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CLEANUP HELP Paint Up Your Home Plant and Beautify. , , Your Garden To Make Your Town Clean. Healthy and Beautiful PROGRESSIVE LIBERA L INDEPEND EXT VOA. LVI, NO. 21 TVA PLANNING HIWASSEE DARK Two To Be Built In N. C. Fontana Dam May Yet Be Built Announcemtnt was made Wed nesday that the Tennessee Valley Authority is planning to build four new dams in' the Hiwassee river basin. All available office space in Murphy has been taken for the engineering and land acquisition engineers, it was also learned. As proposed,. the four dams would be built as follows: (1) A power dam on Hiwassee river near Appalachia in Cherokee county. (2) A power dam on the Ocoee river near Ocoee Dam No. 2 in East Tennessee, about 12 miles from the North Carolina state line. (3) A .storage dam above Hiwas see dam on the Hiwassee river in North Carolina. (4) A storage dam on Nottely river in North Carolina. .Far! Dcfmte Need It is stated that the new stor age and power dams are necessary in the face of possible shortages in case of drouth and the needs of increased demands for defense production. Indications point to an early start on dam construction. It was explained that if congress hesi tates to vote more funds for the TVA, the necessary money could 'be allotted from .national defense funds. The.se would greatly increase power facilities in addition to the 22 million dollar Hiwassee dam built in 1935-39; and the huge power house built 1939-41. This dam is generating power for other TVA projects, for Murphy and rural lines. Necessary materials of war demand additional expansion to TVA power. May Build Fontana Dam The possibility that TVA may build the Fontana dam on the site considered by the Aluminum Com pany of America, was announced in Knoxville this week. TVA officials, however, have remained silent on the possible plans. . James Terry Higdon Passes On Monday The (infant son, James Terry, of Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Higdon, 19 days old, died at the home on Monday at 4 a. m. after a few hours' illness . with membranous croup. Funeral services were conducted at the home on Monday afternoon at 3 o'clock; the Rev. C. F. Kog- ers, pastor of the Franklin Baptist church, officiating. Interment was in the Franklin cemetery. Surviving besides, the parents are . . T . . 1 ' A I Tl . two sisieis, j una mm ana ocvcuy; and two brothers; Alfred, Jr., and Tommy; and one half brother, John Crawford. The sympathy of many 'friends are with Mr. and Mrs. Higdon in their bereavement' Funeral Services For Mrs. Wm. McCoy Funeral services for Mrs: Judia Louise McCoy, 81, were held on Wednesday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Gold Mine Baptist church. The Rev. James I. Vinson, A Bap tist minister of Dillard, Ga., route 1, officiated, assisted by Rev. Frank Holland, of Cullasaja. Inter ment was in the Gold Mine ceme tery. ' Mrs. McCoy died at her home in the Gold Mine section on Tues day night at 10:30 o'clock follow ing an illness of 11 years. Death was caused from paralysis. A daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William and Elixabeth Via son fee, Mrs. Mcvoy was torn oh April -30, 1859, and has been a life-long resident of Xfacon coun-1 rty. On January 30, 1879 she was : married to William N. McCoy. At the age of 16 years she joined the Gold Mine Baptist church. . Surviving are her husband and ten children; five daughters, Mrs. Montgomery Holland, of Gneiss; Mrs. Radford Holland, of CuMa saja; Mrs. S. N. Reid, of Gniess; Mrs. Price Dillard, Willets, Jack son county; and Mrs. Lee Mc Clure of Gneiss; and five sons, J. A, J. T S. E, S. M, and H, L. McCoy, all of Gneiss; four sisters, Mrs. Annie Jones, of Franklin; Mrs. Millie Evans, of Cullasaja; Mrs. Dora Dendy, of Gneiss; and Mra. Callie Vinson, of Dillard, Ga.: and one brother, George Peek, of Rich wood, W. Va.; also 62 grand children and 52 great-grmndchil-drea. Workers Council Of Defense To Meet With TVA And AAA The Workers Council of I)ek'nse of Macon county will meet on Saturday morning, May 24, at 10 o'clock, at the Agricultural build- if in is'. ' ( At this time the TVA and AAA committeemen will meet with the council. Since June 1st is the time set for all Live-At-Home enroll ment cards to be returned to the county agent's office, Sam Men dcnhall, county agent, and Mrs. Florence Sherrill, home demonstra tion agent, . have called this meet ing. Pig Chain Given By Rotarians For 4-H Clubs And FFA Through the