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VOL. LIX? NO. 15
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1944
$2.00 PER YEAR
Taxpayers File Petition
With Equalization Board
Ask Increase In Valuation
Of Power Company
Properties
A group of taxpayers repre
senting different sections of the
county, filed the following peti
tion before the Macon County
Board of Equalization and Re
view meeting on Friday, April
7. The members of the Board
are also members of the County
Board of Commissioners, Ous
Leach, chairman, W. W. Ed
wards and Charlie Blaine.
According to the secretary of
the Board, Lake V. Shope, the
matter was discussed at length,
the members agreeing that they
did not know whether they had
v authority under the law to act
on the petition, and no action
was taken.
The Board was sitting for the
last time this year, but Mr.
Shope stated that they decided
to take the matteT up In their
next week's meeting of the
Commissioners, at which time
they will discuss employing a
lawyer to represent the coun
ty's interests before the State
Board of Assessments in Ral
eigh.
before the county board I
OF EQUALIZATION
North Carolina,
Maoon County.
PETITION AND REQUEST
Citizens and Taxpayers
To
The Honorable Board of County
Commissioner* composing the
County Board of Equalisation
and Review.
To the Board:
Pursuant to the laws of North
Carolina in such cases made
and provided, we the undersign
ed citizens and taxpayers of
Macon County, North Carolina,
CIL-ftPfl . 00 Qury>|yoa
and other citizens and taxpay
ers of said County,, hereby re
quest and urge you to equalize
th6 m e of 016 Property of
the Nantahala Power and Light
Company In the Township^
Franklin, Nantahala, and Mill
shoal, by increasing the assess
ed value thereof to the end
that same shall be on the tax
records of Macon County at a
fair, equal and equitable value
compared with other property
and in support of this request
we respectfully showeth your
Honorable Board:
*?? Property of said
Nantahala Power and T.ighf
Company, situated in the above
mentioned Townships, consist
ing of about 2,200 acres of land
two hydro-electric power plants,
Including the dams, buildings,
structures, tunnel, transformers
venhf;,f?Ck' merchandise, motor
vehicles, easements, and all
other properties, privileges,
rights and appurtenances there
to belonging and/or incident
thereto, was last assessed for
taxation at a figure, to-wit the
sum of $2,548,903.00,' whlTh f?
ure obviously is unjust and
manifestly unequal by compar
ison with the assessment on
other property.
. Th?t Awe are Informed and
believe that the above describ
ed property of said Nantahala
Power and Light Company as
sessed at the said sum of S2 -
m^03'?0, represent" an invest
ment of more than ten million
dollars, and, therefore, said as
sessment for taxation represents
less than 25% of the said in
vestment and the value of said
Property, whereas most all oth
er property in Macon County
if not all, is assessed for taxa
tton at a much larger per cent
onrf a.mount of the investment
vaI"f of the property, in
fact, most other, property is as
sessed at a figure representing
at least 60% of the investment
841(1 Property and
60 CMeS much more
In view of these comparisons
we sincerely feel that a fair
tax valuation for the property
r ' r NantahaIa PoweT and
Light Company, and a valua
tion that will equalize said pro
perty with other property In
Macon County, is at least 60%
or the cost or investment of
said property, In which case
the assessed tax valuation of
the property of said Nantahala
Power and Light Company in
the aforesaid township would
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Classifications
Announced By Our Local
Board
The' following; classifications
are announced by the Local Se
lective Service Board;
1-A: Lewis Ellison Dendy,
Paul Chandler Mason, John
Harry Thomas.
2-A: James Everett Henson,
Andy Albert Owen, France Shir
al Roper, Thomas Wayne Lowe.
2-C: Charles Neville Cabe,
Lemuel Monroe Stewman, Jake
Donald Cabe.
4-F: Hugh Dorsey Lee.
1-A-H: Fred Taylor Bryson.
