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VOL. LIX? NO. 14 FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1944 $2.00 PER YEAR
Democrats
To Nominate Candidates
At Precinct Meeting
E. W. Long, chairman of the
executive committee o f the De
mocratic Party of Macon Coun
ty, has issued a call to all De
mocrats to form their precinct
and county organizations for
the purpose of nominating their
candidates.
The date for holding the pre
cinct meetings has been fixed
for Saturday, April 22, the meet
ings to be held at the regular
voting places at 10:00 a. m. At
these meetings five members of
the Party should be elected as
the precinct executive commit
tee, one of whom should be a
woman. This committee elects
its chairman and vice-chairman.
AH Democrats are urged to
attend their precinct meetings
and take an active part in the
nomination and election of the
candidates of their choice. It is
pointed out that every citizen
should feel and accept respon
sibility in matters pertaining to
the political welfare of their
county, state and nation as
never before as all face together
the momentous crisis of this
year.
County Convention
The County Convention will
be held on Saturday, April 29,
for the election of delegates to
the State Convention. This
meeting will be held at the
court house at 2 p. m. Full de
tails of these meetings with the
names of the chairmen of the
different precincts are printed
in the official notice of the
chairman appearing on page 4
of this issue.
The Franklin Press
Installs Folding Machine
The Installation ol an auto
matic folding machine In the
Franklin Press shop has obliged
this week'nssue~t<J" "Be "reduced
to four pages. On account of
increased circulation and some
times difficulty in securing
folders, the machine will be a
great labor saver over hand
folding. Much time will be sav
ed and the shop's efficiency in
creased.
We are especially indebted to
our friends, Herman Dean, Wade
Arvey and the electricians of
the Power company for over
coming the manpower shortage
in moving and installing the
big machine.
Easter Services
A sunrise Easter communion
service and sermon will be held
at St. Agnes Episcopal church
at 6:45 Easter morning with the
rector, Rev. A. R. Morgan offi
ciating. Mr. Morgan will also
hold services on Easter Day at
Highlands at 11:00 a. m., at
St. Cyprian's church, 8:30 p. m.;
at St. John's, Sylva, 4 p. m.
and Cherokee at 6:00 p. m.
Easter services at the Frank
lin Methodist church will be
held at 11:00 a. m. and at Car
son's Chapel at 10:00 a. m.. as
announced by the pastor, Rev.
Jackson Huneycutt. Special Eas
ter music will be rendered by
the choir at the Franklin Me
thodist church.
George Russell, 57,
Claimed By Death
George Herman Russell, 57,
farmer, died at his home near
Franklin, Friday at 8:30 p. m.,
following a short Illness.
Funeral services were held
Saturday at 2 p. m., at Sugar
fork Baptist church, with Rev.
C. C. Welch officiating. Burial
was In the church cemetery.
Mr. Russell was a member of
the Sugarfork church.
Surviving are the widow, Mrs.
Rhoda McCall Russell; four
sons, James A. Howard and
John Russell, all of Franklin,
and Gilmer Russell. Oastonla;
two daughters, Mts. Ed Hop
kins and Miss Pearl Russell,
both of Franklin; the mother,
Mrs. Sarah Russell. Macon
county; two brothers, James,
Olenvllle. and Melvln Russell.
Walnut Creek; two sisters. Mrs.
Harrison Webb and Mrs. Prltch
ard Hedden, both of Walnut
Creek; and three grandchild
ren.
Potts Funeral Home was lr
charge of arrangements.
Classifications
Announced By Our Local
Board
The following classifications
are announced by the Local Se
lective Board;
1-A: James Clark Shephard,
Carl Henry Medlin, William
Henry Frady, John Franklin
Byrd, Harvey Sumner Talley,
Cameron Woodrow Franklin.
2-A: Earl Wilson Mason, James
Randolph Hall, Fred Alexander
Passmore, Quince Roane, Solo
mon Perry Shepherd, John
Webb, James Verlin Roper, Les
lie Jacob Young, Wess Noal
Grant, Iradell Manul Hurst,
Lewis Webb, Allen Bennett Bar
nes, Roy McKinley Owenby,
Hillard Doyle Houston. Graham
David Love, col., Harley Rufus
Browning. Geo. Dillard Hedden,
Jr., Lennie Daniel Tilson, James
Edward Brookshire, John Quince
Hedden, Jay Bryan Houston.
