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LIBERAL
INDEPENDENT
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1944
$2.00 PER YEAR
Registration For Canning
Sugar To Be On May 1 and 2
Every Family Muat Make
Application At
This Time
A general registration for
home canning sugar will be
conducted by Macon County
school teachers on May 1 and 2,
between the hours of 1 p. m.
and 5 p. m. Only one adult
member of a family, capable of
determining or estimating can
ning needs for each consumer
on whose behalf the application
Is made, need apply. War Ra
tion Book 4 of each member of
his or her family MU8T be pre
sented or no sugar coupons will
be Issued. Expiration date for
these coupons will be February
28, 1945.
Registrations will be conduct
ed in the following schools:
Franklin, Iotla, Burningtown,
Oak Dale, Cowee, Union, Maple
Springs, Otto, Clark's Chapel,
Holly Springs, Slagle, Allison
Watts, Hlgdonville, Pine Grove,
Buck Creek, Walnut Creek, Sal
em, Mashburn Branch, Kyle,
btter Creek, Camp Branch, Gold
Mine, Watauga, Oak Ridge,
Highlands, Soaly, Mountain
Grove and Chapel.
The War Price and Rationing
Board urges every family unit,
who need sugar for home can- '
ning, to register at the school
in his community. This is the
only registration which will be
conducted this year for home
canning sugar. N<o provision haa
been made for late registrant*,
according to the local OPA of
fice.
The public will please note
that the registration at the
Franklin high school will start
at 2 p. m., instead of 1 p. m.
Commissioners
Ask Board Of Assessment
For Advice On Tax Law
The County Commissioners at
their meeting on Monday took
up the matter of the petition
to raise the tax valuation of the
Nantahala Power and Light
Company's properties, which
was presented on April 7 to the
Board of Equalization and Re
view. After discussion it was de
cided that, in view of the com
mittee's uncertainty as to its
authority to change the valua
tion, that a letter be written to
the State Board of Assessment,
asking for a clarification of
the County Board's authority.
In accordance with this ac
tion, the Commissioners have
addressed a communication to
the State Board of Assessment
asking their advice as to what
action caA legally be taken on
the petition.
O. V. Hill Victim
Of Auto Accident
Funeral services for O. V. Hill,
63, of Canton, who was struck
by an automobile two weeks
previous, and who died of In
juries received, were held at the
Canton Presbyterian church last
Thursday afternoon, with burial
at the Bon-A-Venture cemetery.
Mr. Hill was a native of Ma
con county and was well known
here. He had been an employee
of the Champion Paper and
Fibre company since 1932.
He is survived by his widow,
the former Miss Nobia Collins,
of Macon county; four daugh
ters, Mrs. Virginia Hill Sma th
ers. Mrs. Marie Hill Smathers,
and Miss Mary Louise Hill of
Canton, and Mrs. Pauline H1U
Clark, of Ashevllle; one son,
Vernon Hill of Waynesville; a
brother, Carl Hill, Canton mer
chant; two half-brothers. C. L.
and J. B. Pendergrass, both of
Franklin; and one half-sister,
Mrs. J. C. Patrick, of Waynes
ville.
Former Macon Woman
Murdered In> Washington
News has been received here
from Mount Vernon, Washing
ton, of the murder of Mrs. Jus
tus R. Powers, the former Miss
Malvia Boston of the Patton
section of Macon county, on
April 9. Search for her husband.
28-year old shipyard worker,
who has been charged with the
murder of his 19-year-old
bride. Is being made by officers
?Continued On Page Six
For U. S. Senator
CLYDE R. HOEY
VISITOR HERE
Former Governor Clyde R.
Hoey, was a visitor in Franklin
on Tuesday in the Interest of
his candidacy lor the Demo
cratic nomination to the U. S.
Senate. He stated that his great
interest was centered in this
nation's part to be played in
establishment of a permanent
world peace.
Gov. Hoey Is not only a gifted
orator but a statesman of unu
sual ability, as shown when he
was governor of North Carolina.
His nomination and election will
assure North Carolina of worthy
representation In the U. 6. Sen
ate and that body a distingu
ished member.
- Fred Cabe -
Appointed County Mgr.