cooperation of the Franklin Rotary Club, a pig chain is being started in Macon county. The Rotary Club has purchased 11 purebred small bone Poland China pigs, 10 females and one male. These pigs have been dis tributed to Macon county 4-H Club boys and Future Farmers of America. These boys ,are to raise these pigs to maturity and from the first litter of pigs they pro duce they will give" one pig to the Rotary Club to be passed on to some other deserving 4-H Club member or Future Fanner. The supervision of this project is to be under the direction of the Vocational Agricultural teach er and the - County Agent's office of Macon county. It is their in tention to instruct the.se boys in approved methods of caring for and handling' these animals until completion of their project. "A project . of this type will not only introduce good breeding stock into the county, but will be of great value to the boys participat ing," said T. H. Fagg, assistant farm agent. "It will teach thein the value of , purebred breeding stock in their' farming program, good . feeding practices for their swine, better methods of housing and sanitation, and above all it will give the boys a small business of their own witll a certain amount of responsibility. "The vocational agricultural de partment, county agent's office, and boys cooperating in this project are deeply indebted to the Frank lin Rotary Club for the fine work it is doing to help the rural youth of Macon county," said Mr. Fagg. MORRISONS ON S. S. ZAMZAM C. A. Setser Gets Message Daughter and Family Landed in France The anxiety of many friends and relatives was relieved Wednesday morning -when C. A. Setser receiv ed a wire that his daughter, Mrs.. W. Kirkpatrick Morrison, her hus band and , two children, who were passengers on the torpedoed Egyp tian liner, Zamzam, were safe. The steamer which was en route from Brazil to Capetown, West Africa with 322 passengers many of them -missionaries and ' their families overdue for 26 days was first reported from London tor pedoed in the Atlantic A German broadcast Monday night reported that the vessel was sunk, but that all passengers, including 128 United States citizens, were safely landed at St Jean de' Luz, France. It was probably from this informa tion that Mr. Setser's telegram was tent No direct news has come from the passengers of the tor- pedocd vessel, Mrs. Morrison, the former Miss Elinora Setser, daughter of C A. Setser and the late Mrs. Pink Dalrymple Setser, went to the Bel gian Congo, West Africa, as a Presbyterian missionary about 14 years ago. She married the Rev. W. K. Morrison, aso a missionary, while there. They returned on fur lough in the Spring of 1940 with their two children; Lois, 9, and Kirkpatrick, 5; visiting their fam ily here at that time. Mrs. Morrison has many rela tives in Maicon county on both the Dalrymple and Setser sides, including Mrs. Louis Phillips, Mrs. Furman Angel and many others. One sister, Mrs. Alexander Shive, is also a missionary in the Congo. She is the niece of Miss Callie Setser, Route 2, and John Dal rymple, Route 1, Franklin, , FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, MAY 22, 1941 Drought Damage To Macon Crops The continued dry weather has damaged the lespedcza crop seed ed, this spring by at least half, and also the potato crop, accord ing to Sam. Mendenhall, county farm agent. He stated also that .spring oats has suffered most among other crops, at least an estimated 25 per cent, i The frost last week hit the gar dens hard, and reports from many sections state that a number of gardens will ; have to be partly or completely re-plantcd. Agent Requests Return Of Enrollment Cards Of the 2,050 enrollment cards mailed out to Macon county farm ers from the farm agent's office for the "Food and Feed for Fam ily Living" campaign, only about 600 have been returned to date. The final date set for this enroll ment is June 1, Sam Mendenhall, farm agent, requests all who have not yet mailed in their cards to do so as soon as possible. . With 60,000 or more farm fam ilies already enrolled, John W. Goodman, assistant director of Ex tension at State college, says a concerted drive will be made to 1 : - l. Afntv . i- ir r j e j t r ! t - and Feed for Family Living cam- paign before the June 1 deadline for enrollments. When a farmer or his wife signs one of the "Food and Feed' for Family Living" cards, there i s nothing binding 6,n them except their conscience. The cards merely state that the farm family wishes to