ft fjjigblanVa Jttacoman BACK UP YOUR BOY pmrrtll smvlm?? ff?rhmMy tmh PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT w ? ? Men In Service | Boone Leach, EM Third Gass, left Tuesday after spending part of a 13-day leav, good for three gallons each, are valid July 22. "B" and "C" coupons cut to two and one-half gallons in twelve of the Northeastern states of the shortage area. "B" and "C" coupons good for three gallons in thf remaining five states of the Eastern shortage area. SUGAR ? Stamp No. 13 good for 5 pounds through August IS. Stamp Nos. 15 and 16 are good through October 31 for 5 lbs. each for home canning purposes. House wives may apply to their local ration boards for more if neces sary. COFFEE? Stamp No. 22 (1 lb.) good through August 11. FUEL OIL ? Period 5 coupons valid in all zones through September 30. Period t coupons in new fuel oil rations Ivecame valid July 1 and are Rood for ten gallons each. SHOES ? Stamp No. 18 (1 pair) is valid through October 31. MEAT, ETC. ? Red Stamps P. Q. and R good through July 31. PROCESSED FOODS ? Blue stamps N, P, and Q remain valid through August 7. SOLDIERS' LIFE INSURANCE Soldiers ? at home or abroad ? are reminded that less than three weeks remain in which th?y can get National Service LfTe Insurance without a physical examination. Until August 10, 1n Z A jordon C.line Holland. Eari Am Justice; in 2-B. HaVph Woodfm Watson, Ray Lamorn Welch^in 5-D, Bur, en Leopard; in LC, ?*> nas Nyle Roper, Henry Ford Du ,.all Wayne Avery Pendergrass, Lloyd Edward Estes, Lewis M. McConnell, James Calvin Yonce, Robert Preleau Standfield, Pulas cia Sylvester Castle, Keith Ed ward Gregory. William Howard McClure; i 4-F, Willie George Stan field, Roy Lee Uwis, Rufus I \rthur Pan n ell ; in 1-A (h), John Wiley Hayes (colored). The following registrants were placed in 1-A at the recent local j >oard meeting: Earl Amos Justice, George Nel son St, ope, John Wesley Parker. I Harold Preston Norman, Herman Mason, Hubert Powell Smith, Wil fred Guy, col. In 2-A : Dorman Dale Gibson, Charles Robert Waldroop, Robert Carl Donaldson, Thomas Edison Garey; in 3- A, Isaac Taliaferro Crunkleton, Harold Williams; m I- A, Sam E. Smith; in 3-D. Ar thur David Sanders; m 4-F John Cheek, John Henry Carpente J 3-A H, George Harold Brown Marvin Esco Wilson Jchn Ha ve Vanhook,. Truman Walker, Sder Passmore, James Earl Smart thur Nathaniel Holden, A""d Roosevelt Teem, William T. Woo ,en MeUlrum Cabe.Gertis Frank VSJ1SL gel, Walter Monroe Talley. Henry Roosevelt Jones; in 1-C, Jam Neely Hunt. Jack Demp?y Gjbe; Lyle Huell Dills, James Dean Hig >? rcf ?*** American Legion Auxiliary cam paign to enlist North Carolina women in the U. S. Marine Corps Women's Reserve. The Franklin Auxiliary wiH use every means available from July 15 to August 15, which has been designated by Governor J. Neville Brougton as "Free a Marine to Fight Month", to relay the message of the Leath ernecks to women between 20 and 36. . Basic pay and subsistence allow ances of $132.50, plus clothing, medical, dental, and hospital car# and the regular low-oost insurance available to men are given to Mar ine women privates. These women will free men for active duty by taking over positions in the United States in more than 60 occupa tions. W. R. Wallace, 49, Passes At Daytona Beach William Robert Wallace, 49, of Daytonia Beach, Fla., formerly of Macon County, son of Mr. and Mrs. George O. Wallace of Route 1, died suddenly with a heart attack at his home on July 9. Funeral services and interment were in Daytonia Beach. His bro thers, Edwin, Ernest and John of this county attended tlve funeral. His wife, the former Miss Niva McQellon of Daytonia Beach, died six yefc-s ago. Mr. Wallace owned a lumber mill and was supplying lumber to the government for ship building. Surviving are his parents, two sons, WiUiam Robert, Jr., and John ; one daughter, Margaret ; three brothers and five sisters; Mrs. George Stallcup; Mrs. Bur ncH Waldroop, Mrs. William Pres sley, Mrs. Gilmer Waldroop and Mrs. T. M. Green, all of Macon county. Copper Still Seized On EHijay By Sheriff Bradley Sheriff J. P. Bradley and deputy Walter Dean located a 40-gallon copper still on EIHjay, above the Nickelite plant, July 7. The two men who were operating it disap peared when Mr*. Bradley and Mr. Dean approached. . The still had apparently heen in use for some time as was shown by the 400 gallons of beer found wirh it, and two and one half gallons of liquor. According to Sheriff Bradley, only , corn liquor was being made. A* yet the operators Ji?ve not ? | keen found. REVIVAL WILL BEGjNAUGJ Rev. Ralph Johnson To Conduct Tiberqiicle Meeting The county-wide revival announc ed last April will begin Sunday, August 8 and will continue through Sunday, August 22, it was learned this