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the Franklin press and the highlands Maconian
THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1942
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VOL. LVI
NUMBER 31
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A Modest Hero
'T'HE announcement last week of the American
Legion sponsored campaign for old phonograph
records, of which T. M. Moss is chairman, brings
to the fore a little known World War I hero of
Macon county. He belonged to the famous "Wild
Cat" Division, Company I,1 324th Infantry.
In appearance, Mr. Moss bears, a combined re
semblance to Abraham Lincoln and Sergeant York.
And while his feat of heroism which'won him five
decorations, from four nations, may not have been
as spectacular aS York's, it displayed the same
quality of courage and canny intuition which is
characteristic of the mountainer who is used to
danger. .
We had the pleasure of meeting Mr.' Moss only
recently. He lives quietly on his farm on Cullasaja,
and is extremely modest as well as' reticent in speak
ing of his record in France. He told of the oc
casion when General Pershing pinned the Distin
guished Service crass upon his breast and General
Foch bestowed the badge of the highest French
military honor upon1 him. He had the honor of
shaking hands with the King and Queen of Belgium
whom he greatly admired. Of the Italian cross he
said, "But I don't like the thing now,' not a bit
in the world."
His neighbor and our Press correspondent, Mrs.
F. E. Mashburn, recently wrote the following con
cerning Tom Moss : " . . .His father was a loyal Ci
vil war veteran. When the call came for volunteers,
Tom and his brother Jim both enlisted and did ac
tive service "over there." Tom-s commanding officer
was lying out in "No Man's Land." Volunteers were
called. Going was under deadly fire. Did he need
a college degree in 'that crucial moment? ...The
many hours spent out in the open air among the
granite rocks or along the murmuring streams,
deep in the heart of Mother Nature had given him
strong muscles, a big heart and calm nerves.'What
more did he need? He rescued the officer receiving
medals from four nations for his bravery.
"In 1920, I assisted the teacher of a night school
at Buck Creek. Tom Moss took advantage of this
opportunity, learning primary work. Joshua of old
only noeeded 300 men and the help of God, to win
the victory. Why not give our unlearned of today,
in this crisis, opportunity to do their bit for their
country and their God?"
Mr. Moss' recalling incidents of his experience,
told of a nurse in the hospital where he was taken
when gassed on November 9, 1918. "She was takm
on awful about a major who had got killed.
I asked her why; that a major getting killed
was no worse than a doughboy. I saw 250 go into
the jaws of hell and eight came out alive."
There was keen regret in his tones when he said,
"We went to conquer, but I never got the man I
was after. We just half done it. They told us ta
quit too soon."
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Mrs. Theodora Froneberger wh o was befor her marriage , in
York, S, C, July 16, Miss Kathl een Shook, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. L. L. Shook, of Gastonia, a nd grandaughter of Mr. nd Mrs.
R. M. Shook and Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Mincey, of Macon County.
Mr,, Froneberger is the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Froneberger,
of Gastonia. The couple were ac companied to York by Miss Viv
ian Rippie and Russell Froneberger. They will make their home
in Gastonia.
Announcement Of
Grades Of Dairies
For Franklin
In accordance with the' U. S.
Public Health Service Milr.. Ordi
nance and Code the District
Health Department at Franklin in
(Macon County) announces the
grades, of all dairies that supply
the town of Franklin.
AH consumers are urged to pur
chase milk on tlie basis of grade
as the grades of milk appear on
each bottle cap .and are posted in.
every restaurant, soda fountain,
market, etc.
The list of distributors and their
grades are :
Addington's Dairy Grade "A"
Nantahala Creamery Grade "A
Perry's Dairy Grade
Mrs. Virginia
Thomas .......Grade
Raw to plant producers :
Slagle's Dairy Grade
Coleman's Dairy . . . .Grade "A'
Submitte by :
A. W. Wilson, Sanitarian.
Macon County Health Dement.
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"A"
AUTO ACCIDENT
ON BUCK CREEK
Mr. George Holland, Mrs. Geo
rge Holland and baby, and Mrs.