voluntarily have a part in mak- in g for a stronger, healthier rural North Carolina in 4941. Governor Broughton will sign a certificate of recognition for every family which grows and conserves at least 75 per cent of its food and feed requirements for the year. As The World Turns A Brief Survey of Current Events In State. Nation and Abroad. LONDON , Berlin has admitted heavy losses from RAF intensified bombing ' raids. There has bee.it a lull in J bombings of Britain,-following the . terrific destruction of the recent attacks that damaged many more historic buildings m London. Chur- i,;u vr,ooo i, k c i... 1.11111 -t.AJJl.W3 IVC I'ALI.l. Ui UCIV to continue "with increasing server- ity." ; CRETE A fierce battle is raging on the historic island of Crete Greek owmed British stronghold since the downfall of Greece. British and Greek troups are repulsing with terrific fury troops landed from the air and the sea estimated 10, to 12,000 the first day (Monday). By parachute, air transport and glider Nazi troops continue to de scend. Troops disguised in uni forms of ; New Zealand soldiers 1.500 -were reported .killed. The slaughter of Nazis has been great. British claim that the invasion has been checked. Military sources declare that no invasion of an island can succeed without mastery of the sea. Ger many would have to destroy Brit ish sea power in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic to'make effective an invasion of Crete or the Brit ish Isles. If Crete were occupied, the Suez canal would be almost hopelessly exposed to capture. Heading Crete's combined forces against the Nazi air-borne inva sion is the famous General Frey burg, a Nevr Zealander. BERLIN German bombers claim to have dealt heavy blows to the British fleet in the Mediterranean, hit ting one battleship, five cruisers and a destroyer, leaving four in flames presumably near the island of Crete. No confirmation of this from London. Berlin radio claims Nazis have captured some -strategic positions. Hitler has declared unrestricted sea warfare in the Red Sea, follow ing the announcement that Americ an ships were delivering supplies to Britain in those waters. CAIRO The Duke of Aosta's entire It alian army has surrendered to the British in Ethiopia, with 19,000 taken prisoners. The British are busy completing their conquest and releasing thousands of troops to the battlefields of Syria and Iraq and Northern Africa. Last reports were that the British were smash ing heavily, beating off Gcrnua Postmasters Of 11th District To Meet Here Saturday Night The 11th Congressional District division of Hie National Associa tion oi rostmasters wilt meet m Franklin Saturday evening, May 14. 1 lie meeting will be held at the American Legion hall at 7:30 o'clock a;id dinner will be . served by the ladies of the Kasttrn Star. . Postmaster T. V. Porter, of Franklin who will be host to the visiting postmasters, states that he is expecting between 60 and 75 in attendance. E. W. Eubank, Hendersonville postmaster, will be the principal speaker. J. C. - Allen, of Hickory, president of the North Carolina chapter of the association, will not bfl able to attend. Mr. Porter expects a full meeting which will precede the annual state con vention which . will lmeet in Hick ory June 10 and 11. He has invited a group of Franklin, citizens to be his guests on this occasion. The guests will be welcomed by Mayor John O. Harrison and Guy L. Houk, and the response' will be made by J. H. Howell, postmaster of Waynesville. .'." S. K. Yelton of Spindale will de liver the president's address, and i J. e.. Kickman. former postmaster t t- i r n i i , f ,Frankn' ,,-,Tdeer ,he1Ibenf- d.ct10n Dr. J L. Stokes II w. ?tttr mvoca ,on' and the,rC W,U be 3 f" ms,cal program also. ' . r . .' j "ecorauon lay j At Bethel Cemetery j All persons who have friends or relatives buried at Bethel cemetery on the Highlands road are asked to meet there on Monday morn ing, May 26, for the purpose of cleaning .the grounds in prepara tion for Decoration on Sunday morning, June 1. Everyone inter ested is urged tp come prepared to work. aerial attacks on these fronts. Concern is felt over the transport 0f Nazi supplies across Turkey. J VICHY The United States and other members of the foreign diplomatic corps have received word from their embassies and legations in Berlin that they would have to get their representatives 'out of Paris by June 10. As Hitler tightens his hold on the Vichy government, much con cern is -felt" as to the fate