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VOL. LVI, NO. 41
FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1941
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George Dean
E. W. Long
Dean Resigns To Accept
Position With Bank
: Of Franklin
E. W. Long was elected by the
town board of Aldermen by a
unanimous vote to fill the position
as town clerk tax collector and
treasurer left vacant by the resig
nation of George Dean at the reg
ular meeting Monday night, Oc
tober 6. Mr. Dean has resigned to
Accept a position with . the Bank
of Franklin made ; vacant by the
resignation of- Lawrence Liner. He
has served as town treasurer since
1928 and town clerk since 1930.
His resignation will become effec
tive October 15.
Mr. Long will keep the town of
fice open from 9:30 to 12:00 in
the morning and from 1:30 to 4:00
in the afternoon and wilfreceive
' a salary of $75.00 per month. This
will.; save $420 a year for the town.
Other applicants: for the job were
v Georgiana Carson, Elizabeth Love,
' Lake B. Shope, J. Q Hauser, and
Carl Jamison
Mr. Long ; resigned : his position
as member of the town board.
; . Book To BunW
Mr. Dean announced that the
services of . Bowman Henderson,
1 C. P. A. of Asheville had been
obtained to furnish a yearly audit
of the town books. Mr- Hender
son' bid for the job was $100."
The board issued the statement
that all pig pens within 100 feet
of a .Street or residence within the
town limits must be eliminated by
the first of March.
The election of an alderman to
fill the position left vacant by the
resignation of Mr. Long was post
poned until a later date.
Funeral Services
- r or Miss Bernice Durgin
October 8th
. HIGHLANDS, Oct. 9 (Special)
Funeral services for Miss Ber
nice Durgin, who died at the home
of her sister, Mrs. Fred E. Carter
in Leominster, Mass., last Friday
night were held at the Episcopal
church here Wednesday afternoon
with the rector. Rev. A. Rufus
Morgan in. charge. Accompanying
Mrs. Carter on the trip South were
her girlhood friend, Miss Eva G.
Cieaveland, of Bridgeport, Conn.
Pallbearers were J. H. Hicks.-Frank
B. Cook, J. E. Root, W. H Cobb ,
G. D. Edwards, and G. W. Marett,
and burial was in Highlands cem
etery. . ...
Miss Durgin had been visiting
her sister since the first of April
and on. the 18 of September under
went a very serious operation at
the Leominster hospital from
which she was apparently recover
ing in a very satisfactory manner,
and had been removed to the home
of her sister on Friday afternoon.
Late Friday evening she ffer:J
a heart attack from which she did
not rally and died at 11:30 Friday
night . . r
Miss Durgin was born in Massa
chusetts and was the eldest of
four sisters, moving here with her
parents more than fifty years ago.
Mrs. Carter, the youngest sister, is
the only surviving member of the
family. Miss Durgin was a trained
nurse and operated a tuberculosis
camp here for a great many years.
Hers was indeed a life of service
to others and there are but few
homes in this community that have
not felt .tne ministering iwu
her hand in times of illness or oth
er adversity. She has been a mem
ber of the Episcopal church since
carry childhood and at different
times was head of the various wo
man's organizations here.
Mrs. C C Potts, Mrs. Thomas
C Harbisons Miss Elliot Caviaric,
and Mrs; W. H. Cobb had charge
of the arrangement of the floral of
ferings and Miss Rebecca Nowell
and Mrs. A. C Holt arranged the
' music.
Dedication And Home
Coming At Oak Grove
There will be a dedication and
Homecoming service at the Oak
Grove Baptist church, Etna, on
the fourth Sunday of this month.
The public is cordially invited and
especially all former pastors and
members.
Program will be printed later
and distributed. Picnic lunch will
be served.
Robert Williams, Pastor
Succeeded By
As Town Clerk
Red Cross
Meets To Elect Officers
And Plan Roll Call
Mrs. Katherine W. Stewart, field
represenitative of the American
Red Cross, was a visitor in Frank
lin last Friday, and made arrange
ments wih Chairman Harley Cabe
to start the annual Roll Call on
November 6.