Lawrence Stewart and baby, Pa
tricia Stewart, were brought o
the Angel Clinic, Sunday monning,
following an automobile wreck in
which their car plunged several
feet off the Buck Creek road
and seriously injured Mr. Molland
and less seriiusly injured the re
maining occupants of the car.
Tlie babies dropped about 300
feet n he automoble and both
were able to return home the
same day .
BUSINESS WOMEN'S
CIRCLE TO MEET
The Business Women's Circle of
the Baptist Church will meet, on
Tuesday night, August 4, at eight
o'clock, at the home of Mrs. Pearl
Stewart.
Hard To Fit ?
LET US MAKE
YOUR CLOTHES
Everything Fitted
to YOUR Figure!
ANGIE DEAL
DRESSMAKER
Upstairs: McCoy Bldg.
MR. HULL'S NEW WORLD
Cordell Hull has drawn the, de
sign for the shape of things to
come. The clear, noble language
of his epochal address Thursday
night is the blue print for de
mocratic action. His speech has
struck respondent chords through
out the nation and has reverber
ated on distar.it shores. If this in
truth is the American century then
Mr. Hull is its philosopher even
more so than a Henry Wallace
or a Sumner Welles.
Solid statesmanship builds upon
the firm foundations of worthy
precedent. Inherently and func
tionally, Mr. Hull is a statesman
His state paper of Thursday night
is a progression of ideas: first,
that what we are fighting for
"our homes, our freedom, our very
existence" must be secured for all
"time." A period of "surveillance
over aggressor nations" must fol
low. The great concert of peace
loving powers, augmented bit by
bit by those peoples who can de
monstrate their right to freedom
in the community of nations, then
will undertake to construct a world
order dedicated to lasting peace
and freedom of economic oppor
tunity. Mr. Hull believes that the world
must seek repose in a system of
international statehood supe vised
by a common court of justice.
Petty nationalism must vanish, for
it is a restraint upon the liberty
of others. Bus wfc it deserving of
liberty? The Secretary of State
Keurns to an ancient concept of
Anglo-Saxon democracy : "We
have always believed and we be
lieve today that all peoples, with
out distinction of race, color or
religion, who are prepared and
willing to accept responsibilities of
Iberty, are einttled to its enjoyment."
Mr. Hull has given the philoso
phy of liberty a new and meaning
ful glow. He has burnished its
phrases which descend to us from
Magna Charta with the steelwool
of a ruggedly honest language. His
Wilson. Because free men "have
cedents established by Woodrow
post-war world builds up the pre
dropped their guard, relaxed their
vigilance" and indeed, wasted the
substance that was a legacy to
human thought by one of Amer
ica's greatest thinkers, the world
has turned from a high but prac
tical idealism and sunk itself into
war.
To have heard Cordell Hull's
great message is to be inspired by
its majestic projection of the fu
ture. To read it over and again is
to grip the deep, full rich philo
sophy of democratic action for
world order and unity. It must
cause the "neutrals to blush ; it
must outrage and confound our
enemies who can reply only with
cheap cynicism and fraudulent im
precation; it must thrill every nur
tures in his breast the wan but
unextinguishable spark of freedom
Akmil Citnen.
This and That
By FRANKIE MACON
An average chair contains
enough hardwood to make the
stock of a Garand rifle.
One thing that makes it seem
certain that Japan will attact Si
beria is her solemn promise not
to do so.
Despite the rubber shortage
there will probably ,be plenty of
rubber stamps in Congress.
And the scarcity of sugar does
n't seem to have affected the
Washington practice of sugar-coating
tlie war news.
A magazine article says that the
rats in Norway drown themselves
in the ocean every year. So far,
however, the Nazi invaders have
failed to run true to form.
What you are going to be you
are now becominc
The largest single plant in the CARD OF THANKS
War Production Drive is the We wish t0 thank our friends
Newport (News Shipbuilding & for their many deeds of kindness
Drydock Co., employing 27,000 and expressions of sympathy shown
men ; the smallest is the Arm- us during the sickness and death
strong Manufacturing Co. plant at of our dear Father, John E. Rick
Portland, Oregon, which employs man' 4,1(1 for the many beautifnl
ti Newport News, Virginia, where
he is employed in the shipyard,
after a visit with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne McCracken.
