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LIBERAL
INDEPENDENT
VOL. LVII, NO. 30
FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, JULY 23, 1942
$1.50 PER YEAR
J. E. R1CKMAN
DIES OFSTROKE
CROPS CAME
VISITOR
Selectees To Leave Monday
For Induction Station
LAST WEEKEND
Leading Citizen of Macon
Led Active and
Useful Life
John Edwin Rickman, 76, one
of this county's most prominent
citizens, died suddenly of a stroke
last Friday morning at 2 o'clock
at his home on Lyle street. Al
though his health had not been
good for the past year, his death
was unexpected.
A large number of friends from
all over the county attended the
funeral, which was held at Cowee
Baptist church, where burial was
in the church cemetery. Rev. W.
L. Bradley, Rev. Norman E. Hold
en and Rev. Paul Shepherd offi
ciated. The active pall bearers were
his grandsons: Roger Guffey,
George Guffey, Frank Guffey,
Coleman Rickman, Carroll Rick
man, Clarence Rickman, C. L.
Buchanan and Thomas E. Buch
anan. The services at the grate were
in charge of the Masons, and the
Eastern Star had charge of the
flowers.
The honorary pallbearers were:
Dr. J. H. Fouts, Dr. H. T. Horsley,
Dr. F. T. Smith, John M. Moore,
Alex Moore, George Dean, S. J
Womack, C. T. Blaine, C. L. Wal
droop, A. J. West, Wade Cunning-
LJb- Wpirh J B. Pendererass, J. H.
Stockton, J. E. Wyman, Mayor J.
O. Harrison and Alderman H. W.
Cabe, Ben McCollum, Fred Cabe,
Paul Potts and T. W. Angel, Jr.
Mr. Rickman was born in the
West's Mill section of the county,
the son of the late Rev. Philip Ri
ley Rickman and Arvelia Shep
herd Rickman. His grandfather,
Rev. Merritt Rickman, was a mis
sionary with all the territory west
of Ashpville for his field. In ear
ly life Mr. Rickman joined the
Liberty Baptist church, where he
served as deacon and superinten
dent until he moved to Franklin.
He served as moderator of the
Macon county Baptist association
for many years. After coming to
Franklin he was an active mem
ber and generous contributor to
the Franklin church, serving con
tinuously as deacon and teacher
of the men's Bible class, and as
clerk and treasurer at different
times.
Was Mine Operator
Mr. Rickman was a farmer and
also, as a young man, an engi
neer, owner and operator of mica
mines, working in connection
with the state and federal gov
ernment mining bureaus and be
ing closely affiliated with mica
interests in Asheville.
For a time he was associated
with a representative of Tiffany
in New York, mining rubies,
which were found especially in
connection with corundum veins
and beds.
His services to the public in
cluded being on the draft board
of World War I and as land as
sessor in 1922, on the Franklin
town board and as postmaster at
Franklin from 1930 to 1934. He
was a prominent Republican and
ran for office on his party's ticket
several times.
Had Manv
He was twice married, the first
time to Miss Sallie Saunders of
the Watauga community of Ma
con county on February 11, 1887.
Three children survive from that
union: Mrs. Jessie Guffey of
Leatherman; Mrs. Lyndon Cabe
of Green's Creek; and Mrs. Ver
lin Buchanan of Gay.
Following his first wife's death
he married Miss MaryJane Potts,
of the West Mill community, to
which union four children were
born, three living, as follows:
Mrs- Boy Gibson of Franklin; H.
Sloan Rickman of Frankln and
New
man.
River, and James c. men
now in foreign service In
the U. S. Navy.
Twenty-five grandchldren ana
even great grandchildren also
survive as well as four brothers,
the Rev. M. L. Rickman, of Port
Angeles, Wash., the Rev. C. C.
Rickman of San Francisco, and
the Rev- W. B, Hickman.
JOHN E. RICKMAN
Prize Winners
In Annual Livestock Show
Great Interest Shown
The large crowd that attended
the county livestock show last
Saturday afternoon was proof of
the increasing interest of the
farmers in this annual event.
There was a decided improve
ment in both the number and the
quality of animals shown.
