?[!)? <*}tgblanhsi Jiacontan
keKJJab
PROGRESSIVE
LIBERAL
l.\ DEPENDENT
VOL. LX?NO. 11
FRANKLII^, N. C., THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 1945
$2.00 PKR VKAR
SUPERIOR TERM
OF COURT TO BE
HELD APRIL 16
Jucge J. W. Pless Will |
Preside; Jurors Drawn
For Spring Term
Jurors for the April term of
Macon county Superior court
were drawn at a session of the
county commissioners. Judge J.
W. Pless, of Marion, is the pre
siding Judge, and court is
scheduled to open on Monday
morning, April 16.
The commissioners made a
motion to re-appoint Cecil L:
Pendergrass to the Board of
Welfare for a period of two
years. Also to make a contri
bution of $200 to the Macon
County Chapter of American 1
Red Cross.
Jurors drawn for the first
week include:
Silas Jenkins, Gneiss; W. R.
Watkins, Cullasaja; J. T. Moss,
Gneiss; Frank Potts, Highlands;
W. F. McDowell, Cullasaja; J.
C. Gibson, Rt. 1; J. E. Allen,
West's Mill; C. C: Stamey, Rt
2; Jack Cansler, Franklin; J.
W. Watts, Prentiss; Lawrence,
Moffitt, Prentiss; Jural Smith,
Rt. 3; W. C. Arvey, Franklin;
I. D. Leatherman, Leatherman;
George R. Hen&on, Rt. 2;
Claude Arnold, Cullasaja; Law
ton Keener, Highlands; Harlie
J. Bradley, Rt. 1, Dillard, Ga.;
W. A. Hayes, Highlands; W. D.
Welch, West's Mill; J. F. De
weese, Kyle; Roy Stiwin.ter, Cul
lasaja; Mell Cabe, Rt. 2; R. D.
Brendle, Rt. 4; John William
son, Rt. 1 ; Mack Moffitt,
Franklin; Charles R. Phillips,
Rt. 1; Joel M. Dalton, West's
Mill; T. H. Barnes, Highlands;
Frank C. Brown, Rt. 2; Pink M.
Gregory, Rt. 2; Floyd jiall, Rt.
3; Carl Bolick, Gneiss; W. T.
Fouts, ?t. 3; T. S. Speed, High
lands; C. A. Breedlove, Stiles.
Second Week
M. B. Pendergrass, Kyle; A.
O. Hicks, Kyle; Miller Richie,
Kyle; R. H. Calloway, High
lands; W. E. Allen, West's Mill;
R. F. Bryant, Rt. 3; Fred S.
Moore, Rt. 1; W. Judd Roland,
Rt. 3; Carl P. Cabe, Franklin;
Dillard Frazier, Rt. 2; Frank
Carpenter, Prentiss.
Mail Schedule Changed
On Sunday T. F.
Since March 1, all Sunday
train mails over the Tallul&h
Falls Railway from Cornelia,
Ga., to Franklin, have been de
livered by bus, arriving at the
Franklin post office at 11 a. m.,
and leaving the office at 11:80
a. m. This is the last dispatch
on Sunday for mails connect
ing with malls in Cordelia, Oa.
The dally mail will continue
to arrive by train at 2 o'clock
and leave the Franklin/ post
office at 2:05 and leave the
Franklin depot at 2:\)0 o'clock.
nP ar ent-Teachers
To- Meet Monday Night
The Franklin Parent-Teach- ,
ers association will hold their
regular monthly meeting In the
high school auditorium on Mon
day evening, beginning at 7:30
o'clock. A representative from
the Health Department is ex
pected to be present and will
discuss "Health Needs of the
Children of Macon County." All
members are urged to attend.
Sol Sanders Joins
American Field Service
Sol Sanders, who recently
Joined up with the American
Field Servtee, left New York
on March 4, for overseas serv
ice. He was accompanied to
New York by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Sanders, who
stayed with him until he left.
They also bought new mer
chandise for their store while
away.
FORD MANN PROMOTED TO
SEAMAN SECOND CLASS
Ford Mann has been promot
ed from Seaman second to sea
man first, class In the United
States Navy, according to a let
ter received by his wife. Sea
man Mann recently spent a
17-day leave with his wife and
two daughters, who were then
' living at Newton. They are now
living on Franklin route 2.
Seaman Mann U the son of Mr.
and Mrs. James J. Mann, of
Franklin route S.
Classifications
Announced By Local
Service Board
The following classifications
were reported by Local Board
on March 9:
II-A ? Went Horn Williams,
Carl Juan McCall, James San
ders, Henry Monroe Ledford.
