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BIBLE THOUGHT
This newspaper invites its readers to express their opinions on
matters of public interest through its columns. The Presa
Maconian is independent in its policies and is glad to print both
sides of any question. Letters to the editor should be written
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too long, are of small general interest or which would violate
the sensibilities of our readers.
BIBLE THOUGHT
O that thou hadst hearkened tc my commandments! then had thy
peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the Waves of the
sea. Isaiah 48:18.
.
The only guarantee of peace is the spirit and action that turn
a potential enemy into a friend. George A. Buttrick.
Two Birthdays
AS the nation celebrates the sixtieth birthday of
t the President of the United States on January
30, the President himself has released his birthday
message to General Douglas MacArthur on the oc
casion of his sixty-second birthday, on January 26
as he scored a victory in the Philippines against
overwhelming odds.
The names of these two men will go down in
history together. Their birthdays will be celebrated
as long as this nation remembers her heroes.
The Farmers Did It
WITH Macon County's goal of $1500 for the
War Relief Fund several hundred dollars
short of its goal, the farmers have wiped this out
with one stroke, so to speak. Chairman Harley
Cabe reports the sum of $1,570.65 reached by the
addition of the farmers' gift.
In response to the appeal made a few weeks ago
at a meeting of farm leaders for scrap metal to
help win the war, and as a contribution to the Red
Cross, a large pile was accumulated on the grounds
of the Agricultural building which had been hauled
from everv section of the county. The pile brought
nearly $500.
The bringing of this amount of scrap metal out
of the farms in mid-winter has been no small feat,
representing both labor and expense on the part
of the farmers. This gift to the work of mercy now
facing our American Red Cross goes to show how
much can be accomplished through concerted ef
fort and the salvaging of waste material.
Example In Patriotism
DETAIL gas, automobile and tire dealers have
been hit harder than most types of business by
the changes over to war production. Almost over
night, these men have been deprived of their nor
mal source of income. j
But have they folded up? Not by a long way.
With typical American spirit of enterprise, the auto
dealers are playing up the sale of used cars and
repair of old ones, and telling owners how to keep
their cars from wearing out. The gas companies
are doing likewise, conducting educational cam
paigns through newspaper advertising and over
radio. They are instructing the public how to econ
omize on tires, save wear-and-tear on cars, and
even how to use less gas. All are .urging the pur
chase of Defense Bonds and Stamps. .
The owners of filling stations and retail auto
mobile salesmen are an example to all citizens in
patriotism and resourceful adaptation to war conditions.
Honors To The Waynesville Mountaineer
TPHE Waynesville Mountaineer won two awards
of the annual Awards Contest sponsored by
the North Carolina Press Association. At the in
stitute held jointly with the University of North
Carolina and Duke University on January 16 this
well deserved recognition was accorded our neigh
bor in Haywood county, which won the second
prize in the fields of "Best Community Service"
and "General Excellence" among the weekly news
papers of the state.
Th out-of-state judge wrote in making his re
port : "We wish to call special attention to the
Waynesville Mountaineer . . . the presentation of
this entry was remarkable. ... In a slightly differ
ent type of contest the Mountaineer might have
stood above every paper in the country."
We salute Curtis Russ, the editor, who has
brought this distinction to our section.
RUSSIA'S SECRET WEAPON
(Ashevjlle Citizen)
The loss of Mozhaisk has cost
Germany the anchor of her winter
line on the Moscow front. The
jaws of a vast Red Army pincers
are closing on ' 100,000 crack Nazi
troops fleeing from their comfort
able siege station before the Rus
sian capital. With the reduction
of this salient the Soviet armies
are now rolling westward along
the entirefrorot from Leningrade
to the Sea of Azov.
In Jess than two months the Red
Army has converted a defensive
war into one immense offensive
operation. In this prodigious
achievement it has been aided
mightily Iby the coming of the
Russian winter, which is now near
ing a cruel frigidity unknown any
where else in the civilized world
It has been assisted also iby the
genius of its leaders, whose sense
of timing has been remarkably
obedient to that oldest of military
maxims : victory usually goes to
the commander who is last to com
mit his reserves to the battle.
There is yet another reason for
the Russian success. It is so dbvi
ous that, for its very apparency,
it has escaped the attention of
most military experts. This rea
son may be found in the opening
sentence of every Russian morn
ing communique for the last six
months :
"Our troops have fought the
enemy on all frontts."
