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I- ' .' ' .1'.. ' ; . ' .'.' THURSDAY, JANUARY 23, 1941 THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACON IAN PAGE FIVE Highlands MRS. H. CHURCH NOTES Highlands Methodist Church Rev. J. S.. Higgins, Pastor ' Horse Cove; 10 a. in. Preaching. Highlands: 11 .a. m. Preaching. Clear Creek .- 2:30 p. m. Preaching. Church Of The Incarnation Rev. Rufua Morgan, Rector (No service Sunday). Highlands Baptist Church Rev. J. G. BenfieM, Pastor 10 a. m. Sunday school; 11 a. in. Sermon. 7 p. m.-B. T. U. 8 p. m. Sermon. ' ' , i ; Highlands Presbyterian Church Rav. R. B. DuPree, Pastor 10:15 a. in. Church school. 11 a.m. Worship. - 7:30 p. m. Christian Endeavor. . ' ' ' " CHANGE DATE BAPTIST WOMEN The monthly meeting date of the Woman's Missionary Society of the Baptist church has been changed from Monday after the second Sunday to ' Wednesday after the second Sunday in the month, and the January meeting was held at the parsonage on Wednesday the 15. The. topic for the month "An Urgent Gospel Where We Live", was presented by the program chairman, Mrs. D. W. Wiley, and all members present took part on the program.- An interesting talk on "The Andrew Club" was made by Rev. Benfield, pastor of the church. JOHNSON-WILSON Announcement has been made of the marriage of Miss Leila Johnson to Warren Wilson in Wal halla, S. C, Saturday evening, Jan uary 18. Accompanying the couple to Walhalla were the Misses Fran ces land Louise Wilson, sisters of the bridegroom,.: and a brother-in-law and sister of the bride, -Mr. and Mrs. Ed Rogers. For her wedding the bride wore a costume of royal blue crepe with white accessories. She . is the daughter of Mrs: David M. Rogers and the late Grover Johnson, and was a student of. the Tamassie, S. C, D. A. S. school at the time of her marriage. Mr. Wilson is the son of Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Wilson of High- TH E f&UlUa rib i IN THE NORTH CAROLINA BEER INDUSTRY'S TleanVflor Close "CAMPAIGN Twenty months ago this Committee launched a program to aid state and local authorities weed out those scattered few beer retailers who, by practices unbecoming good citizens, tended to bring reproach on the great majority of law abiding retailers. "Clean up or close up" was the ultimatum. The results, we feel, speak for : themselves. ' '.. To date, 1 42 retail beer licensees have been elim inated because they used their permits to shield illegal activities. TJuis are being removed the bad spots that, left alone, would ignore the high standard of conduct demanded by public senti ment and by the legalized beer industry. As a new year begins, this Committee renews its pledge to carry forward its program of self regulation for the beer industry in North Caro lina. YOU can help by restricting your patron age to orderly, law-abiding outlets. " Editorial Comment from Over The State Asheville Citlten! The beer industry In this state as rep resented by the Brewers and North Carolina Beer Distrib utors Committee is making a serious and intelligent effort to keep beer sales on a legal basis and to divorce them completely from the illicit handling of hard liquors." Durham San: "As a result ... another check will have been applied to bootlegging to the material benefit of the community nd the state." Popular Government (Chapel Hill) t "The beer industry's 'clean up or close up' cam paign has . . . received wide praise from officers." WUteville News Reporter: "That group, headed by Col onel Edgar H. Bain, Is re sponsible for the 'clean up or close up program for this state, and there Is no doubt that they mean just what tbelr slogan implies ..." ND 1 .BEfefi biira Highlights G. STORY land,s. He has been in the plumb ing business , with his father for several years, and at present is employed by the Reeves Hardware company of Clayton, Ga. