postponed to Tuesday because of bad weather. Andrews made the initial score early in the first quarter when Parker dropped back, fa,ked a pass, then ran 40 yards wide around end for the marker. The try for extra point failed. A few plays later, J. C Cun ningham intercepted one of Park er's pa&ses on the Andrews 40 and ran it back to the 25 before he was cut down. Tessier carried the ball over for the Red Panth ers on a series of linebucks. Pen-, F. F. A. membership has increased Hunter Anderson To Attend F.F.A. Conven tion In Kansas City E. J. Whitmire, teacher of agri culture at Franklin high school, will leave tomorrow in his car. to attend the thirteenth annual con vention of Future Farmers of America in Kansas City, Mo,, No vember 9-12. Accompanying him from Frank lin is Hunter Anderson, one of the General Livestock Judging winners of North Carolina, and a mem ber of the Macon county chapter; also Mr. Whitmire's brother, owner of a large farm near Brevard, who is a specialist in cattle raising in this section. Twenty-two persons will attend from this state, this delegation be ing one of six thousand farm boys from every section of the nation, including Puerto Rico and Hawaii, representing 231,000 members of the F. F. A. Association, at the convention. During the past 10 years, the Town Board Decides To Wait Before Passing On Main Street Project After hearing a verbal report concerning the action of the state highway department oh the propos ed widening of the business block cf Main street, the town board of aldermen Monday night decided to complete the- present schedule of street and sidewalk improve ment before passing on the pro ject According to the report, the state highway department is will ing tq. pave the additional width of Main street if the town will do the grading and put in curbs and gutters. The board . also aonronriated funds to buy additional equipment for the fire department and com pleted other routine business. nington's kick . for extra point went wide and the half ended with the score tied at p-6. Parker accounted for all' three of Andrews' final touchdowns, scoring two himself, and passing to Nichols for the third. Friday, Franklin travels to Sylva for a return engagement with the Sylva Golden Hurricane. The Panthers won from Sylva 14-7 earlier in the seasom The probable starting lineup will be: Fouts, LE; J. S. Cunningham. LT; Ashe, LG; J. C Cunningham, C; Johnson, RG; Pennington, RT; Leatherman, RE; Brooks, QB; Tessier,. HB; Houk, HB; and Guest, FB. Morris Brothers To Appear Saturday Night Here s . Your Man , together with old time hymn singing and good old mountain music will be presented by the Morris Brothers of Station WWNC in the Court house Saturday night, November 9 at 8.-00 p. m. ' This show is being sponsored by the Mary Johnston Allman - Mis sionary Society and everyone is cordially invited to attend. The usual prices of admission will be charged. of Franklin will be visited for in dividual memberships between the dates of November 14-20. Mr Robert Gaines, chairman of work ers in the county, will appoint workers in every section. William Sloan will direct the roll call among employees of the Nanta bala dam -project near Aquone. Worker' Dinner Tunday Niffat The get-together dinner for workers in the Legion Hall on Tuesday night at 7 o'clock; A pro gram has been planned, and in structions will be given by the chairman. Rev. Phillip Green, to all workers of the towns of Frank lin and Highlands and for the county at that time. from 30,000 to 231,000. Membership is open to make students of voca tional agriculture, nearly a half million of whom are enrolled in rural high schools to improve their abilities in farming and rural citi zenship. N. C F. F. A. Second In Nation ' According to information releas ed by J. A. Linke, chief agricul tural education service of the U. S office of education, the North Car olina association ranks high among the other states in F. F. A. I at tivities. North , Carolina, with a member of 11,108, has the second largest membership in the nation with Texas having the largest. The state association maintains two F. F. A. camps where leadership training, health protection, organ ized recreation, and citizenship are stressed. Activities; of the Future Farmers of America, fastest growing youth organization in the nation, are designed among other things: (1) to create a greater inteerst on the part of ' farm boys in a more in telligent cltfice of farming occupa tions; (2) to create and nurture in farm youthalove of . country life; (3) to encourage rural boys to develop habits of thrift and to improve their scholarship; (4) to provide organized recreational ac tivities for the rural community; (5) to