The following persons exhibit
ed animals and won prizes in the
order in which they are listed:
Dairy cattle, 6 months to one
year; George Stalcup, J. S. Cun
ningham, Charles Vinson and
'Cal Carpenter; one year to two
years: Rogers Ammons, and Bob
bie Tippett; two year and over:
LeRoy Roper. Beef cattle, feeder
calves: Charles Ferguson, LeRoy
Roper and Joe Waldroop. Light
weight fat calves: Bill Gregory,
Charles Ferguson, F. F. A. class,
Edith Taylor and Charles Vinson.
Heavy weight fat calves: Trad
Byrd and three calves by the F.
F. A. class.
Swine: Gilts up to 100 pounds:
Bill Gregory, Frankie Crisp and
Ketfheth Waldroop. Sows: Tom
Setser, Robert Parker and Lester
Carbenter. Work stock: horse
colts: Billie Parker. Mule colts:
Mark Dowdle, first and second.
Lawrence Ledbetter and Jim
Young. Draft mares: Mark Dow
dle. C. S. Brooks, Mark Dowdle,
C. S. Brooks, Claude Roper, H. C.
Hurst, Lawrence Ledbetter, John
H. Keener.
The following donated the
prize money: Bank of Franklin,
Rotary Club, Farmers Federation,
Lions Club, Franklin Hardware,
Roy Cunningham, Lake Ledford,
Glen Ray and Tricemont Inn at
Highlands.
Picnic
Of Farmer's Federation Had
1200 In Attendance
An attendance of 1200 at the
Federation picnic last Saturday
set a record by buying $1250
worth of War bonds and stamps,
bringing the Federation bond
drive total up to $6,199. President
James G. K. McClure stressed the
importance of buying bonds and
of increased production. Urging
100-hen laying flocks, he report
ed that the Federation's hatchery
this year has already produced
700,000 baby chicks as against
last year's 451,000, with increase
likewise in egg production.
Horace Nolen, manager of the
Franklin warehouse, who with
Mrs. Nolen, led the bond drive by
buying a $650 bond spoke; also A.
C. Reynolds, Oarl Slagle, and Char
lie Browning. Rev. Dumont
Clarke suggested the Lord's ac
re plan as a help to keep up mo
rale o nthe home front.
The music was especially en
tertaining, while Max Roberts, in
charge of the picnic directed the
athletic events after dinner. John
Smith, Paul Holbrook and Lottie
May Corbln won the war stamp
prizes for the championship rac
es. St. Clair Anderson was voted
the baldest man, Mr. and Mrs
Walter Elliott had the largest
family present, Mr. and Mrs.
Glenn Sloan were the oldest mar
ried couple and Mr. and Mrs.
John Davis the youngest. Mr.
Davis is in the service.
Mrs. McClure and Miss McClure
were guests at the picnic, the
latter reporting the gathering
fo rthe Western North Carolina
newspapers.
C. OF C. REPORTED TOWN
FULL OF PEOPLE
AND CARS
Franklin was full to overflow
ing with out-of-town visitors last
week end for the first time this
season, according to Lee Guffey,
in charge of the Chamber of Com
merce information booth.
Most of them came .In their
own cars, many having saved
gasoline for the trip or having
enough left over before the dead
line of the period in which they
could use it. The intense heat far
ther south drove hundreds to seek
relief in the mountains, where the
cool nights and showers modified
an unusually warm spell for this
section.
Mr. Guffey reports that a grati
fying number of inquiries have
come to his office as the result
of an advertisement running sev
eral times in the Atlanta Journ
al. This is a one column, four
inch advertisement, with small
cut, Inviting readers to spend a
cool vacation In the Nantahalas,
and giving clear information.
Mr. Guffey stated that this ef
fective publicity can be carried
on only so far as memberships
warrant. He reports these addi
tional members: Mrs. W. W.
Sloan, Mrs. S. W. Mendenhall,
Walter Hall, Prelo Dryman, J. E.
Whitaker, The A. and P. Tea Co.,
Miss Carolyn Nolen.