Here is the mystery of Rus
sia's recoupment, the secret wea
pon pi Soviet success. Over every
incn oi Diooay ground, across
every pebble and frozen blade of
grass, the Red Army has contested
the invader. Dogged, tenacious
unrelenting, it has never let up
never yielded, though its back was
to the wall. Kaw courage and
sheer" obstinacy have prevailed.
Our troops have fought the ene
my on all fronts. This indomit
able fighting spirit is Russia's
secret weapon.
Church Services
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. C. F. Roger
Sunday, February 1
9 :4S a. m. Bible .school.
11 a. m. Morning worship.
6:30 p. m B. T. U.
6:30 p. m.--The Brotherhood.
7:30 p. m. Evening worship.
FRANKLIN METHODIST
CHURCH
Rev. J. L. Stoke II
10 a. m. Church school.
11 a. m. Worship service.
6:00 p. m. Young Peoples Fellowship.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Rev. Hubert Wardkm
10 a. m. Sunday school.
11 a. m. Services.
7 :30 p. m. Christian Endeavor.
ST. AGNES EPISCOPAL
Rev. A. Rufu Morgan
Ut Sunday:
11 a. m. Holy Communion and
FRANKLIN METHODIST
CIRCUIT
Rev. Philip L. Green
1st Sunday:
10 a. m. Salem.
11 a. m. 'Bethel.
3 p. m. Louisa.
7 p. m. Clark's Chapel.
MACON METHODIST CIRCUIT
Rev. J. C. Swain
Ut Sunday:
11 a. m. Union.
2 p. m. Hickory Knoll.
7:30 p. m. Asbury.
ST. JOHN'S CATHOLIC PARISH
Rev. A F. Rohrbacher
Every Firt Sunday:
8 a. m. Bryson City.
Every Second and Fifth Sunday:
8 a. m. Franklin. .
Every Third Sunday:
8 a. m. Cherokee.
Every Fourth Sunday:
8 a. m. Murphy.
Every Sunday:
11 a. m. Waynesville.
THE POCKETBOOK
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CULLASAJA PENTACOSTAL
Rev. C. W. Modder, Pa.bor
10 a. m. Sunday School.
11 :1S a. m. Morning worship.
7 i30 p. m. Evangelistic service
7:30 p. m. Wednesday Prayer
meeting.
Tire-Rationing Rules
In Yes-And-No Form
The Office of Price Administra
tion has completed the first of a
series of interpretations of tire and
tube rationing reputations designed
to aid local rationing boards. The
I interpretations, worked out by a
newly formed OPA unit, were set
up in question-and-answer form as
follows.
Q. Are seconds of new tires or
tubes "new" tires or tubes? A. Yes.
Q. Are bicycle tires within the
scope of the rationing regulation?
A. No.
Q. Can tires in possession of a
seller on which part or full pay
ment has been made be deliv
ered to the purchaser? A No.
transferred from one of his fleet
of garages to- another ; from truck
to truck? A. Yes.
Q. Can tire dealers exchange
white wall tires Owned by them
for black wall tires owned by au
tomobile dealers? A. No.
Q. Have the local hoards any
discretion in extending the list of
eligible classes? A. No.
Q. To whom must one apply for
modification of the list ? A. Leon
Henderson, Office of Price Ad
ministration, Washington.
Q. Is a hearse an eligible ve
hicle? A. No. In emergencies am
bulances, which are on the eli
gible list, may be used as hearses.
Q. Is a truck used to deliver
coal to both manufactures and
private consumers entitled to tires ?
A. Yes.
Q. .Does the exception in the sec
tion relating to deliveries to ulti
mate consumer prohibit delivery of
coal to an ultimate consumer?
A. No.
Q; Are trucks used to repair
telegraph lines eligible vehicles?
A. Yes.
Car Eligible
J. Are passenger cars used to
repair telegraph lines eligible ve
hicles? A. No.
Q. Are cars used to deliver tele
grams in rural areas eligible ve
hides? A. No.
Q. Are wholesale grocers' trucks,
used to make deliveries to re
tailers, eligible vehicles? A. Yes.
Q. Are passenger cars used by
wholesale grocers to make deliv
eries or to solicit sales eligible ve
hicles r A. No.