1C: James Gordon McCollum,
Charles Norman Dowdle, John
Odus Mashburn, John Leach
Cunningham, Frank Cling
Brooks, George Herbert Reid,
Skyler Ledford, W. J. Mason,
Roy Lee Dills.
The following was classified
in 1-A by the Board of Appeal:
Earl Joseph Dills.
The following classifications
are announced by the Local Se
lective Service Board;
1-A: Clarence Wilbur Dowdle,
Dorman Dale Gibson, Marshall
William Carpenter. Logan Berry
Ashe, Ray Bates, David Marion
Sanders.
2-A: Earl Joseph Dills, Henry
Hastings, Clinton Theodore Hol
land, Milton Rowland, Clarence
Eugene Mitchell, Wiley Rogers
Stockton, Roston Battey Dean,
Sheridan Charles Evans, Felix
Floid Nichols, Woodrow Wilson
Clark, Claud Pendergrass.
2-B: Ralph Edgar Shelton.
George Taylor, R. L? Houston,
Robert Louis Pattillo, Joe Mit
chell Henry.
1-C: James Wesley Todd, Wil
liam Henry Snyder, Frank
Washington Crisp, Henry Wal
lace Moss, l?ver Dee Welch.
2-C: William Arthur Mos tel
ler, Jess Edgar Shope.
4-F: CalUe Calvin Cantrell,
Wade Hamilton Stockton.
BELOVED LADY
LATOTO REST
Mrs. W. T. Moore Passes
On Saturday After
Long Illness
Last rites for Sallie Cunning
ham Moore, 50, wife of W. T.
Moore, were held at the Frank
lin Methodist church on Easter
afternoon, where hundreds of
sorrowing friends gathered to
pay their last tribute to one of
Macon's most beloved women.
She died early Saturday morn
ing after a long illness. The
pastor, Rev. W. Jackson Hun
eycutt was assisted in the ser
vice by Revs. J. F. Marchman,
A. R. Morgan and Dr. J. T.
Gillespie. Burial was in Frank
lin cemetery.
Pallbearers were T. W. Angel,
T. D. Bryson, Henry W. Cabe.
James Hauser, Lyman Higdon,
Guy L. Houk, Herbert McGlam
ery, and Richard 6. CMohun
dro. Members of the Eastern
Star, which organization she
had served in a number of
chapter offices, attended in a
body and had charge of the
profusion of beautiful floral tri
butes. /
Mrs. Moore grew up in Frank
lin, beloved by all who knew her
for her devotion to her family,
friends and to every good cause
in her community. She was ac
tive in her church, being a
member of the Bible class and
choir. She was married to Wil
liam T. Moore on December 30,
1914.
For 25 years she had been
connected with her father's
fim of E. K. Cunningham and
Co.. taking over the manage
ment of the business after his
death in 1931. This she directed
with marked success, assisted
by her husband, up to a short
time before her death.
Surviving are her husband,
her mother, three brothers, J.
K. of Beckley, W. Va., Charles
E. of Cotnpton, Calif , and Roy
F. of Franklin; a sister, Mrs.
Carl Tysinger of Franklin; a
half brother, W. C. Cunningham
and a half-sister, Mrs. Ida Pres
ta, of Lawndale, Calif.
Men In Service
Awarded Air Medal
Lieut. William C. Nail, son of
A. R. Nail of Highlands, has re
cently received the Air Medal
"for meritorious achievement
while in arial combat" over
Burma. He is pilot of a P-40
fighter plane, based in India.
Lieut. Nail received his educa
tion at Christ School, Arden
and the University of North
Carolina, Chapel Hill. Mrs. Nail,
the former Miss Carolyn Potts
of Highlands, is assistant home
demonstration agent for Macon
county with headquarters in
Franklin.
Sgt. Samuel J. Turpin, son of
Mrs. Belle Turpin, is stationed
at Mars Field, N. C.