McDonald Campaign
The following wire was re
ceived Thursday morning from
McDonald-For-Governor head
quarters in Raleigh:
Ed Broadhurst, state manager
for Ralph McDonald, announces
appointment of Fred D. Cabe
of Franklin as Macon county
manager for McDonald.
Still Seized And
Convict Recaptured
Sheriff Bradley and Federal
Officer John Norton seized a 20
gallon copper still in the Pren
tiss community on April 12. The
still had been taken from the
furnace and concealed In a
thicket, the officers reported.
Sheriff Bradley and Deputy
Dean, with Sheriff Wilson and
his deputy from Clayton, Oa.,
recaptured Robert Beasley who
escaped from the Georgia peni
tentiary about a month ago. He
was serving a seven-year sen
tence for house-breaking and
robbery. The officers state that
they caught him asleep under
a rock cliff on Commissioner
creek.
Last Rite* For
Mrs. Mack Higdon
Mrs. Delia Higdon, SI, of the
Iotla section, died suddenly Sat
urday at 10:30 a. m. at a fil
ling station here. Mrs. Higdon
was on her way to Clayton, Oa.
to a doctor, it was reported.
She had been In 111 health for
several months.
Born In Macon county, Mrs.
Higdon lived here all her life,
except a few years spent in
Jackson county. She moved back
to Maoon three years ago.
She was a member of the
Iotla Baptist church. ,
Funeral services were held
Monday at 11 a. m. at Zlon
Hill Baptist church, Jackson
county, with the Rev. Lester
Sorrells, Macon oounty Baptist
minister, officiating. Burial was
In the church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Charles Potts,
Robert Bennett, W. R. Mason,
Robert Rogers, N. A. West and
W. J. Strong.
Surviving are the husband.
Mack Higdon; three sons, How
ard, Franklin, Rt. 3, Lee and
Robt. Higdon, both In the arm
ed forces overseas; one daugh
ter. Miss Julia Higdon, Frank
lin. Rt. 3; one sister, Mrs. Jane
Webb, Tucapau, S. C., and one
grandchild.
Bryant Funeral Home was in
Charg? of arrangements.
NEWS or OUR
MEN?w WOMEN
IN UNIFORM
I Pfc. Leslie A. Reese, son of
Mrs. Clyde Norton of Highlands,
spent a short furlough with his
mother in Jacksonville, Fla. He
is at the present stationed at
Camp Philips, Kan.
S 1/C John C. Reeves, son of
Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Reeves, has
been serving in the U. 6. Navy
for one year.
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Mrs. Wood row Reeves has
heard from her husband, sta
tioned .at Keesier Field, Miss.,
that he met Andy Patton, who
had recently arrived there.
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Pfc. Ray Ramsey, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. L. Ramsey, is
spending a 30-day furlough at
home. He has spent 17-months
of active service and after the
Bougainville campaign he was
assigned to a hospital for three
months from injuries received.
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Pvt. Gernell L. Woods, son of
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Woods of
Franklin, has just been present
ed with the Army's newest
award for infantrymen, the
Combat Infantrymen Badge. He
has been stationed overseas on
the Fiji Islands. Guadalcanal,
Bougainville and is a veteran
of the New Guinea campaign.
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Pfc. Vernon D. Stiles, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Tom W. Stiles of
Prentiss, is spending a 10-day
furlough at home. He has been
In service seven months and is
now stationed at Camp Van
Dorn, Miss.
Truman Committee
Report On Mica
Ls Challenged
The following article appear
ing in the Mining Journal of
Phoenix, Arizona, has been sent
to us by M. V. Dunavant, Man
power representative of the Col
onial Mica Corporation, with
headquarters in Ashevllle.
Mr. Dunavant explains that
the Colonial Mica Corporation
is a government-owned oorpora
tion acting as Agent for Metal
Reserves Company, its function
being to promote the produc
tion of strategic mica for the
war effort. This is done by ex
amining properties, leasing equ
ipment, giving technical advice
and buying the mica produced.
We are glad to publish this clip
ping:
'?The Truman Committee still
is making quite a fuss about
Colonial Mica's conduct of the
domestic mica industry. Un
doubtedly there was laxity, and
RHM 1/C Donald A. Zickgraf,
of the U. S. Navy, son of Mr.
and Mrs. W. C. Zickgraf, spent
a short furlough at home before
leaving for overseas duty. He
has been in service for 10 years
Pfc. Emerson O. Crawford, son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Craw
ford, spent a seven-day fur
lough at home. He was accom
panied by his wife and son of
Belmont Pfc. Crawford was a
teacher of public scltools before
going into service.