Q. Are Wholesale grocers' trucks
used for sales and for solicitation
of sales and for deliveries eligible
vehicles? A. Only when the de
liveries and solicitations coincide.
Trucks cannot be used as sales
men's vehicles.
Q. Are trucks used by newspa
pers to make deliveries of news
papers in wholesale lots to news
dealers eligible vehicles? A. Yes.
Q. Are trucks used for delivery
of single papers to homes in rural
areas eligible vehicles? A. No.
Q. Are trucks used ,for retail
deliveries of heavy Roods such as
furniture, eligible vehicles? A No.
Can't Disregard Quota
Q. Does the OPA set quotas lim
iting the number of tires which
each dealer may sell? A. No. No
quotas apply to sales by dealers.
Local boards cannot issue tire
certificates for new tires or tubes
in excess of the quotas assigned
to them. Dealers may sell as many
tires or tubes as are requested by
purchasers who hold tire certifi
cates. Q. When wiH a company using
trucks to transport coal be able
to get tires? A. Any time after
January 5 it may apply to the
local board in its area and the
board has tires available f6r it
within its quota
Q
boards charge a fee for the issu
ance of a tire certificate? A. No
Exaction of a fee under color of
authority in violation of regula
tions will be a federal offense.
Q. A tire deiare has sold a tire
and has guaranteed to replace it
with a new tire if the original
tire proves defective. Can the tire
owner exchange a tire which
proves defective for a new tire?
A No. If the person is entitled to
an adjustment on the guarantee.
ne should seek a monetary settle
ment.
Q. Does the list of elieiWe ve
hicles set forth the order of pref
erence in which the classes of eli
gible vehicles are to be granted
tire certificates? A. No.
Whoia.aU Uae of Car
Q. Are trucks used by a retail
grocer to obtain supplies from
wnataaiers entitled to tires? A
for retail deliveries or other non
qualified uses.
Q. Can an employe of a mining
or manufacturing company who
uses his car to travel to and from
his plant or between plant of the
company secure a certificate for
tires? A. No.
Q. Can a person using a pas
senger car for supervisory work
on a defense project get a certifi
cate from the local tire rationing
board? A. No.
Nitrate Firm Offers
$820 In Farm Contest
Farm boys and girls, under 19
years of age, have a chance to
win .prizes ranging from $250 to
$1 in Defense Bonds and Stamps
in a Food for Victory contest an
nounced by the Extension Service
of N. C. State College. The con
test is sponsored by the 'Chilean
Nitrate Educational Bureau, Inic.
A G. Floyd, State director of
the Chilean Nitrate Bureau, who
made the prizes available, has a.l
ways been a strong supporter o
4-H Club and other worthwhile
agricultural programs, Extension
officials pointed out.
"The North Carolina Farm Fam
ily 'Food for Victory' Contest" is
the name given the 1942 contest
for which 209 prizes totaling $820
m Defense Bonds and Stamps are
offered. The State and County
USDA War Boards will administer
the contest locally.
No enrollment is necessary. Boys
and girls under 19 years of age
who are members of a farm fam
ily living on a farm for which a
1942 Farm iDefense Plan Sheet
has been' executed at the County
AAA office, are eligible to com
pete. The awards will be based on
the records of farm-home food
production and conservation, sub
mitted on or before next Novem
ber I, 1942.
A maximum of 500 points are
allowed in the scoring for live
stock production, divided as fol
lows: Cows milked, 100 points
Milk production, 100 poir4s; hogs
marketed or slaughtered on the
farm, 100; egg production. 100
and beef cattle (excluding calves)
marketed, 100 points.
Seven hundred points are offered
for gardens sufficient to meet
family needs, with 200 points for
variety, ,200 for fresh vegetables
200 for conserved vegetables, and
100 points for increase in garden
acreage.
Points also will be scored for
production of soybeans, dried
beans, corn, other feed grains, hay,
sorghum and cane for syrup, pea
nuts for oil and hoes. veatttaMea
tor sate (including Irish and Sweet
potatoes), and the improvement of
permanent pasture.
The Chilean Nitrate Educational
Bureau will supnlv the rfcnnrt
forms for the contest, and all re-
Can local tire rationing Prts must be turned in to the
-jiiHy extension Agents OttlCC
Dy November 1, 1942.