of France's northern Africa colonies and fleet also ' German domina tion of Syria, which will come into Nazi hands as the Petain govern ment collaborates more closely with their conquerors. BELFAST, IRELAND A political crisis threatens in Northern Ireland as Ulster nation alists, comprising about one-third of the population, sought support from President deValera of Eire .southern Ireland free state in op position of conscription of Ulster ites for the British army. North ern Ireland, comprising Ulster, re mains under British rule. GERMANS MAY HOLD 24 FROM ZAMZAM While stating unequivocally that all passengers on the Zamzam were landed safely from the' torpedoed Zamzam, Berlin threatens to hold 24 American ambulance ' drivers who were en route to Africa, some for the Free-French ambulance service. WASHINGTON President Roosevelt this week created the office of Civilian De fense to mobilize full powers of civilians for home defense efforts and named Mayor Fiorello H. La Guard ia of New York as its di rector. Secretary Knox 'indicated prepa rations to use numbers of small airplane carriers to safeguard merchant ships. Jesse Jones, loan administrator, announced the allocation of $650, 000,000 to build new government owned airplane, aluminum and mag nesium plants. HULL SAYS AID OF U. S. CANNOT BE STOPPED Secretary of State Hull said in a radio address last Sunday night that U. S. safety requires that we see to it ""that Great Britain re ceives adequate supplies for her successful resistance." He said, "we shall find a way." Baptist Sunday School Convention Meets Sunday The Macon County Baptist Sun day School Convention will meet on Sunday afternoon, May 25, .at the Highlands Baptist church, it has beeii announced by Paul Swiif ford, president. The program which is scheduled to begin at 2:30 o'clock, will open with a congregational ' song, follow ed' by devotions led by Glenn Shuler of Highland's. Immediately . following the roll call, reports front the various churches, and the an nouncements made, the Kev. I. G. Benfield, pastor of the High lands Baptist church will speak on "The Sunday School and The Re vival." Miss Marie Neely, of Highlands will sing a solo, and Rev. i. W. Davis, pastor of the Cowee Baptist church, will deliver the principal message. All churches in the county arc urged to send a large delegation. The public is invited to attend. Will Graduate At Brevard College The following llacon 'uiity young people will graduate at Br; vard Junior college on June 10: Hazel Bradley, Otto; Virginia Tes sier, Marie Scott, Franklin ; Eu genia Duncan, Franklin Route 1 ; Frank Fleming, Jr., and Fritz Wal droop, Franklin Route 1. 51 Macon Farmers Secured Land Bank Loans In Macon county, 51 farmers .se cured land bank and land bank commissioner loans totaling $47,780 for, the period May 1, 1933 to De cember 31, 1940, ' according to a release issued by the Farm Credit Administration of Columbia, S. C. In 1940, six farmers of the coun ty availed themselves of the short term credit service offered by their production credit association, the amount loaned being $1,400. Both national farm loan associa tion and production credit associa tion are affiliated with the Farm Credit Administration. Land bank and land bank commissioner loans are made for the purpose of. im provement of farms or for the re financing of mortgage indebted ness on farm land. Production credit loans are made for the growing of crops and livestock, and for almost every purpose for which a farmer needs short-term credit. OTTER CREEK SCHOOL FINALS Successful Year Completed Diplomas, Certificates, Prizes Awarded The Otter Creek school drew down the curtain pn a - successful year Thursday night. On Sunday, May 11, Dr. Stokes of the Franklin Methodist church, preached the baccalaureate sermon. His subject was "By the sweat of thy brow shalt thou earn thv dailv bread." 