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are resid ing temporarily with Mj. and Mrs. Ed Rogers, but later j expect to make their home in Clayton. PRESIDENTS BIRTHDAY . BENEFITS Jack H. Potts, county chairman of the Infantile Paralysis Founda tion, and Miss Eva Potts, High lands township chairman, have an nounced the following benefits for the Foundation, in addition to the march of dimes : , A bowling tournament at High lands Bowling center oh the after: noon and evening of January 22, under the supervision of Rev. R. B. DuPree and Wendell Cleave land, with prizes for single and double matches ; Thursday evening, January 23, a keno party at 7 o'clock in the school lunch room with Mrs. Frank H. Potts and Mrs. H. P. "P. Thompson the com mittee in charge. On Wednesday evening, January 29, a .square dance will be given at Helen's Barn with Mrs. Louis Edwards chairman. Completing the series of benefits will be a movie oh the night of the 30th at High lands School Theatre, Prof. Q. F. Summer, chairman. : MRS. HALL ENTERTAINS ' CARD CLUB ' Mrs. Jack M. Hall entertained the Wednesday Card Club at two tables of bridge last week at her home "Shadow , Lawn" on Fifth street. House plants were used as decorations and prizes. After the several , progressions Miss Sara Gilder was presented with a small pot of African violets as high score prize, and the ' traveling prize, a pot of Chinese primroses, was won by Mrs. Thomas C. Harbison. The hostess served a delicious salad and sweet course following the game. NORTH CAROLINIANS IN FLORIDA North Carolina, and particularly western North Carolina, is well represented in St. Petersburg, Fla., according to last week's copy of John Lodwick News Service, which says the winter's' gaieties are in full swing in the sunshine city. A. C. Holt of Highlands is mentioned SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES Harnett Coanty News (IJI Ungton): . . when an in dustry sweeps Its premises clean and seeks to compel Its kin and comrades to do the same thing, it at once com mands the respect from all who admire cleanliness." AshevOle Times: "The com mittee representing the brew ers and distributors has been In action long enough in the state to prove its sincerity... quite evidently It means busi ness." KoekyMowM Telegram: "The committee ... has done a rit job in seeing that beer handled by firms which axe viewed as respectable In their respective communi ties .. ." New Ben Tribune: "The Brewers and North Carolina Beer Distributors Committee has demonstrated quite plain ly that its motto 'clean up or close up' was chosen as no Idle boast ..." NORTH CAROLINA IBUTORS COMMITTEE EDGAR H. BAIN, SUto Dtrsetsr Saleich, Nerta Carolina Canadians Drill to Meet German Invasion CI - X ' - . British guards on the Channel coast have been doubled as reports persist that Germany plans a lightning invasion attempt sometime within the next few weeks. Britain has been training constantly to meet the threat. Pictured are Canadian reinforcements recently arrived in England, engaged in transporting a gun tractor across a river as part of their anti-invasion training. in the list of visitors, while the hotel registers show a list of guests from Asheville, Waynesville, Hender,sohvi!le and Greensboro, as well as; from Salisbury,. Charlotte, Winston-Salem and Wilmington. January in St. Petersburg has been a month of dog shows with entrants from all parts of the country; exhibition tennis matches; golf tournaments, etc., and climax ing the month's festivities will be a ' brilliant series of President', Birthday Balls at the seasonal ho tels and clubs on the night of the 31st, with the largest of the Birth day dinner dances being held at Hotel Huntington. MR. AND MRS. CRANE ANNOUNCE BIRTH OF DAUGHTER Mr. and Mrs. Will Crane have announced the birth of a daughter, Carol Elizabeth, on January 13, at their home in West Palm Beach, Fla. Mrs. Crane is the former Miss Mary Picklesimer, daughter of Mr. and Mr.s. John Picklesimer of Highlands. Mrs. Frank H. Potts, Jack Potts and Wendell Cleaveland spent Sunday in Atlanta with Mr. and Mrs. Jay Chapman. Returning home with them Sunday ' afternoon were the Misses Jessie and Nancy Potts who had been the guests of Mr. ) ana ivxrs. viiupman ior i uaays. Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Talley and daughter, Miss Maxine Talley, have returned from a several weeks' stay in West Palm Beach, Fla., where they were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carter Talley. Mr. Talley says that during their stay they went "every where" and particularly enjoyed their four visits to Miami, and a visit to St. Augustine, but likes West Palm Beach best of .all. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Cobb and their daughter, Miss Mama Cobb, returned Sunday from a brief visit to Richmond, Va. They were join ed in Walhalla, S. C, by Mr. Cobb's brother and sister who en joyed the trip to Richmond with them. Mr, and Mrs. George A. Town send have gene to New Orleans, La.,, by way of- Mobile, Ala., where they visited friends. Miss Flora Norton is in charge of the Town send home while they are away. Frank Crane and Law ton Keener left Monday for Tallahassee, Fla., where they have employment for the winter with Mr. Robert Hager. Guy Paul, Sr., who has recently returned front a visit to Eustis, Fla., and Dewey Hopper left Tuesday morning for Spartanburg, S: G, where they will be engaged in construction work on a new government camp. Mrs. John Deadwyler of Clayton, Ga., and her friends, Mrs: Bass of Salt Lake City, Utah; and Mrs. Skelton of Birmingham, Ala., all guests at Hotel Clayton, were vis itors in Highlands last Wednesday. Prof, and Mrs. F. C Hentz, and son "Buzzie", who spent the holi days with Mrs. Hentz' family in Mullins, S. C.,' are continuing their vacation with Mr. Hentz' family in Pomaria, due to the enforced closing of Highlands school because of the measles epidemic. Mrs. Mortez and her daughter, Miss Cynthia Mortez, Highlands school teacher, returned to their home in Boone last Sunday after a two weeks' stay at the Potts House. . ' Friends of Mrs. John Stephen Sewell are advised that she has been enjoying the inauguration ceremonies while visiting relatives in Washington, D. C Mrs. Haworth Beale who has been at her home here since the middle of December has returned to West Palm Beach, Fla, for the remainder of the winter. Guy Paul, Jr.,'s Highlands friends will be pleased to learn that he is recovering from an attack of Measles at Mars Hill college, and that his illness was not influenza as first thought The hog markets growing strength has been attributed by livestock men to moderate receipts, good consumer demand, and fore cast! for reduced supplies this year. lilllllll 2fT V?a' Art JhV VV '..sfw- pull tr 9 wv This Week The Office of Production Man agement this week appointed Mr. Stettinius, Donald M. Nelson, John D.. Biggers, Leon Henderson, Wil liam S. Knudsen, and Sidney Hill man to the new Priorities Board. The board will serve in an advis ory capacity to the OPM . Division of Priorities, which is responsible for the administration of the pri orities system. "Pefeiue Must Come First" Director Nelson, director of the division of purchases of the office of production management, told the annual convention of the. National Retail . Drygoods association that "we in Government shall do every thing in our power to so plan and schedule the procurement of this (defense) equipment so that it will have the least possible harmful ef fect on any business organization in the country. But at the risk of useless repetition let me say once morfc that defense must come first. If anything stands in the wayi it must make way. An Army Of 1,418,000 The War Department announced it plans to maintain the Army at 1,418,000 enlisted, men and 9771 officers during the coming fiscal year.' This would include selectees and National Guardsmen. As steps towards this strength, the President this week ordered National Guard units totaling ap proximately 108,000 men to a year's active service beginning February 3, and the Department announced that National Guard and Reserve officers physically disqualified since September t would be given an op portunity to appeal their cases. The Department also arranged for corps area commanders to grant waiver.s for certain physical - defects' which would not interfere with the (Of ficer's performance of ' his duties. Navy Increases The Navy moved to increase its personnel by making it possible for members of the senwr and junior classes of engineering col leges to obtain commissions in the Navy reserve.