2-B: Cecil Earl Davenport,
Raymond Leon Bradam.
3-D: John L. Sprinkle.
2-C: BrucQ Coffey.
1-C: Dalton Ordway Burnette,
James Jeffery Calloway, William
Boyd Sanders, Ronald Henry
Baty. Robert Hansell Bennett,
Grady Hugh Rogers.
1-A-H: Charles Earl Blaine,
George Albert Potts.
2-A-H: Ruben L. Birchfield,
Ervln Holt. James Howard Neal.
1-C-H: Frank McClure Killi
an.
2-C-H: Charles Wm. Nolen.
4-F-H: Charlie Tipton.
? 4-A: Lawrence Grady Mash
burn. Harold Moore. Alfred Les
ter Green.
1-A: (By Board of Appeal) :
James Everett Henson, James
, William Porter.
2-B: 'By Board of Appeal):
Rogers Oliver Wells, Paul Chan
flier
Dinner
Chamber of Commerce To
Elect Board, Apr. 14
The Chamber of Commerce
will elect a Board of Directors
at a dinner meeting to take
place on Friday evening, April
14, at the American Legion hall.
The nominating committee, con
sisting of H. W. Cabe. George
Dean and Harve Bryant, have
nominated the following, seven
of whom are to be elected:
T. W. Angel, O. C. Bryant, W.
C. Burrell, Roy F. Cunningham,
Gilmer A. Jones, E. W. Long,
B. L. McGlamery, L. H. Page,
Irvin A. Schilling, J. B. Pender
grass. E. J. Whitmire, Grant
Zickgraf.
All are requested to buy and
reserve their tickets ($1.00) on
or before April 12 from any
member of the local fire De
partment, according to an an
nouncement by Lee Guffey, sec
retary.
BOOKMOBILE
SCHEDULE
MACON COUNTY
APRIL 10-14:
Monday
Mrs. C. F. Burnette (Swain
Co.* Needmore: Route 3: Mrs.
S. J. .Dean: Mrs. Mamie Rey
nolds; Rickman's Store: Mrs.
W. p. Mason: Mrs. Billy Fouts;
Mrs. O. H. Love. Franklin.
Tuesday
Mrs. W. L. Moore. Star Rt.,
Cullasaja: Mrs. C. T. Br^son,
.Cullasaja: Higdonvllle school:
Mrs. George Bryson. Cullasaja;
Mrs. T. T. Henderson, Cullasa
ja.
Route 4
Mrs. A. V. Cabe; Mrs. William
Crawford: Mrs. J. B. Brlndle.
Wednesday
Route 1
Negro School: Mrs. Fred
Moore; Mrs. J. H. Enloe; Mrs.
Blanche Dalrymple; J. O. Hop
kins; Miss Nannie Roan; Mary
Will Penland; Mrs. Louise Pres
sy; Barnard's Store.
Thursday
Mrs. Nina Liner, R-l; Mrs.
J. J. Mann, R-2; Mrs. M. B.
Sanders, Franklin: Maple
Springs School. R-2; Parrlsh
Store, Otto: Mrs. M. B. Norton,
R-2; C. D. Nichols, Prentiss;'
Mrs. L. G. Crawford, R-2.
1 Friday
Angel Clinic; Angel Hospital;
Highlands School; Hudson Llb
i rmry. Town Hall, Highlands;
Mrs. J. B. Burnett, Scaly.
NEWS OF OUR
MENw WOMEN
IN UNIFORM
F 1/C Dewitt T. Thompson,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Wilford
Thompson of Cashiers stationed
at Fort Pierce, Fla., spent a
short furlough recently with his
family and parents.
?M Ml
S 2/C Robert A. Turpin, son
of Mrs. Belle Turpin, Is sta
tioned at Lake City, Fla., in
the U. S. Navy.
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Lieut, and Mrs. Frank L. Hig
don arrived from Dover, Del.,
last Friday to visit their par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hig
don and Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Higgins. Lieut. Higdon is on fur
lough from Dover Air Field
where he is taking his advanc
ed training for a fighter pilot.
Pfc. John D. Gregory, son of
Mr. and Mrs. P. M. Gregory re
turned Tuesday to Camp Camp
bell, Kentucky after spending a
11 -day furlough at home.
Pvt. Raleigh M. Houston, son
of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Houston,
having completed his basic
training at Camp Wheeler, Ga.,
spent a seven-day delay en
route (bo Calif.