Miss Pauline and Dewell Elli
ott, are employed at the Bryson
Hotel in Franklin.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Dotson,
of Mountain City, Ga., spent Fri
day with Mr. and Mrs. W. V.
Parker.
Miss Ha Mae Crisp is spending
a few days with her sister, Mrs.
Edith Tallent.
Miss Dorothy Corbin spent last
week with Mr. and Mrs. Hunter
Young, of Franklin.
Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Parker and
family spent last week with Mr.
&nd Mrs. R. C Parker of Moun
tain Rest, S. C. Burton Parker
returned with them for a visit
to his sister, Mrs. Joe Watts, of
Prentiss.
EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY
for
SMALL FARMERS
Who Wish to Educate Their Families
RABUN GAP-NACOOCHEE SCHOOL FARM
Ask Your County Agent for Details
or Write Directly to
Rabun Gap-Nacoochee School
Rabun Gap, Georgia
H. L. FRY,
Farm Manager
GEORGE C. BELLINGRATH,
President
19.
If you ' find electric fans are
scarce this summer, consider that
the copper from a dozem such
fans is enough to provide all
the copper needed in fabricating
a Mnm aircratt cannon to make
it hot for the Japs and Nazis.
floral offerings.
The Children
Resolutions of Respect
Standing Indian
Streams Closed
In. memory of Brother John E.
Kickman, who died July 17th., 1942.
Leaves have their time to fall.
and flowers to wither at the north
wind's cold blast : but thou, oh
Nantahala National Forest P" ! hath a" sons for thine
Franklin, North Carolina 0W"
-nce again a Brother Mason,
having completed the design
written for him on life's trestle
board, has passed through the
July 23, 1942.
Due to the large number of fish
caught in Ball and Shope Creeks
of the Sttandian Indian rnmura.
i - i , e .
live Game Area it has been found l"'s OI """y ana enteretf
tha I .nn, T .1 r .1 f
rKcessam to closo the twn m;uKC oi me xxew
' I T 1 ... .
streams to all trout fishing for the Jerussuem a nath received, as
remainder of the season. This " wara, tne wnite stone with
closure troes into effect immed- lne new nara written, thereon
iatelv. It is the nolifiv f the And WWeaa, the all-wise and
State Game and Fish Commis- nerciful Master of the Universe
sion. in coooeration with the U.S. nas ca,led from ,sr to refresh
Forest Service, to regulate fishing ment our e,ved and respected
on streams within the cooperative brother' and he having been a
game management areas in such true arjd faithful member of our
manner as to insure nernetml beloved rder- therefore be it
good fishing and to prevent total R0,, TW Junaluskee Lodge,
exhaustion of fish in any streams. No- 145' Fr J Accept -
In Your Fall VICTORY Planting
American farmers producing for war
time can't afford losses from inferior
seed. The best you can buy is here at
Farmers Federation. Order now and
count on a good crop from Fall plant
ing! REASONABLE SEED PRICES
FARMERS FEDERATION
WrJS S aV 1 1 . Jll
H0MES
All other streams within the game
edM
, of Franklin, North Car
areas on
the Nantahala National ol'na' testimony of its loss,
Forest continue "to be open on
prescribed dtes as advertised at
the beginning of the season.
Holly Springs
ft -
By STELLA SUE PARKER
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne FnacJclin
of Waynesville. spent the weekend
with Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Franklin
and family.
A Bible School started at the
Holly Springs Baptist church last
Monday. It will continue for ten
days. Miss June Robinson and
Miss Bonnie Breachers of Ashe-
ville are the teachers.
J. R McCracken has returned
tenders the family of our deceased
Member sincere condolence in
their deep affliction and that a
copy of these resolutions be sent
to the family.
(SEAL)
J. O. Harrison,
Jim Dryman,
St Claire Anderson,
Committee.
10 OF INCOMI
IS OUR QUOTA
George Washington, said:
"In time of peace, prepare for war.
We Suggest:
In Summer, prepare for Winter !
We are in a position to sell heat
er at ceiling prices to meet home
needs. Buy while you can get
what you want.
COME IN AND SEE THOSE
WE HAVE IN STOCK
MACON FURNITURE COMPANY
THAD PATTON, Owner