1 On Wednesday night, May 14, the elementary students gave a program built around the theme of patriotism. Thursday was annual field day. Nearly . every student participated and over 40 small prizes were giv en Many high marks were set, especially in the baseball throw, ' broad jump and rope jumping con tests. Thursday (night Charles Hollman of Western Carolina Teachers college addressed the seniors. Gordon Moore, chairman of the county board of education, also spoke briefly. Prizes for attendance were award ed to Joe Evans, 8th grade, An nie Rose Smith, 2nd grade, and Newman Wilson, 1st grade. The Crisp medal, given annually by a former teacher, to the stu dent of the high school making the most outstanding record went to Miss Margie Wikle, a senior. The award was made by William Crawford,- also a former teacher. Graduating Qua Mr. Houk presented the diplomas to the graduates. Those receiving diplomas were: Maggie Wikle, val edictorian; Grace Yonce, Saluta torian, Frank Baldwin, Jessie Bald win, and Warren Owenby. On Thursday night the follow ing students of the Nantahala school district also received certi ficates for having com'pleted the 7th grade: Camp Branch. Emmett Dills. Kyle: Chloe Baldwin, Fay Wat ers, Eldridge Smiley, Jack Wood, James Younce. Otter Creek: Reno Wilson, Cool idge Douthiit, Cecil Ayers, Ralph Mack, Bobby Caldwell, $1.50 PER YEAR MAIN STREET ASPHALT LAID Final Surface Completed By WPA; Gives Town Fine Streets The' ' resurfacing of Main street which necessitated ' the closing of the entire business section most .of last week, was completed Satur day. Tlie result is one of the best asphalt streets that can be had, and an improvement that gives Franklin a business street "equal' to any. The widening that -wat complet ed last fall provides added space for parking, and this' last stage of resurfacing gives, a permanent and finished surface from curb to curb. The asphalt surface has been spread from the post office on the eastern end oiMain street to For est .street on the Georgia road. Palmer street surfacing extends from the intersection with Main at the-foot .of the hill to the Geor gia road. the hill to the Georgia road. The work was done by WPA under the direction of P. L. Threl- keld, engineer, sponsored by the North : Carolina highway depart ment. . Franklin Team Splits Double - Header With Blue Ridge The Franklin team, with English pitching, defeated Blue Ridge in the first game of a double-header with a score 14-11 in last Sunday's game. Cabe finished the game when English left in the 8th inning with a one-run lead. ' In the second game, Franklin lost 12-8. Newton and McHarge pitched. Franklin Collected 17 hits in the first- game and . 11 hits in the last. There will be another double- . header Sunday afternoon, .May 25, at 2 p. m. sharp at the local field when the team will meet Sylya, Higdon and English are listed as possible pitchers. The patting averages for the boys the batting averages for the boys Singing The fourth Sunday singing con vention will be held at the Bethel Methodist church on Sunday after noon, May 25. The public 'is cor dially invited to attend and all singers are urged to come. Funeral Rites For Eugene A. Elliott ; Eugene A. Elliott, 86, died at. the home of' his son, William Elliott,' in the ''Holly Springs . community on Thursday morning at 11 o'clock following an illness of one week. Death . followed a stroke, of apo plexy. Funeral services were held on Friday after.hoon at 2 o'clock at the Holly Springs Baptist church. The Kev. James 1. Vinson, pastor, officiated. Interment was in the church cemetery. Mr. Elliott, a son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elliott, of the Holly Springs community, had lived in Macon county until 17 years ago when he moved to near Murphy. On Wednesday, realizing the seriousness of his condition, he asked to be brought back to his old home place in the Holly Springs community. He was taken there" and died the following afternoon. Mr. Elliott was twice married. His second marriage was to Miss Lillie Kilpatrick of Sweet Gum, Ga. Pallbearers, all grandsons, were Fred Elliott, Wylie Elliott, Wade Elliott, Reid Elliott, Lawrence El liott and Clyde Elliott. Honorary pallbearers were Harve Cabe, John Justice, R. M. Crawford, J. B. Justice, H. G. Brendle and E. V. Ammons. . Flower girls were his grand daughters, Mrs. Maude Gosnell, Mrs. Cora Frady, Mrs. Nellie John son, Mrs. Kate Moore, Mrs. Rosa Bolick, Mrs. Wade Elliott. Surviving are' the widow; seven children by his first marriage, Mrs. Roxie Moffitt of Prentiss, Mrs. Mary McConnell of Hiawassee, Ga., Will and Charles Elliott of Frank lin R. F. D. 4, John Elliott of Peachtree, Sam Elliott of Monroe, Wash, and Thomas Elliott of Mt. Vernon, Wash:; 32 grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. FOREIGN TRADE WEEK This is natiional foreign trade week, and many speeches have been made by business and gov ernment leaders discussing Latin American relations with the view' of further strengthening trade re- lations with the other American republics.
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