- , U. S. S. North Carolina While the Navy announced that the 35,000-ton battleship "North Carolina" first U. S. battleship to placed in commission since 1923 will be launched at the New York Navy yard on April 11, two months ahead of schedule, both the Navy Department arid the Congress mov ed to further speed expansion of the Navy. Secretary Knox disclosed at a press conference that the Navy Department is rapidly placing ma jor Navy yards throughout the country on a twenty-four hour, three-shift schedule, with employees each working forty-eight hours weekly. The House Naval Affairs committee approved a new $1,209, 000,000 program to speed shipbuild ing. Under the program $315,000,000 would be used to provide addition al yard facilities, $194,00,000 to biuld factories for ship parts and arma ment, and $400,000,000 to construct 400 auxiliary ships for the Navy. More Merchant Skips The President this week asked Congress . for $350,000,000 to pro vide at least 200 cargo vessels for the American merchant marine. The President informed Congress the situation was "urgent" and stated he had allocated $500,000 to the Maritime Commission to close contracts totaling $36,000,000 for this purpose. The ships would be of 6,500 tons each and of a de sign permitting prefabricatioh. In line with this program the Maritime Commission this week awarded three contracts for the construction of shipyard facilities involving an estimated Government investment of $14,200,000. Construc tion will be done for the Govern ment at cost with no profit Eight ways will be built at Portland, Ore, eight at Los Angeles and six at Houston, Texas. New plants for Army and Navy sre being constructed in a number " f ' .i r,y; It :-0 lMm-::; .OKtrtwV - mi J f 'iA In Defense of cities. Civilian Defense Secretary of War Stimson this week appointed a committee of seven engineers representing ha, tional engineering organizations to assist ihe War Department in plan ning the protection of , civilian properties and civilians themselves from air and other attack in time of war. . Defense Housing C. . F. Palmer, defense housing coordinator of the office of emer gency management, stated this week that "up to the present time . . . contracts have been awarded for the construction of 28,927 dwel ling units.-.'.. . All of this building is taking place in , vital defense areas."' Pan-American Relation Nelson A. Rockefeller, coordi nator of commercial and cultural relations between the American Republics announced "a wide scale program for the use of motion pictures as a medium for promo tion of closer relations and better understanding among the American Republic." EROSION Soil erosion is costing the United States more thaf $3,800,000,000 a year and has already damaged half the land of the country re ports Soil Conservation Service Chief H. H. Bennett. LEGAL ADVERTISING ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE Having, qualified as administratrix of C. S. Ray, deceased, late of Macon county, N. C, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned oil or before the 2nd day of Jan uary, 1942, or this notice will, be plead in bar of their recovery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settle ment. This 2nd day of January, 1941. JEAN B. MOORE, Administratrix J2 6tc F6 ADMINISTRATRIX NOTICE Having qualified as administra trix of John W, Edwards, deceased, late of Macon county, N., C, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to . exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 3rd day of January, 1942, or this notice will be plead in bar erf their re covery. All persons indebted to said estate will please make immediate settlement , This 3rd day of January, 1941. MRS THELMA EDWARDS, . Administratrix J9-6tp F6 ADMINISTRATOR'S NOTICE Having qualified as administrator of Sadie Moss : Webb, ' deceaesd. late of Macon county, N. G, this is to notify all persons having claims against the estate of said deceased to exhibit them to the undersigned on or before the 3rd day of January, 1952, or this notice will ' be plead in bar of their re covery., All persons indebted to said estate will please make imme diate settlement. This 3rd day of January, 1941. HENRY E. MOSS, Administrator j96tpF6 NOTICE OF RE-SALE North Carolina Macon County la The Superior Court Macon County vs. Hattie Shope et al By virtue of an order of re sale entered by the 'Clerk of the Superior Court of Macon County in the above entitled cause the undersigned Commissioner will on Monday the 3rd day of February, 1941 at 12:00 o'clock, noon sell at the Court house in Franklin, North LEGAL ADVERTISING Carolina to the highest bidder for cash the following described land: First tract : Adjoining the lands of Vance Carpenter, Ben Carpen ter and .others, bounded as follows, viz: Known as-the II. Carpenter lands: BEGINNING at a black oak, Henry Carpenter's east corner near the top of a ridge; thence S 30 W 34 poles to a hickory; thence S 26 poles' to a. red oak; thence S 30 E 18 poles to a black oak; . thence S 10 E 37 poles to a rock; thence S 40 W 16 poles to a chestnut ; thence S 10. VV 38 poles to a rock; thence S 40. Ii 16 poles. ; to a locust ; thence East 8 poles to a locust; thence S . 