Pvt. Walter W. Hannah is
spending a two-weeks furlough
at home before going to Camp
Meade, Md.
Pvt. Carl Jones is spending a
few days with his friend, Pvt.
WsKer Hannah; before going to
his home in Virginia.
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Captain Frank Killian has
landed safely in England, accor
ding to word received by Mrs.
Killian.
Jack Ralph Mason, Coxswain,
who has been on furlough visit
ing his wife in Canton, is now
visiting his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Oscar Mason. His last trip
home was over a year ago, soon
after the sinking of the "Wasp"
of which he is a survivor, went
down on September 15, 1942.
Jack says he expects to see To
kyo before he sees Franklin
again.
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Lieut. Edward R. Mashburn,
son of Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Mash
burn, has returned to duty af
ter spending a furlough with
his wife, the former Miss Mar
lene Hill and his sister, Miss
Annalee Mashburn, at their
home In Goldsboro.
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Pvt Daniel Carpenter of
Prentiss, who Joined the Armed
Forces In April, 1942, has just
completed a course for the Fer
rying Division, Air Transport
Command at Nashville, Tenn.
This division, through its var
ious groups, delivers aircraft to
the Allied Nations fighting on
fronts the world over.
Y 2/C Harley Cabe, who has
been serving In the navy, sta
tioned at Attu In the Aleu
tians, is home on furlough. At
present, his camp is In Calif.
perhaps some abuse, at the
start of this enterprise, but a
pretty good job has been done
in expanding production and in
bringing prices to a level where
operators can make a living.
What the Truman Committee
fails to point out is that the
real trouble with mica produc
tion is a severe shortage of la
bor, especially in the New Eng
land area where the deposits
are close to industrial plants.
As soon as men imported for
mining check over the advan
tages of working in a factory,
they change Jobs. A little less
talking and a few hundred
workers would make all the dif
ference in the world."
LEGION TO MEET
ON SATURDAY NIGHT
The Macon Post of the Am
erican Legion will meet In the
legion hall on Saturday "even
ing at 8 p. m? according to an
announcement by John WaalUk,
commandant.
1ST. LT. PERRY
WINS HONORS
The Distinguished Flying
Cross Recently
Bestowed
The many friends of 1st Lt.
Alfred Wlnton Perry, will rejoice
to hear that his mother, Mrs.
J. E. Perry, has Just received
word of his having received the
Distinguished Flying Cross, one
of the highest military honors
bestowed only for extraordinary
achievement and performance.
No further detail has yet arriv
ed concerning this latest honor,
but a short time before, the
following letter was received
dated March 15, from the Head
quarters of her son's Fighter
Command in England:
Dear Mrs. Perry:
I have Just had the honor
of presenting the Second Bronze
Leaf Cluster to the Air Medal
to your son ... He received this
decoration for meritorious ach
ievement while participating in
missions over enemy territory.
In these missions he displayed
courage and skill which reflect
ed high credit upon himself and
the armed forces of his country
and of his mother.
I take pleasure in notifying
you personally of his success
and to congratulate you, his
mother, upon having such a
fine son, who Is doing so much
for his country.
With warm personal regards,
I am.
Very truly yours,
(Signed) E. R. Quesada.
Brigadier General U. S.
Army Commanding.
At the bottom of this letter,
the General had added in his
own handwriting, "May I share
your pride?"' Many friends here
will also share the pride of
Win ton's mother and Command
ing General.
No More Potatoes
To Be Shipped
No more Irish potatoes will be
shipped from Macon county af
ter this announcement, accord
ing to Sam Mendenhall, farm
agent. He states that full notice
has been given during the last
two weeks to all the farmers In
the county, and that the crop
Is pretty well cleaned up.
Inspector Barnes, who has
represented the Surplus Com
modity Corporation has left to
inspect the potatoes being ship
ped from neighboring counties.
Mr. Mendenhall states that ap
proximately 180,000 pounds of
potatoes have been sold to the
8. C. C. here at Franklin since
April 11, and farmers are well
pleased with results. Many have
expressed their appreciation for
the service rendered by S. C. C.
and the good Job done by Wylle
Brown in grading, bagging and
storing the potatoes.