R. T. Hammett
Is Speaker At Esso Dinner
Tuesday Night
How soon, if ever, you will
ride on synthetic rubber tires Is
one of the points to be covered in
a talk on synthetic rubber to be
given at a dinner at Panorama
Court, Tuesday night, July 28,
EWT, to the Macon county Esso
dealers and their invited guests,
by R. T. Hammett, special repre
sentative of the Esso Marketers.
Mr. Hammett will cover thor
oughly the entire rubber situa
tion, including the history of syn
thetic rubber and up-to-the min
ute information on the status of
this vitally important product.
Little known facts about the
tremendously important part
played by petroleum in the war
effort will also be brought out
by Mr. Hammett, including re
assuring information on the sup
ply of certain vital materials.
At the conclusion of his talk,
Mr. Hammett will answer all
questions on any phase of the
synthetic rubber situation. W. A.
Goodson, sales representative,
was in town last week, making
preparations for the dinner.
Legion Launches Drive For
Old Phonograph Records
ALL ASKED BRING OLD
RECORDS TO STEWART'S
ESSO STATION
The American Legion, in co
operation with a group of nation
ally known artists, has mapped a
nationwide campaign for old
phonograph records as a means
of supplying our fighting forces
with new records.
The Legion, the Legion Auxil
iary and others will conduct a
canvass for a two-week period
ending August 2. The old records
will be sold for scrap and the
proceeds used by the U S.O. to
buy new ones for the Army and
Navy camps and forts.
T. M. Moss is taking charge
of the drive i nthis county, and
he requests all persons donating
records to bring the mto Stew
art's Esso station on the public
square, where they will be taken
up and shipped to their desti
nation. MACON RED CROSS TO
MAKE HELMETS AND
SURGICAL DRESSING
Mrs. J. E. Perry, chairman of
production committee of the Red
Cross, requests that all sweaters
he turned In as soon as possible,
to get ready for the fall quota
Ji - " wjivwtci VJ1CC1I, pi r.M
eht of Coker College, district
governor of Rotary, who attended
meetings of the Franklin Rotary
club this week.
Dr. .Green
Entertained By Franklin
Rotarians
Dr. C. Sylvester Green, presi
dent of Goker College, Hartsville,
S. C, who was elected governor
of the 190th district of Rotary
International at the recent con
vention in Toronto, Canada, spent
several da$s in Franklin this
week.
A dinner was given in his hon
or at the Kelly Tea Room on
Monday evening, at which time
he conducted a club assembly for
officers and committeemen of the
local club. The Rev. J. L. Stokes,
II, Ph. D., newly installed presi
dent, presided.
Speaking at the Wednesday
luncheon, Dr Green talked on the
topic, 'Rotary's Opportunity,"
stressing fields of service open
to community-minded men and
women these war days. Excerpts
from his address are printed on
the edymt"frj"T" Using the par
able ortne Good Samaritan to il
lustrate his remarks, the speaker
likened the robbers to the 'beast
ly tyrants who shake the world
with their ruthless ambitions to
destroy; and the priest and Le
vite to the isolationists who think
they have no responsibilities to
ward others; while the Samaritan
fulfilled the mission of the good
citizen and good neighbor.'
Dr. H. T. Hunter, president of
the Western Carolina Teachers
college, Cullowhee, and a former
governor of Rotary, was a guest
of the club at this meeting.
DR. BELLINGRATH
AT MORRISON CHURCH
Dr. George C. Bellingrath, the
president of Rabun Gap-Nacoo-chee
School at Rabun Rap, Ga.,
will preach, in the absence of the
pastor, at Morrison Presbyterian
church at 10 a. m. Sunday, and
at Franklin Presbyterian church
at 11 o'clock.
which is 600 helmets for our own
navy. She also asks that all nee
dles belonging to the Red Cross
be turned in with the sweaters.
Mrs. Perry attended the special
classes in Asheville . last Week
where she learned to make surgi
cal dressings. She will direct the
Macon chapter In this work. The
Red Cross is to furnish 90 per
cent of all surgical dressings
used by the armed forces.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Leach have
generously given the room over
the Tavern for this work. The
date will be announced later.