week. " Tit* Rev. Ralph Johnson of Chat tanooa, Tenn., general evangelist, has accepted the invitation of the Macon county ministerial associa tion, to hold the services, which will be conducted in the taberna cle. Mr. Johnson's appeal will be es pecially to young people. Dr. Stokes, a member of fhe committer, announced, saying that the evan gelist's work has miet with much success in this field. Committee appointments and other details being worked out for the success of the meetings will be published in next week's paper. Legion Renew* Overseas Subscriptions To The Home Paper Th,e Macon chapter of the Amer ican Legion at its last meeting authorized the treasurer, A. R. Hig don, to renew all subscripjions to thje Franklin Press and The High lands Maconian now being sent to service men overseas. Although it is necessary for men in the fight ing forces overseas to request that the paper he sent them before a new subscription can be mailed, still there are many whose sub scriptions hav,e been continuing since they entered the service and some subscriptions ar,e being sent which entered before this ruling by the postal authorities was made. Thie paper was carrying a num ber of subscriptions which are mailed in special wrappers for safe transit overseas and w$n<3T Tad al ready ^expired. This generous move on the part of the Legion is ap preciated as much by the news paper as it will h?e by the men on every fighting front to whom news from home means so much. TTie presence in North Carolina of at least one emereld mine has been claimed by a reliable citizen. RATION BOARD INFORMATION Instructions Issued For Public On OPA Rulings War Ration Book ThrM A press and radio publicity cam paign will Ret under way about August 1 urging all who have not received their copies of War Ration Book Three by that date, to apply to their local War Price and Rationing Board between August 2 and August 10. Boards will not issue books, but will fur nish applicants with th,e necessary forms, accept .valid applications and send them to the state War Ration Book Control Center. GMolina Coupon Endorsement RuUa .It has been ordered by OPA that all motorists and other gaso line users *ar* required to endorse in ink on the face of their ration stamps the license number (AT THE TIME OF RECEIPT OF THE RENEWAL RATIONS.) The new method of handling gasoline rations will begin July 22 at which tim,e not only the stamps in new ration books must be endorsed, but all coupons possessed on that date must likewise he so inscribed. Failure to write in the proper no tation on all outstanding stamps by July 22 will result in th,e loss of further gasoline rations. Ceiling Price at Corn The Local Rationing Board Of fice has hail several requests for the ceiling price of corn, butter, etc.. The Price Panel has announc ed the ceiling price of corn at $1.25 per bushel. Thje new com munity price on butter will be an nounced next we,ek. Any dealer offering commodities for sale in excess of the ceiling price is violating the regulations and should be reported to Local Rationing Board. , ' TtC Harold T. Sloan, Jr., son at Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Sloan of Franklin, has just been graduated from the parent radio school of (he Air Forces Training command. During the intensive training per iod here. Pfc. Sloan received in struction in radio operation and mechanics and is now qualified for duty as a member of a fighting bomber crew. Farmers Federation Rally Attended By Nearly 2,000 i : Picnic Features Speeches Bond Selling And Music By ElspU McCtur* . Nearly 2,000 people attended the Farmers Federation picnic held last Saturday in the- Franklin high school,' and during the day th,ey bought $2,432 worth of war stamps and bonds. Members of the county home demonstration council and the 4-H clubs assisted in the sale, and there was an unusual number of individual purchasers at the pic nic. "This year w,e want the main emphasis of our picnics to be on the farmers' part in the war, James G. K. McClure, president of the Farmers Federation, told the audi ence. He asked everyone's cooper aton in the Federation's quality poultry program because, he .ex plained, both chickens and eggs aTe vital war time foods and can also be the basis of a wealth-creat ing industry for Western North Caroline in peace tin^e. The Feder ation has now raised its hatchery standards so high that aH supply flock cockerels must come from hens laying over 250 eggs per year. Speakers On Profitn Sam Mendenhall, /arm agent of the county, 'praised the response of Macon county farmers, and their wives to the war time call for increased food and urged them to concentrate on stepping up milk production. Other speakers on the program included A. C. Reynolds, Jr., field secretary and stamp and bond drive chairman of