At the meeting of the Macon
county chapter last Thursday night,
called by the chairman, reports
were heard by officers plans for
the annual Roll Call discussed and
officers elected, as follows: Harley
Cabe, chairman; Rev. Philip Green,
Roll Call chairman; Dr. W. E.
Furr, home service secretary; Mrs.
J. E. Perry, production chairman;
Mrs, j, W. C. Johnson, secretary;
L. B. Liner, treasurer; Mrs. Jose;
phine D. Gaines, first aid; Mrs.
Lola P. Barrington, Junior." Red
Cross chairman; Rev., J. L. Stokes
II, disaster chairman; Mrs. Lester
Cpnley, publicity chairman
Mrs. l'otts, Roll Call chairman
of the Highlands chapter, Was pres
ent and reported for the Highlands
branch of the county organization.
Dr. Furr gave an interesting re
port of the far-reaching home serv
ice work that he has been called
on to do in connection with men
in military service, involving visits
and contacts in cases of illness and
other troubles. The chapter acted
to supply Dr. Furr with expense
funds and also- the assistance of a
home service committee with mem
bers in every community was sug
gested, in view of the increasing
demands upon his time.
Maaoa'kSKU lis $900
'The. . chairman announced that
the county quota for this year has
been set at $900, which is one-third
larger than last year's $600 quota,
which was oversubscribed by more
than $100.
It was voted that a message of
sympathy be sent to Mrs. Flana
gan, expressing the deep apprecia
tion of the chapter for the faith
ful services of her husband, the
late Rev. John A. Flanagan, as
chairman and Roll Call chairman
during the years of his ministry
in Franklin. .
Rotary Enjoys Dept.
Of Conservation Film
One of the most complete pictor
ial studies of the state of North
Carolina ever filmed was shown
at the Wednesday, October 8
meeting of the Franklin Rotary
club. The picture was made under
the" auspices of the North Carolina
department of conservation and was
designed to present a complete im
partial review of the many varied
resources of this state.
Beginning with scene.- from the
historical Lost Colony fageant
filmed on the eastern Carolina
coast and carrying its aadience
through the tulip fields, strawberry
beds, cotton and tobacc planta
tions, and peach orchards of east
era Carolina, and the Piedmont
section to the scenic beauties of
the many national forests and parks
in the western part of the state,
this techicolor movie is a splendid
production.
Special emphasis is placed on the
many recreational facilities offered
throughout North Carolina with
striking scenes being shown of
ocean fishing on the . coast, the
beautiful golf courses and polo
fields near Pinehurst. and the hik
ing, fishing, and beautiful moun
tain scenery of western North
Carolina.
Fall Colors In Great
Smokies Attract Notice
The fall colors are beginning to
attract attention in the Great
Smokies, particularly in the areas
where hardwoods predominate.
First to be noticed were the
black gum and sourwood, which
fof the last week have been show
ing spots of flaming red. The big
ger splashes of oak (which turns
red) and maple, which shows yel-
jlow, have hardly started.
I The dry weather is usually fav
orably to good fall coloring. The
slopes seen from the Newfound
.Gap highway, on the North Caro
lina side are good places to watch.
1 Cade's Cove on the Tennessee side
tis another good place for autumn
.colors. In general, the western end
I of the mountains has more hard
woods, tne leaves ot w&ica turn.
Farm Agents With Promotions
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New jobs have been given the two men pictured above by the N. C.
State College Extension Service. Fred S. Sloan, Western district
farm agent since 1936, has beers promoted to State Agricultural Pro
gram Leader and will transfer his office from. Franklin in Macon
County to the State College campus in Raleigh. J. C. "Jack" Lynn,
Haywood County farm agent since ,1939, will succeed Sloan, as
Western district agent. . i
Draft Board Office
To Close Sat., 1 P. M.
The local draft board office
will close at 1 o'clock on Sat
urdays begining Saturday, Oc
tober 11, according to an an
nouncement of Mrs. Gilmer A.
Jones, secretary of the local
board.