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Macon Potatoes
Sold To S C C
The County Agents' Office has
been successful in getting Sur
plus Commodity Corporatibn to
by Irish Potatoes from the far
mers of Macon County, accord
ing to an announcement made
this week by Sam Mendenhall,
Agent. Potatoes grading No. 1
are bringing $1.75 net per hun
dred. Wiley Brown is handling
these potatoes through his store
at the depot. He is grading,
bagging and tagging the pota
toes, and the Surplus Commod
ity Corporation designates the
shipping points.
Any farmer who has potatoes
for sale should bring them to
help the farmers who have sur
plus potatoes.
{Republican Committee
To Name Candidates
The Republican executive
committee will meet Thursday
evening to name candidates for
county offices for the 1944 term.
Last Rites For
Accidlent Victim
Funeral services for Pearl
Hodgins, 19, of Franklin, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Edd Hod
gins. who was drowned in Lake
Checah last Friday, were held
Monday afternoon at Gillespie
chapel, with Rev. V. N. Allen,
pastor and Rev. Sanders offi
ciating.
Surviving are the parents, two
sisters, Frances, and Myrtle of
Florida, and two brothers, Rich
ard and Homer. Bryant's Funer
ol Home was in charge.
Miss Hodgins and Mrs. Naomi
Bruner, both waitresses at Fan
tana Dam cafeteria, were
drowned when the borrowed car
In which they were riding over
turned in the lake about five
miles below the dam last Friday
afternoon. TVA crews lifted the
car out out of the lake with a
crane and the bodies were
inside. The coroner's jury of
Swain county found the two
came to their death In an auto
accident.
Macon Men
Go To Fort Bragg For
Induction
The following men were sent
to Fort Bragg on April 4, for
Induction into the Army:
Harold Eugene Swafford, Wil
liam Howard Wood, Robert Hen
ry Bates, Dean Franklin Mash
burn, Norton Virgil Corne, John
Lester Cabe, Claud Atward Hen
ry, Furman Trotter Brendle,
Judson Edwin Vinson, Robert
Furman Haskett, Sidney Eugene
Elliott, Waymon Chastain, John
Harris Henson, William Shirley
Childers, Adrian Marshall Peek.
The. following were sent to
Fort Bragg on April 7 for in
duction into the Army:
Cornaro Draton Baird, Willi
am Lester Reed, Perry Mash
burn, George Pratt McClure,
George Bulen McCall, Henry
David Tallent, Henry Baker
Cabe, Frank Monroe Roper, Jos
eph Walter Reese, Bulen Neal
Peek, Elmer Siler ? Tallent, Les
ter Alvin Patton, Willie Mitch
ell Moses, Roy J. Collier, Elmer
Luther Hannah, Columbus Mil
ton Frazier. Leslie Vaughn
Smith, James Dorman Russell,
Paul Wm. Brown, Ira Ledford,
Albert Eugene Barnes, Daniel
McCaleb Bishop, Ralph Vinson,
Gay Garland Yonce, Fred Roy
al Jones, . Rufus Collier, Homer
McKinley Hedden, Harold Tho
mas Jennings, John Furman
McConnell, Everett James Mash
bum.
James Noel Cochrari and
Clyde J. Southard were trans
ferred to this board for induc
tion and left with this call.
Macon Men
Join Navy And Marines
The following men were in
ducted into the Navy and Ma
rine Corps on April 4 at Spar
tanburg, S. C.:
Robert Glenn Ray, Sr., Ernest
Jesse Moffltt, Ralph Solesbee,
David Austin Mashburn, Harry
Lee Cunningham, Norman Per
ry Holland. Paul Madison Peek,
Cleatus Sylvester Hedden, Mar
tin Jack Peek, Wm. Henry Sny
der, Wm. Henry Mashburn,
Ford Marshall Mann, Wiley Ro
ger Ashe, Paul Seay, James
Henry Crawford, Frank Wash
ington Crisp, Oscar Bateman,
John Alfred Hall, Henry Wallace
Moss, Roy Thomas Messer, Do
ver Dee Welch, John Lewis
Moore, Max Lee Roper, Jake
David Welch, James D. Dills.