REV. C. C HERBERT
COMING FOR MEETING
The Rev. C. C. Herbert, former
pastor will come to Franklin to
hold a meeting in the Methodist
church, beginning Sunday, Aug
ust 2, and continuing through
August 9. Mr. Herbert will be
accompanied by Mrs. Herbert and
their small daughter, and they
will be guests at the parsonage.
They are now located in Con
cord. Last week the scrap rubber drive
report gave the figure of 3,234
pounds of .scrap rubber collected
by Wiley Dark of CulUsaja. This
should have been 13,234 pounds.
NEW CLASSIFICATIONS
BY LOCAL BOARD
The following classifications
and re-classifications have been
made by the Local Board:
Wiley Astor Brooks and Frank
Fleming, Jr., to I-A, fit and avail
able for general military service
Ernest C. Leatherman, to I-C
having enlisted in the Marines
To 3-A, the following are classi
fied as having dependents: Wil
liam T. Ballew, William McKin
ley Cochran, Jamie Patrick Nor
ton, Elbert Ransom Brown, John
Hickey Watson, William Earl
Keener, John Truitt Farmer, Sam
Willard Mendenhall, Fred Siler
Moore, Grover Bryan Dayton,
Carl Edward Farmer, Lee Thorn
as Moore, George Paul Blaine
Herbert Wayne Dills, Ellis Grant,
William Emory Hunnicutt, Jesse
Robert Ray, Jr.. Henry Lawrence
McCall, Pratt Columbus Dalton,
Beulon Marion Holland, Frank
Earl Angel, Newman He n r y
Thomas, John Wesley Fore. Reu
ben Henry Callahan was placed
in 4-F, physically disqualified
for military service
The following were re-classified:
Grady Montgomery Holland,
changed from I-A to II-A for
three months to finish a crop. Ja
cob Weimar Stockton, from I-A to
II-A, man with dependents, Rich
ard Harley Cabe, from I B to I-C
having enlisted and being ac
cepted in the Navy; Michael John
Zemba was continued in II-B, as
working on a defense highway as
a skilled worker, in Alaska. The
induction of two registrants was
postponed to allow them to finish
some necessary work.
The following men were plac
ed in I-A after having passed
their physical examination, and
are fit and available for general
military service: Thomas Martin
Jones, Roy Lyle Shepherd, Harry
Edwards, Monroe Webb, John Ed
ward Jennings, William Perry
Holland. The following men were
classed in 3-A as having depend
ents: Turner May, William Loyd
Angel, Alex Pendergrass, Jesse
Sloan Holbrooks, Elbert Gibson,
Claude William Duvall, Fred
Davis Morgan. Otto Francis Sum
mer, Norman Frank Guest, Ral
iegh Vernon Rowland, Paul B.
Carpenter, James Lawrence Bry
son, Lester Kelly Holland, Henry
Newell Hooper, William Robert
Neely, Claude Lee Roper, Lloyd
Henderson Calloway, Wylie Theo
dore Anderson, Armour Grady Ca-
gle, Charlie Pritchard Carpenter,
Harley Ottis McConnell. Jake bii-
er Waldroop, David Lem Cabe,
William Frederick Penland, col
ored, Washington Edmond Sand
ers, Jeter Samuel Love, colored.
Herbert Golden Wardlaw was
placed in IV-D, the classification
of ministers. Robert L. Porter and
Robert Chalmers Enloe were
placed in IV-F, physically dis
qualified for military service.
Other reclassifications are:
Charles Avery Cabe, Jr., tempo
rary classification of II-A; George
Robert Cabe, from I-A to HI-A.
Wiilard H. Wells, from I B to I-C,
in service.
The following single men hav
ing been classified in 3-A. claim
ing dependents, have been re
classified to I-A; John Robert
Bingham, Jr., William Nelson
Cabe, John Harve Campbell, Wil
liam Washington Stewman, Dew
ey Neal, Morris Hudson Carpen
ter, Mack Reno McKinney, Geo.
Martin, John Sanders, Oscar
Franklin Cross, Robert Woodrow
Wild, William Roy Arnold. Joe
Cabe Bradley.
LOCAL BOARD SEEKS
ERNEST B. BECK. JR.