. a at
potKukm of fleet operator be1 Ym rovidd V not $ho
All Are Warned Not
To Spread Rumors Or
Military Information
Lolonel John T. Kennedy, Com
manding Officer of Fort Bragg,
in an interview today warned men
in uniform and all civilians to be
on the alert against spreading
dangerous rumors or divulging im
portant military and industrial
secrets.
A soldier's uniform, he said,
should make him immediately con
scious of his trust, ut the man
in industry is as vital to our de
fense as the soldier in the fiM
and any open discussion of indus
trial secrets may be as harmful
to the safety of our Country as a
revelation of troop movements."
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Training School
For Home Agents Held
Here Last Week
The training school to prepare
home demonstration agents of Ma
con and surrounding counties for
the war efforts to be undertaken
by the rural women was held in
the Agricultural building Friday,
January 23, as part of the state
wide defense program.
Miss Julia Mclver, assistant
clothing ispecialist of State college,
Raleigh, conducted the morning
discussion "Clothing Needs of the
Farm Family in 1942". Miss Mc
lver modeled an inexpensive ward
robe suitable for a farm woman
which included work garments that
have been especially designed for
women in War War HI. These
work clothes included coverettes,
food preparation dresses, and sur
plice house dress as designed by
Buttenwick Pattern company.
Miss Mclver listed articles of
clothing that the farm women can
expect a shortage of now and in
the near ifuture; also the articles
which have been advanced in price
as percale, cotton work shirts, and
cotton overalls. The need for con
serving materials for war purposes
was stressed by the clothing spe
cialist. The fact that sewing machines
have advanced in price, and that
there will be difficulty in obtain
ing parts for used machines, every
farm woman is urged to clean and
adjust her machine. If new parts
are needed to order these imme
diately. Miss Mary E. Thomas, nutrition
specialist of State college, demon
strated the cooking of vegetables
to conserve all food value. Miss
Thomas urged that in encouraging
all rural women to assist their
families in living above the safety
line that fhey not only grow all
possible vegetables and fruits in
"The Victory Garden" but that
they conserve all food value'
through proper food preservation
methods. These methods will em
phasize the drying of of as many
vegetables and fruits as is neces
sary to economize on the use of
glass, tin, and jar rings during the
war.
Home demonstration agents at
tending the training school were :
Mrs. Geraldine P. Hyatt of Swain
county; Miss Margaret Martin of
Jackson county; Mrs. Aline R.
King of Cherokee county; Mrs.
Edith McGlamary and Miss Velma
Beam of Clay; and Mrs. Florence
S. Sherrill of Macon.
U. S. Defense
Needs Operators
The United States Civil Service
Commission announces open com
petitive examinations for Junior
Communications Operator (air nav
igation), $1260 to $1440 a year; -Assistant
Communications Operator
(air navigation), $1620 a year for
filling vacancies in the Civil Aero
nautics Administrations Second
Region, which comprises theStates
of Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
.Mississippi, ioTitt iarouna, oouin.
Carolina and Tennessee.
These examinations have been
reissued and amended to incorpor
ate several changes, such as re
laxations in Age Limits and Physi
cal Requirements, and applications
may be securen at the Post Office,
Franklin, N. C.
Stamp Necessary
On Package Seed
Axvy wholesaler of package seed
making shipments to North Car
olina merchants are required by
law to purchase and affix inspec
tion stamps, "and merchants in
formed to the contrary are being
misled", D. S. Coltrane, assistant
to the Commissioner of Agricul
ture, announced today.
Meanwhile, the seed insoection
force of the State Department of
Agriculture is planning an inten
sive campaign againet dealers in
package seed to which inspection
stamps have not been attached.
speak," he urged, "especially if
you are being asked about the
work you do, or if a soldier, about
military maneuvers. You can nev
er be sure but that the man or
woman you are talking to through
he appear to be a dyed in the
wool American is working for a
foreign power, Therefore, al
ways be on the alert, because the
questions will seldom be direct
but very subtle."
Colonel Kennedy declared that
suspicious actions or persons should
be reported to the nearest FBI
rield Office or to the local police.
uon t try to be an amateur
sleuth," he said.
Of equal importance, he declared.
is for civilians to help keep the
country sane and sensJble bv
checking and double-checking any
rumors that might possibly cause
paste
The War Department has
warned that false rumors to alarm
the people are a recognized form
or mth column activity ." he ad
ded.
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