Albert Prince Stevens and
Hoke Cleabern Meadows were
transferred to this board for
induction into the Navy and
were sent with this call.
18-Yiear-Olds Are
Registered For Service
The following boys reached
their 18th birthday during the
month of March and registered
for Selective Service:
Clell Taft Bryant, David Lewis
Mashburn, Remon Tanner Fouts,
Clyde Moss, Lewis Ellison Den
dy, Clarence Wilfur Dowdle,
Claud John Crisp, Oarland Wil
ton Evans, J. A. Hurst, LeRoy
Junior Mason, J. L. Crisp, Rob
ert Jackson Angel, Wayne Lee
Trommell, James David Ponce,
Willie Wykle, Jesse Salem Vin
son, Ebbie Lee Bingham, Ralph
Horace Duvall, Clarence Harley
Webb.
DON'T FORGET
CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
DINNER, APR. 14, Legion Hall.
Missionaries
To Hold Missions School
At Baptist Church
Dr. and Mrs. D. F. Stamps,
returned missionaries from Chi
na, will conduct a school of
missions at the Franklin Bap
tist church during the week of
April 17. There will* be special
meetings for the beginners, pri
maries, and juniors at the
church each afternoon.
The evening services will be
gin at 8 o'clock Monday through
Friday, at which time Dr.
Stamps will meet with the
adults and Mrs. Stamps with
the young people and Intermed
iates of a study of their work
among the Chinese people. Dr.
Stamps will also bring an in
spirational message each even
ing.
Dr. Stamps will preach at
the morning and evening ser
vices Sunday.
The public is cordially invit
ed to attend.
Board Of Elections Names
Registrars And Judges
Navy Recruiting
At Postoffice
April 19
A Navy Recruiting Station
will be established in the
Postoffice at Franklin on Ap
ril 19, it was announced here
today by Chief C. J. Rhine
hardt of the Asheville Navy
Recruiting Station. Applica
tions will be accepted from
young men seventeen years
of age, and those more than
thirty-eight, and from women
for the WAVES betmeen the
ages of twenty to thlrty-slx.
C. J. RHIN.HARDT,
CSM., U. S. Navy.
Superior Court
Will Open Spring Term
On Next Monday
The Spring term of Macon
County Superior Court is sched
uled to open on next Monday
morning, April 17, with Judge
Felix E. Alley of Waynesville
presiding.
Only about six new criminal
cases are on the docket in the
office of the Clerk of Court, the
remaining cases being continued
from the last term.
Council Meeting
Of County H-D Clubs
rs. Robert Fulton, president of
the Federation of Macon Coun
ty Home Demonstration Clubs,
announces that the regular
council meeting will be held In
the Agricultural building, Sat
urday, April 15, at 2 p. m.
Miss Llllie N. Hunter, Exten
sion Specialists in clothing of
State College, Raleigh, N. C?
will conduct a demonstration
entitled "My Clothing Needs."
Miss Anna C. Rowe, Western
District home agent, Ashevllle,*
will be present.
MR. AND MRS. AVERELL
HERE FOR SHORT TIME
Mr. and Mrs. James Averell
of Decatur, Ga., will be in
Franklin for several weeks,
staying at Kelly Inn.
Mr Averell, who was assist
ant supervisor of the Nantaha
la Forest Service here before
his promotion to the Atlanta
Regional office, will be engag
ed in some special work for the
Forest Service in this section.
Homer Cochran
Chief Of Police Very 111;
A. C. Pannell Supplies
Homer Cochran, chelf of pol
ice, is reported seriously 111 at
his home, and the Town Board
has appointed A. C. Pannell to
take his place during his ab
sence.
At the last meeting the Board
appointed Jack Cabe as night
policeman. He will be on duty
from 6 p. m. until Mr. Pannell
comes on duty in the morning.