MACON ENTRIES
AT STATE FAIR
Six Future Farmers To
Enter Calves In Baby
Beef Show
Six of Macon county's Future
Farmers jvill haveentriejCin -JJiS
cattle show to be held thT " week
of October 12-18 at the North Car
olina State Fair in Raleigh. All
entries will be in the baby beef
class. This is the first year that
Macon, boys have had entries ui
the stock show. . ;
' Those having entries are Max
Parrish, George Moore, Paul Tay
lor, Charles Browning, Bill Greg
ory, and Logan AHen. Following
the stock show the boys wiU sell
their calves at public auction to
be held on the grounds. -
Besides those having entries in
the fair other Future Farmers
from Macon county who are going
to Raleigh are Homer Norton,
Lester Carpenter, Dewitt Bryant,
Charles Vinson, George Hunnicutt,
Harry Kinsland, Sam Ramsey,
Hunter Anderson, John Edwards,
Ardell Parrish, Paul Ammons, and
E. J. Whitmire, vocational agri
culture teacher, who will have
charge of the group.
The group will leave early Sun
day morning to spend the entire
week at the fair. Two trucks have
been obtained to furnish transpor
tation. Last Rites Held For
Jonathan M. Morgan
Funeral services were held at
the Cowee Baptist church for
Jonathan M. Morgan, 69, Monday,
ntniKr 6 at 2 n. m. The Rev.
: George W. Davis conducted the
! service with the Rev. Moses Wood
'ard, of Hazelwood, Mr. Morgan's
! (nrmrr naslnr assisting.
The deacons of the ehurch sery--ed
as palJbearers. Interment was in
the church cemetery.
A farmer and well known citizen,
Mr. Morgan was born in Swain
county October 27, 1871, the son
of the late Mose and Catherine
DeHart Morgan. He and Miss Elie
Bradley of this county were mar
ried in January, 1896.
Nineteen years ago Mr. Morgan
and his family moved from Swain
county to the West Mill communi
ty. He joined the Brush Creek
Baptist church as a young man,
and later moved his membership
to the Cowee Baptist church,
where he was a deacom
Surviving are the widow; a son,
Robert Morgan of West Mill; five
daughters, Mrs. Claude Parrish of
Bryson City, Mrs. C L. Martin of
Biltmore, Mrs. J. Fred Bryson of
Franklin, Mrs, Kelly Green of
High Point and Mrs. Ralph Bry
of Detroit- Mich.: three sisters,
Mrs. Harvey Freeman of Bryson
f. M: Martha MrHara nf
Marble and Mrs; Jeff Wykle of
INeedmore, and 14 grandchildren.
FRED - SLOAN
Fred Sloan
Promoted To Program
Leader At N. C. State
Fred S. Sloan of Franklin, i West
ern district farm agent since 1936,
has been appointed State Program
Leader of the N. C. State College
Extension Service, aiud J. C. "Jack"
Lynn, Haywood County farm agent,
it was announced today by Dr. I.
0. Schaub, extension director.
Rapidly changing conditions in
agriculture necessitate the full time
services of a program planning
and development leader, Dean
Schaub explained, and Sloan has
been assigned that job,
Sloan is a native of Macon
county, wherehejeared on
a farm and attended the public
schools of Franklin. He was gradu
ated from N. C State college in
1928 with a B. S. degree in agri
culture. While in college he was
elected- to membership in Alplia
Zeta, honorary agriculture frater
nity, and Lambda' Gamma Delta,
honorary judging fraternity;- He
was editor of "The Agriculturist,'
student magazine, his senior year,
and was president of the Student
Fair in the fall of 1927.
Upon his graduation, Sloan work
ed in the Fruit and Vegetable In
spection Service in Eastern North
Carolina in the summer and fall
of 1928. In March, 1929, he was
nam&d farm agent in Macon coun
ty. In January, 1936 he was ap
pointed assistant Extension, spe
cialist in horticulture, working in
Western North Carolina. He was
made district farm agent in May,
1936.
Sloan will move his office from
Franklin to the State college cam
pus in Raleigh. The site of . Lynn's
office as Western, district agent
has not been decided upon.