Local Board No. 1, Macon coun
ty is trying to get in touch with
Ernest Benjamin Beck. Jr. His last
known address was, Company
1454, CCC Camp Sisters, 7-110,
Camp Sherman, Oregon. Any one
knowing the address of this per
son please get in touch with this
Local Board at once.
Failure for a registrant to keep
in touch with his Local Board
and comply with instructions
from his Local Board subjects
him to $10,000 fine and a prison
sentence.
LOCAL BOARD CALLS
51 MEN TO ENTER
U. S. ARMY
The Local Board has mailed
calls to the following men to re
port for induction on Monday,
July 27 at 8 a. m. Included in this
group who will leave some time
after the middle of July, and
which is the largest group yet
called, are the following 51 men.'
Con ley Bascom Shope, Grover
Ray McCall and William Roy Ar
nold, volunteers. John Bulen Til
son, L. M. Johnson, Thaddeus Jer
ry Wilson, Robert Woodrow Nor
ton, James Grady Ray, James
Ray Williamson, Mitchell Ashear,
who is an alien, but who has
been approved by the military
authorities for service, will be in
ducted from Pittsburgh, Pa., Hay
es Edward Buchanan, George
Lewis Childers, Ellis Floyd
Younce, Kelly Edward Houston,
James Austin Raby, Forest P.
Slagle, Bill Bryson Bell, Clyde Arr
thur Bateman, Walter Louin
Cabe, Daniel Alee Webb, Robert
Curtis Brown, Tommie Lee Shope,
Leonard Lincoln Houston, Ever-
"ette Lee Shuler, who will be in
ducted from Newport News, Va.,
Howard Judson Roper, Julian Ce
cil Zoellner, Bowden Frank Dry
man, Lewis Dixon Sanders, Wil
liam Isaac Keener, Carl Andrew
Chastain, Morris Thomas Led
ford, J. B. McCall, Willard Earl'
Keener, Floyd Tallent, Thomas
Shirley Wilson, Garland Bate
man, Frank Clifton Fox, Curley
R. Pennington, James Robert
Phillips, Lawton Thomas Keen
er, Lanford Dewey Womack, John
Mason, Fred Green, Warren Geo.
Waters, Medford Caldwell, Clyde
Henry Anderson, John Ernest
Woodall, George Richard Guest,
Samuel Clarence Creswell, Jr.,
Henry Percy Webb, Ralph Wood-
row Cunningham, who registered
in Pontiac, Michigan, will be in
ducted from this Board with this
group.
Those Accepted Will
Receive Furloughs
After the group is examined at
the Induction Station, at Fort
Jackson, S. C, all men not ac
cepted will be returned home and
placed in a deferred clasificatlon,
not to be called until men of their
clasification are being called.
The men accepted will be in
ducted into the ramy and will
then be given a fourteen day fur
lough with instructions when to
return. In view of this, the usual
gifts to the boys leaving will not
be presented until the group re
turns for actual service in the
Army, and then all who leave
will stay.
REV. CAPERS SATTERLEE
AT ST. AGNES CHURCH
The Rev. Capers Satterlee of
Christ Church, Mobile, Ala., held
the services and preached at St.
Agnes Episcopal church last Sun
day evening in place of the Rev.
Rufus Morgan, who remained at
Kanuga for the consecration of
the Bishop Finlay Memor i a 1
chapel.
Mr. Capers, who was a frequent
visitor to Franklin and Highlands
when he was serving as chaplain
at Clemson College, preached an
eloquent sermon on the need for
Christians to manifest their faith
in their lives so that a real peace
may come out of this war, based
on the teachings of Jesus Christ.
His texts were: "As a man think
eth, so is he", and "Seek ye first
the Kingdom of God and His
Righteousness."
Corporal High Johnston, at
home on furlough, was organist
and rendered the National an
them and other patriotic hymns.
REV. G. W. DAVIS TO
HOLD LAST SERVICE
Rev. G. W. Davis will hold his
last service at the Cowee church
Sunday morning, July 26, at 11
o'clock. Mr- Davis has been pastor
of the Iotla -Cowee field of the
Baptist church for the past year
and a half, and during that time
he has made many friends be
sides those who make up his
congregations, who will regret toy.
see him leave the county. MfV
Davis has not yet announced bis
future plans.
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