In accordance with the law,
the Macon County Board of
Elections met in regular session
on Saturday, April 8, and the
following reglrtrars and judges
were appointed for the different
Townships as follows, accord
ing to an announcement by J.
J. Mann, chairman. The names
appearing on the list are the
registrars of the said precinct,
the other two being the judges.
Millshoal ? J. M. Raby, Frank
Cabe and Henry Corbln.
Ellljay ? Charlie Bryson, L. T.
Moses and Wayne Hlgdon.
Sugarfork ? Ezra Shook, Lu
ther Holland and Frank Peek
Highlands ? Ray Potts, Fred
Edwards and James Hicks.
Flats ? Ray Dry man, Raymond
Penland asd Marshall Burnette.
Smith's Bridge ? Jess Norton,
C. R. Cabe and Claude Patter
son.
Cartoogechaye ? Dan Swear
man, J. C. Dalrymple and Cecil
Crawford.
Nantahala No. 1 ? Lee Bald
win, J. M. Ray, and Dallas Row
land.
Nantahala No. 2 ? J. R. Shields.
James S. Grant and Wymer
Cochran.
Burningtown ? Ed Byrd, Bill
Parrish and Raymond Younce.
Cowee ? Bob Rickman, Joel
Dalton and T. O. Dean.
Franklin? Jess Shope, James
Palmer and George Reece.
Registrants
Under 26 To Report To
Local Draft Board
All registrants under 26 years
of age who have not been ex
amined by the armed forcea
within the past 00 days will be
ordered to report for prelnduc
tlon physical examination, an
nounced General J. Van B.
Metts, State Director of Selec
tive Service. The General stated
that local boards have just been
furnished directives to the ef
fect and that members of his
staff are at present conducting
a series of regional conferences
to discuss this policy as it af
fects occupational and agricul
tural deferments. He pointed
out that the directive was for
the purpose of accelerating the
processes of induction of young
er men to meet the urgent
needs of the armed services and
to provide the Director of Selec
tive Service and employers with
information regarding those
who are not acceptable for mili
tary service.
The State Director advises
that a registrant, if found ac
ceptable to the armed forces,
might still be granted an occu
pational deferment, provided a
Form 42-A Special, approved by
the State Director having Juris
diction over the principal place
of employment, Is received by
the local board prior to the
registrant's actual induction. In
view of directives from National
Headquarters of Selective Ser
vice, Metts anticipates that few
?Continued On Page Six
Merchants Plan Closing
On Wednesday Afternoons
A number or merchants and
other citizens have been inter
viewed this week in regard to
the proposed Wednesday after
noon closing during the remain
der of the Spring and the Sum
mer months. The committee of
merchants, headed by Paul
Swafford of Swafford's Market,
has canvassed the grocery and
, feed merchants and hope to
secure the cooperation of other
merchants for the announce
ment next week.
Mr. Swafford stated that most
merchants were satisfied with
the results of last year's closing
and were looking forward to the
same arrangement this year. "I
had some help on my farm
then, but this year all have
either gone to defense jobs or
into the service." He said that
a salesman in town on Monday
remarked that all the towns
west of Asheville as well as in
this vicinity * In north Georgia
had already adopted the Wed
nesday closing schedule.
Cooperation Needed
Other merchant! Interviewed
expressed the hope that all
would cooperate, a few basing
their cooperation on that of one
or more of their competitors.
The need of mining operations
for emergency supplies was cit
ed as an obstacle to the closing
of hardware stores, but the sug
gestion was advanced that sup
ply stores arrange that on*
stay open in turn, such as drug
stores frequently agree to do on
Sundays.
Citizens, in the main, were
heartily in favor of the public
cooperating as a patriotic meas
ure to stretch the manpower.
One citizen, however, expressed
himself as not approving In
principle. He thinks all should
work seven days a week at his
job to get the war over sooner.
All others Interviewed agreed
that by planning, they could
easily get along without buying
supplies one afternoon in the
week.
Last year the closing covered
the period from the middle of
April to the middle of Septem
ber.