Insurance Benefits Will
Be a Day Late
Beginning with the September
check, monthly payments of old
age and survivors insurance bene
fits will reach beneficiaries one
day later than, before, according to
an announcement made today by
Mr. T. Bosworth Hulcher, manager
of the Social Security Board of
fice in' Asheville. ."We make this
announcement," Mr. Hulcher ex
plained, "so that people who have
been receiving benefits will not be
worried because of the September
check did not come on the day it
would otherwise be expected.
"Under a new arrangement be
tween the Social Security Board
and the United States Treasury,"
Mr. Hulcher continued, "all month
ly checks hereafter will be dated
the first of the month following
the month for which the payment
is certified September checks will
be dated October 1 and marked
'for Se ptember'; October checks
will be dated November 1 and
marked 'for Octover' and so on.
Instead of mailing each month's
checks in time to reach benefici
aries on the last day of the
month, they will now be. mailed
to reach beneficiaries on the first
of the following month."
"Long live the weekly newspapers
of America and their 18,000,000
readers. The newspaper field, with
out outside pressure, truly ex
presses the sentiment of Rural
America from whose resources the
Nation must continually burld."
Rep. E. W. Creal of Kentucky
Gov. Broughton To Speak
At Glenville Dedication
Page Captured
John Dills Makes Arrest
In Georgia
Ralph Page, 32 year old jont;
term convict serving a sentence for
murder, who escaped from I lie slate
prison camp - in , Macon county
Tuesday night, September . 30, wa
captured by dephty sheriff, John
Dills, and camp warden Alex
Howard, at Pine Mountain, Ga.
The deputy sheriff said that on
Tuesday Page stole a car in Sylva
which he wrecked in the Horse
Cove locality early Wednesday
morning. Following this he stoic a
12 guage shotgun from the home
of Ben Webb and fled to Georgia
where he was arrested.
Believed to have "been angered
by his wife's action, Burke police
have furnished her protection since
the escape was reported to them.
She is the mother of three chil
dren, and works in the Garrou
Knitting Mills. The divorce was
granted on grounds of two years'
separation. Page has been serving
a prison sentence for the past eight
years.
It is reported to be the .second
time that . Page has escaped since
he was sentenced in 1933 on. his
plea of guilty as 'an accessory be
fore the fact of murder in con
nection with the holdup slaying of
David H. Shuping, Drexel .service
station operator.
About five years ago Page es
caped with two desperadoes who
later killed a state highway patrol
man. Page was not party to this
crime, and was captured and re
turned to prisoni Since his earlier
escape, Page, whose sentence has
been commuted to 40 years, had
gained the rank.Jof A-grade prison-er-t'
the Franklin prison camp.
Governor Broughton
Will Open Fair
RALEIGH, Oct. 10. North Car
olina's 85th annual State Fair will
be opened at Raleigh Tuesday, Oc
tober 14, with a record premium
purse of $23,000 being offered ex
hibitors on the 250-acre fairground
filled with agricultural, educational
and industrial displays and the best
entertainment features se'en in j
many years, Cpmmissioner of Agri
culture W. Kerr Scott said today.
Governor Broughton will deliver
the opening ' address. He will be
introduced by Dr. J. S. Dorton,
manager of the fair, who has earn
ed a national reputation as a di
rector of expositions that have
been both educational and finan
cial successes.
"National Defense" will be the
theme of the 1941 exposition with
emphasis being placed on educa
tional exhibits. However, "an ex
ceptional entertainment program"
has been arranged including the
World of Mirth Shows, with 22
rides and 20 shows, on the mid
way; nine outstanding grandstand
acts and a revue presented by
George A. Hamid; auto races and
harness races with fireworks each
rjght. Lucky Teter and His Hell
Drivers will be the thrill attraction
on Wednesday, October 15.
Educational displays will occupy
92,000 square feet of space. Ex
hibit halls are now chock-full of
agricultural and industrial products
and Fair officials expressed con
fidence that the fair-goer will see
more of his State "on parade" than
has ever before been offered at
the State exposition.