demonstrate the value of cooperation through participation in chapter; school and community projects. The delegation will have .head quarters in the Hotel Continental during their stay in Kansas City. Garden Club To Staee Benefit Jamboree Local citizens will have an op portunity to contribute to the pro posed community center here and have a good time as well when the Franklin Garden club staees a benefit jamboree at Panorama Courts next Thursday, November Registrants List To Be Posted On Bulletin Board The list of Macon county regis trants has been increased to from 1902 to 1930. The official order numbers have been received from Raleigh and Mrs. Gilmer Jones, ciem ot the board, has announced that they will be posted during the next few days. Owing to the increased regis trations by out-of-town residents the unofficial list published in last week s Press will not be correct in every instance. 14, at 8:3u p. m. Entertainment will include danc ing, cake walks, a fish pond, for tune telling, and sauare danrincr for which the music will be furn ished by a local string band. Guests are asked to come in costume. tacky or otherwise, for which prizes wjll be offered. Mrs. Joe Dowdle is chairman of the Garden club committee in charge of arranging for the jam boree. Other members are Mrs. A. R. Higdon, Mrs. R. M. Rim mer and Mrs. T. W. Ansel, Jr r R00SEVELTW1NS OVER WILLKIE Pemocrats Gain In House , Willkie Makes Plea For Unity . Y ... , With the largest popular vote polled- in the history of the nation the people of the United States have elected President Roosevelt to serve a record-breakinir third term. According to latest but not yet complete reports, the president has 38 states and Willkie 10 states, including Michigan. . In round num bers Roosevelt's popular' vote was 27,000,000 and Willkie's ''23,000, 000. ,' .' The broad geographical sweep of the president's victory carried with it. a Democratic gain of a dozen or so seats in the house. With 21 Democrats and nine Re publicans elected to the Senate, this would give the Republicans a gain of two. Willkie, after a campaikn that shovved him a determined, unquit ting fighter, conceded his defeat and sent the president a. telegram expressing, his congratulations, gratification that so many had voted, wishing him "all personal, health and happiness." To Mr. Willkie the president replied : ; "Please accept my sincere thanks for your message of congratula tion. I greatly appreciate the as surance of your good wishes for my health and happiness which I heartily reciprocate." anplete Good Will" On the radio in a brief address, Mr. Willkie accepted the result with "complete good will," and said: . , "I extend my thanks to the thousands who so zealously ' and whole-heartedly worked for my election in various organization. and supported me personally. "I know that thev will continue. as I shall, to work for the unity of our people in the completion of our defense effort, in sending aid to Britain and in insistence uoon removal of antagonisms in Amer- .caica an. to the end that eovern- ment of free men may continue and may spread aeain nnon th earth." A wild ovation bv a moro than 300,000 people greeted President Roosevelt as he arrived in Wash ington Thursday morninir ami drove through roped streets to the White House. He thanked the cheering crowd and said that he was glad to come back for a lit tle while because Washington wu beginning to feel like home. How Macon County Voted In General Election i CANDIDATES & Ul c X 2 rt O JS rt O - ' u rs to a ci bo c 5 5 . . t 6 6 a -s c 5 - c W- (M (A U X, K pQ 6 H O H National Ballot FOR PRESIDENT Roosevelt and Wallace. Willkie and McNary... State Ballot FOR GOVERNOR J. Melville Broughton . . Robert H. McNeil FOR LT. GOVERNOR R. L. Harris i 1166 'I 544 192 123 151 243 40 236 318 222 16 33S 40 175 209 70 70 93 47 194 123 213 .273 2940 163 2316 FOR SEC OF STATE Thad Eure...... A. I.- Ferree. . . . . . FOR AUDITOR George Ross Pou , i. -. J. M. Van Hoy.. , FOR COMM. OF AGRI. Kerr Scott.. C. T, .llen........ FOR INS. COMM. FOR COMMISSIONERS Guernseys Are Sold By A. B. Slagle The American Guernsey Cattle Club, Peterborough, N. H, reports the sale of registered Guernsey cows by A. B. Slagle to J. F. Ran dolph of Cleveland, Tenn.; J. W. VVroodruff, Columbus, Ga- and to the Dinsmore Dairy Co, of Dins-P"OR COUNTY SURVEYOR more, rla. FOR CONGRESS 11th DIST. Zebulon Weaver Robert Frank Jarrett County Ballot FOR STATE SENATE 33rd DU. E. B. Whitaker. ........... 4. . , John H. Green FOR REPRESENTATIVE W. A. Rogers.;.......!.......". John E. Rickman.... ......... .. FOR CHM. BD. OF COMM. Freeman E. Hastings (Rep.).. FOR COUNTY SURVEYOR John, H. 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