Rhm 2/C Thomas Turpin, son
of Mrs. Belle Turpin, Is station
ed at Portsmouth, Va. He has
been in service since 1942.
Capt. Burton C. Boesser is
spending a short leave with
Mrs. Boesser and their son at
the home of her parents, Mr.
and Mrs. J. F. Cunningham.
Capt. Bosser, who enlisted in
the Army Service Forces on
June 22, 1942, has requested
and secured a transfer to the
Ground Forces in order to see
active combat duty. He is now
with the 96th Infantry Division
as Automotive officer, stationed
in Oregon. He has just complet
ed a course in chemical warfare
at Edgewood Arsenal, Md.
Macon Exceeds Red Cross
Quota By More Than $2,600
Total Has Reached Sum
Of $9,136.92, Says
Chmn. Archer
The full amount of gifts from
Macon county for the Red Cross
War Fund totals $9,136.92, ac
cording to the report of John
Archer, chairman, on Thursday.
The latest figures reported from
Higlands are $2,20774, which
are included in the above
amount. However, the Fontana
amount has not yet been re
ceived.
At a meeting of the execu
tive board on Tuesday night,
which was presided over by the
chapter chairman. Rev. A. R.
Morgan and attended by 12
members. Chairman Archer
made a detailed report which
gave eloquent witness to the
generous response from every
section of the county and which
brought forth from the chair
man his heartfelt appreciation
to every worker who helped to
make this response vossible.
This amount exceeds the quo
ta of $6,500 by more than $2,600,
the largest amount ever raised
in the County for the Red
Cross. The chairman states that
the detailed report of the cam
paign. giving the amounts giv
en by various localities and
groups, will be printed in next
week's paper. It is hoped that
all reports will be In by that
time.
Other chapter news reported
at the executive board meeting
will also be reported next week.
BOY SCOUT
MEMBERSHIP DRIVE
The adult membership drive
of the Daniel Boone chapter of
the Boy Scouts will take place
next week, according to a notice
given by B. L. McGlamery in
behalf of the sponsoring com
mittee. The quota for Macon
county is $277. which will be
used toward the support of the
Council and national organiza
tions.
T?U Th.m With Advertising"
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COUNTY HAS COLD SNAP
Snow was on the mountain
tops and in Highlands on Mon
day and Tuesday. Franklin ex
perienced a few flurries as the
! mercury dropped to winter tem
peratures and stayed there un
til Thursday morning. Unusual
cold was reported throughout
the country.
The county agent's office sta
ted that there was probably
little damage to apples in thU
section, but that the peachef
would suffer.
Gov. Broughton Sounds Note
For A Democratic Victory
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MACON GARDENS
Macon county makes plans
again to go OVER THE TOP
with good gardens. Reports
coming in and personal con
tacts from every section of
the county shows unmistak
able evidence of the strong
desire by the people of Ma
con county to RINO THE
BELL by producing more and
better gardens than ever be
fore in 1944.
Macon county's greatest
asset ? the - boys and girls
need this Increased quantity
and variety of vegetables In
order that they may grow to
be strong men and women to
face with CHINS UP postwar
conditions.
M. L. SNIPES.
Asst County Agent.
Sgt. H. B. Cochran
Killed On Destroyer While
In Mediteranian
The wife and parents of S/
Sgt. Howard B. Cochran, son of
Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Cochran of
Nantahala, received a letter last
week, stating that their son
had lost his life while on duty.
Sgt. Cochran was reported
missing last November 26. No
more definite news had been
received until the letter from
the War Department recently.
It stated that he had been kil
led on a destroyer in the Med
iterranean while In convoy to
India for service In China. The
ship was sunk by enemy fire,
while the convoy guns shot
down 18 enemy planes. Mrs.
Cochran, his widow, lives in
Florida. They have en* little
girl.
Ration News
SUGAR
Removal of Expiration date
for stamp 34 and validation of
stamp 31 . . .
The expiration date of March
31, 1944, originally set for stamp
30 Is removed. Stamp 31 be
comes valid on April 1, 1944, for
5 pounds without an expiration
date. Reasonable notice will be
given when expiration dates are
set for these stamps. For Home
Canning, sugar stamp No. 40 la
good for 5 pounds through Feb.,
1945.