Democrats
To Hold Precinct Meeting
On Saturday
AH precinct meetings of the
Democratic party will be held
on Saturday, April 22, at 10:00
a. m. at the regular voting
places in the townships as an
nounced by E. W. Long, chair
man of the executive committee.
All Democrats are urged to at
tend these meetings at which
five, Democrats are to be elect
ed as the precinct executive
committees. Orje of these should
be a woman, and the five elect
ed will choose a chairman and
a vice-chairman.
On Saturday, April 29, the
county convention will meet at
the Court house at 2 p. m. to
elect delegates to the State
Convention. A date will be set
at this time to nominate Dem
ocratic candidates for county
offices.
Court Disposes Of
Criminal Cases
Criminal cases disposed of In
Superior Court this week in
cluded fines and costs paid by
Arthur Moore, John McMahan
and Nick Potts for operating
motor vehicles while Intoxicat
ed and by T. H. Croft for sel
ling wine and beer without a
license.
Costs were paid in cases
against Bill Carpenter and Jack
Johnson for having whiskey in
their possession and by Mra.
Ralph Burrell for larceny.
Nelson Hayes, colored, was
sent to the roads for four
months for driving without a
license and Lloyd Burgess, Geo
rge and Robert McDonald, col
ored, were sent up for six
months for larceny of chickens.
Several cases were continued
and nol-prossed.
Civil court was still In prog
ress Thursday, Judge Felix E.
Alley is presiding.'
Double Quota
Surgical Dressings To Be
Made By Local Red Cross
Mrs. Allan Brooks, chairman
of Surgical Dressings of the
Red Cross here, has announced
that a double quota of surgical
dressings has been received by
the chapter, which will tax the
capacity of the workers now
serving. Mrs. Brooks said more
women were needed to enlist to
this vital work for the wound
ed on the battle fields and hos
pitals. More and more bandag
es must be supplied In prepara
tion for the Invasion casual
ties.
In view of the increased need,
Mrs. Brooks announces that the
Red Cross room will be open
for work on Tuesday evening as
well as Friday evening In addi
tion to the afternoons. New
workers are urged to enlist.
Post-War Plans Featured
At C Of C Annual Dinner
Board Of Director* Are
Chosen For Coining
Year
Good speeches were features
of the Chamber of Commerce
dinner at the Legion Hall last
Friday evening. B. L. McGlam
ery, chairman, presided and Gil
mer Jones, chairman of the
program committee introduced
the speakers.
Neville Sloan, now resident in
Atlanta as an engineer with the
Regional Forest Service, who
has three sons in the U. S.
Army, spoke on the suject of
"our greatest natural recources,"
referring to our young men and
women in the armed forces. He
urged that the Chamber of
Commerce keep a complete list
of all with information avail
able, and that a personal mes
sage be sent to every Macon
county man and woman. Then,
when they begin to come home,
the Chamber of Commerce
could become a job-finding bu
reau.
John Archer spoke of the
plans for providing for future
employment for service men al
ready being made by the local
branch of national organiza
tion of the Committee For
Economic Development, outlin
ing the wide aoope of ita post
war planning by Increasing pro
duction and raising the stand
ard of education and other so
cial benefits.
J. W. Alexander, engineer
head of the Ashevllle division
of the Colonial Mica Corpora
tion, stated that the 37 mica
mines being worked in Macon
county were producing $60,000
worth a month, the next highest
producing county in the South.
Arthur Schilling, supervisor
of the Nantahala Forest, out
lined the broad plans of the
U. S. Forest Service for post
war employment in concrete
terms of man-hours. Sam Men
denhall gave an example of
progress In farming with the
cooperation of TVA. Lee Guffey
gave the annual report of ac
tivities and finances.
There was a large attendance
of members and visitors. All
were glad to welcome back Ma
jor and Mts. Frank Carmack,
who have spent the winter in
Florida and will open the
Franklin Lodge and Golf course
for the season.
At the close of the meeting
the following Board of Direc
tors was elected: B. L McOlam
ery, Gilmer Jones, E. J. Whit
mire, Grant Zicgraf, L. H. Page,
Erwin A. Schilling and W. C.
Burrell.