"The Entertainmer.it this year,
which is not at all incidental to
the State Fair, will be on a par
with the finest ever placed on the
fairgrounds," Dr. Dorton empha
sized. "We ' have spared no ex
pense in securing thrill and fun
features commensurate with the
high quality educational offerings
that have won general acclaim of
fair-attenders for the .past four
years." -
Baptismal Service To Be
Held At Maiden'. Chapel
Sunday, October 11, following the
regular services at Maiden's Meth
odist church a baptismal sen ice
will be held.
Rev. J. C Swaim, pastor of the
church, will conduct the services.
The baptismal service is being held
in connection with the meeting row
in progress.
All time attendance record brok
en Wednesday October 8 at the
Cherokee Indian Fair.
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Public Invited To Attend
Opening of New Power
Development
The dedication of the (ilcnvillc
development built by the Nanta
liala Power and Light company in
Jackson county, will take place on
Monday morning, October 13, with.
Governor Jlfoiighton as the chief
speaker. . ,
A cordial invitation has been ex
tended to the genera! public to at-,
tend the celebration anil a notable'
gathering of citizens from this sec
tion, of. the state, as ..well as dis
tinguished guests from a distance,
who are coming especially for the
occasion, are expected to be pres
ent. J. E. S. Thorpe, president of
the Nantahala company, under .
whose direction this new hydro
electric project of the Aluminum
Company of America lias been con
structed, has made public the fal
lowing order of even.t.s for the day:.
Program
1:15 P. M. Dedication Exercise at
Glenville Power House
Address Governor J. Melville
Broughton .
Inspection of Power House imme
diately after conclusion of cer
. emonies
Trip to Dam and Lake following
Inspection of Power House j
Conclusion, of Dedication
. Refreshments served at Power ,
House and Dam
D. Hiden Ramsey, general man
ager of the Asheville Citizen-Times
company of Asheville, will make
the speech of introduction of Gov
ernor Broughton. .
The visiting guests of the com
pany coming for the dedication
will include .many distinguished
engineers, business men and pub
lic officials who will be entertain
ed at High Hampton during their,
two days inspection of this de
velopment and who will also make
an excursion to the Nantahala dam
under construction.
Many of these will travel from
Asheville in. special buses, char
tered for their accommodation.
This event will be outstanding
as marking the completion of an
other unit of the Little Tennessee"
system of power dam developments
for the manufacture of aluminum.
Farmers Meet
To Discuss Defense And
Market Problems
A schedule of important meet
ings which the farmers of Macon
county have been invited to attend
has been released by S. W. Men
denhall, county farm agent.
Important ' matters to be , taken ;
up at these meetings are the elec
tion of township committeemen,
discussion of the agricultural prob
lems facing the farmers of Macon
county, and the signing of pay
ment of applications.
Special emphasis will be placed
on the effect of changing market
conditions on local markets for the
farmers.
Schedule of the meetings is as
follows:
Sugarfork township, Pine Grove
school, Thursday, October 9, 10
a. m.; Cartoogechaye township,
Skigle school, Thursday, October
9, 1 :30 p. m; Ellijay township,
Higdonville school, Friday, October
10, 10 a. m. ; Smithbridge tow-n-ship,
Otto school, October 10, 2:30
p. m. ; Highlands township, High
lands school, Saturday, October 11,
10 a. m. ; Franklin township, Ma
con county courthouse, Saturday.
October 11,' 1:30 p. m; Millshoal
township, .Holly Springs school
Monday, October 13, 10 a. m. ;
Burningtown township, . Burning
town school, Monday, October '13,'
2:30 p. m.; Cowee township, Co
wee school, Tuesday, October 14,
10 a. m. ; Flats township, Scaly
school, Tuesday, October 14, "2:30
p. m. ; Nantahala township, Otter
Creek school, Wednesday, October
15, 2:30 p. m.
Revival To Begin At
Newman's Chapel Oct. 13
A revival meeting will begin af
the Newman Chapel Baptist church
next Sunday, October 13 at 7M
p. m. The pastor, Robert William
will be assisted by the Rev. ' C.
C Welch in conducting these services.