PROCESSED FOODS
MEATS
Ration Stamps . . . Expira
tion dates on Meats-Fats and
Processed Foods ration stamps
have been eliminated for the
duration. Beginning Sunday,
March 26, Red and Blue stamps
in 'War Ration Book Four will
be good indefinitely. House
wives will continue to get three
red stamps worth thirty points'
every second Sunday and five
blue stamps worth fifty points
the first of every month. The
removal of expiration dates on
red and blue food stamps in
War Ration Book No. 4 applies
to all trade levels as well as to
consumers.
This change in no way af
fects the time within wljlch
brown stamps V, W, X, Y, and
Z in War Ration Book No. 3,
and green stamps K, L, and M I
in War Ration Book No. 4 must |
be used by the trade.
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SHOES
Stamp No. 18 in War Ration
Book 1 is good tor one pair of
shoes through April 30, 1944.
Airplane Stamp No. 1 in Book
Three is good for one pair of
shoes (expiration date Is Inde
finite). Another shoe ration
stamp will become valid on
May 1, 1944. The number of
this stamp will be announced
by OPA at a later date.
U. D. C. TO MEET
WITH MR8. LON CAMPBELL
The U. D. C. will meet with
Mrs. Lon Campbell, Monday,
April 10, at 8 o'clock In the
evening. All members are urged
to be prMent.
Jefferson Dinner Speech
Rap* Isolationists
Of GOP
Asserting that the Democratic
party has been marked by des
tiny for leadership In times of
great national crises, Governor
J. M. Broughton, delivered a
speech at Jefferson Day din
ner In Fairmont, W. Virginia,
last Saturday, which may well
be termed a keynote of the
coming presidential campaign.
He appealed for a continuance
of Democratic leadership "to
win a glorious victory."
North Carolina's governor bit
terly assailed the Republican
party as "traditionally and his-'
torlcally reactionary and isola
tionist," and "lacking In back
ground and experience to car
ry on the war."
Roosevelt Sav?d Nation
Terming President Roosevelt,
"the greatest humanitarian of
out time" he asserted that the
new deal is not the Democratic
party, but is one of its manifes
tations, Just as was the new
freedom of Wilson's regime.
"It may well be that the new
deal was but a governmental
blood plasma administered to a
nation suffering from shock and
threatened with death. In any
event, the patient recovered."
The new deal is proof, he said,
that the Democratic party is re
sourceful enough to meet new
conditions and humane enough
never to forget the underprivil
eged and the handicapped
groups of the American people.
"Let the critics howl and thie
isolationists rave, but the fact
remains that the last 12 years
of Republican rule began with
shame and scandal and ended
in the terrifying financial dis
aster of 1632. The succeeding 12
years of Democratic rule began
with an almost miraculous res
cue from financial debacle, con
tinuing to the period of the na
tion's greatest prosperity and
climaxed with victorious lead
ership in the earth's greatest
war."
GOP "Steeped In Reaction"
"So steeped Is the Republican
party In Teaction and isolation
ism that it has turned against
its own chosen leader of tour
years ago. This opposition Is
not due to failure, for he re
ceived more votes than any pre
vious Republican has eVer recei
ved. His offense has been to
display some qualities of liber
alism and to talk about world
peace with full and whole-heart
ed American participation. For
this crime he is condemned by
his own party. In desperation
he struggles for delegates, seek
ing not one world but one
state."
The issues arising out of the
conduct of the war and the
program for peace "is the
greatest assurance of victory in
1944," he said.
"Whether the nominee of the
Republican party be a candidate
whose international experience
and program comprehend every
thing from the Ohio river to
the Great Lakes or one those
views on foreign relations, like
his candidacy, are cleverly con
cealed, the people will at this
juncture have great apprehen
sion about turning over the
ship of state to doubtful pilot
age while traversing dangerous
waters."
No Threat To Free Enterprise
The governor asserted that
there need be no apprehension
that the program of the Demo
cratic party involves the ex
tinction of free enterprise. "The
American people believe In free
enterprise. The Democratic par
ty traditionally has espoused
free enterprise, free profit but
not to exploit either labor or
the public; free to grow, but not
to monopolize.
"The Democratic party Is tra
ditionally and historically a lib
eral party. It will continue so.
The republican party is tradi
tionally and historically reac
tionary and isolationist. It will
continue so. Each party has
been true to its creed and phil
osophy. The records are clear.
The choice rests with the peo
ple."