25 W. 49.. poles to a cliisttiut oak; thence a western direction with the moun tain also "with Ben Henson's line to i a hickory corner described in t KTr 7??X- tlipnr Nnrth urith the line of said grant 50 poles to of grant No. 7228; thence North to B. H. Carpenter's corner; thence with his line to a chestnut oak B. H. Carpenter's east corner; thence an eastern direction to the Be ginning, containing 50 acres, more or less. SECOND TRACT : Adjoining the lands of J. C. Shope and others, bounded as follows, viz : BEGIN NING on ; a stone, the SE corner of a piece of land conveyed by said S. A. Cabe to .1. C. Shope, and "runs with Shope's line N lb't ' . E 69 poles to a witchhazel above . I. . I. . U .. ' ,'u U r-., A C - 32 E 19 poles , to a stake in the road; thence continuing with the road S 63 E 39 poles to a chestnut below the road; thence S 59 E 274 poles to a red oak on the bank of a branch; thence S 15 W 9 poles to a red oak; then S 44 W 44 poles to a stake in G. L. Shope's line, crossing Coweta Creek at 8 poles; then with said line to the BEGINNING, containing 23 acres more or less. This 13th day of January, 1941. R. S. JONES, Commissioner i?t ?,. iv NOTICE OF SALE UNDER DEED OF TRUST North Carolina Maoon County. By virtue of the power of sale contained under a Deed of Trust made the 7th dav of September; 1937, by H. G. Cabe, E. V. Am-, mons and John Corbin, trustees of Millshoals Township No. 246 J. 0 U. A. M., to the undersigned trustee, default having been made in the payment of the indebted ness in said Deed of Trust and demand having been made upon the undersigned to excercise ' power of sale, as set forth therein, I will at 12 o'clock noon on Friday, Feb ruary 14, 1941, at the Courthouse door in Franklin, Macon County, North Carolina, sell at public auc tion to the highest bidder for cash the following described tract and parcel" of land: 'All the land described in a deed from J. S. Henry and wife Elmira Henry, to E. C. Kinsland, et al, Trustees of the Jr. O. U. A. M. Council No; 246, said deed bearing date of January 26, 1910, and be ing recorded in the office of the Register of Deeds for Macon County, North Carolina, ill Book F-3 of Deeds, Tage 573, to which deed, as so recorded reference is hereby made for a more complete and definite . description of' the land and property herein conveyed. A deposite of 5 per cent, of the bid will be required of the last and highest bidder at said sale; and upon the failure of said bid der to make such deposit the afore said land will be resold at : 1 p. m. on the date aforesaid. This the 13th day of January, 1941. GEORGE B. PATTON. Trustee.. jlo4tc F6 NOTICE OF SERVICE OF SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION North Carolina Macon County Nantahala Power & Light company vs N. C. Hay and wife, Levada Hay; Martha B. Bates; and D. F. How and and wife, Lou Howard. The defendants N. C. Hay and wife, Levada Hay, and Martha B. Bates will take notice that a spe cial proceeding entitled as above, has been instituted in the Superior Court for Macon County, North Carolina, before the Clerk of the Superior Court, for the condemna tion, under the power of Eminent Domain, for the purpose of hydro electric development by the plain tiff, a public service corporation, of lands owned by the defendants, which ' said lands are situated in Macon County, North Carolina, and are fully described in the petition filed in this proceedings in the of fice of the Clerk of th. in,rir Court for Macon County, North Carolina; and the said defendants will take notice that they are re quired to appear at the office of the Clerk of the Superior Court of said County in the Courthouse in Franklin, North Carolina, within ten days after the 10th day of February, 1941 and answer or de mur to the petition, filed in said proceedings, or the plaintiff will apply to the Court for the relief demanded in said petition. . This the 8th day of January, 1941. HARLEY R. CABE, Clerk of , Superior Court, J9-r4tc J3Q
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