By Appeal Board:
I-A ? Carl Bernard Curtiss.
The following classilicutions
are announced by the Local Se
lective Service Board March 10,
1845 r
I-A ? Calvin Coolidge Douthit,
Don Orady West, Lewis Eugene
Gibson, Albert Lee Poindexter,
Major L. Woods, Howard Cun
ningham, Dexter Wilson Mc
Connell, Boy Lee Ramey, Gor
don Hez Dills, George Burl
Southards, Herman William
Teem, Grover Wilson Sorrells,
Robert V. Clampltt, Claude N.
Holland, Sherman Claude Mc
Clure, John Thomas Roane,
Floyd Thomas Long, H. B.
Scott, John Webb, James Verlin
Roper, Loyd Williamson, Ed
ward Monroe Rogers, Wilford
Howard Bradley, Edward Jor
don Whitmire, R. L. Tallent,
Verden Hughle Reeves, John
Edward Alexander, Howard
Crunkleton, Warren Woodrow
Wilson, Jay Bryan Houston,
galph Wayne Welch, C?1 Henry
Medlin, Glenn Wm. Watts, Ray
McConnell, George Louie Webb,
Edd Green, Joseph Prince Shep
herd, Lenard Clark Brown.
II-A ? William Gerdine Craw
ford, Clyde Julis Ledford, San
ford Earnest Mann, Lyman Wil
son, Arthur Stanley Proctor,
Carl Edward Webb, Henry Ed
gar McCall, Joseph Lucius Con
ley, James Theodore Rogers,
George Clifford Arrant.
II-B ? James Ardell Parrish.
IV-F ? Carl Junior Seagle,
James Amerlcus Mathis.
I-C ? Willie Columbus Beeco,
John Boyd Long, Frank Jones.
James Paul Vinson, Garfield
Houston, John Buford Gibson,
Paul Gray Ward, Edgar James
Gregory, William David Frady,
Lonzo Woodard, Calvin Eugene
Qwenby, Charles Odell Roper,
Eugene Albert Southard, D. C.
Rogers, James Frederick Cor
penlng, William Clyde Roane,
Markos Newton Snyder, Joe L.
Pouts.
Awarded Purple
Heart Posthumously
Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Sutton I
have received from the War i
Department the Purple Heart
award posthumously for their
son, Pfc. Joseph D. Sutton, for
military merit and wounds re
ceived In action which result
ed In his death on September
4, 1944, while serving in the
European area. Abo a certifi
cate in memory and apprecia
tion sighed by Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
Memorial Board
To Be Presented To High
School at Franklin
The Physical Education girls
of the Franklin high school will
present a memorial board, with
the names of the Macon county
youths who attended the school
and who gave their lives for
their country, in a service to
be held In the Franklin high
school auditorium on Tuesday
morning, March 20, beginning
at 10:40 o'clock.
This board is a solid walnut
cabinet with a glass door and
the names of the boys stamped
In gold on small wooden pla
ques which will be placed in
side the cabinet.
Invitations are being mailed
to the parents of all the boys,
asking them to attend this ded
ication program, but in case
anyone fails to get their invi
tation, they are asked to please
consider this an invitation and
attend this service.
Olrls of the physical Educa
tion group, who are responsible
for having this board made,
could think of no more fitting
memorial for their classmates
and comrades than to place
this memorial board In the
auditorium where they gather
ed on so many previous occa
sions. This board will remain in
the building and as time goes
on, should more of our boys
loose their lives, their names
too, will be added to the list.
BuynweX&v^now
m
Men In Service
PASCHAL NORTON
i
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Norton
of the Otto section of Macon
county, have three sans serv
ing in the Navy.
Coxswain Paschal Norton, who
entered the services in January
1942, is serving in the South
Pacific. He is in the Seabees,
and prior to entering the armed
forces, he was manager of the
Dixie Home Store here. He has
been overseas for the past 22
months.
ERVIN NORTON
Merchant Mechanic 3/CErvin
Norton Is now stationed in
Port Humene, Calif. He entered
the services in August 1943. He
was a driver on the Smoky
Mountain Trailway bus prior to
going into the armed forces.
He was recently home on a
visit with his parents and wife,
the former Miss Icielee Coch
ran, of Chattanooga, Tenn.
? ? ?
Wounded In France
Pfc. Thomas Burgen Moses
was seriously wounded in ac
tion in France on January 22,
and is now in a hospital in
England, according to a letter
received from his mother, Mrs.
Lena Mosteller, of Greer, S. C.
She reports that Pfc. Moses is
improving.
PFC. WILLIAM M. ADAMS
AWARDED BRONZE STAR
The Bronze Star has been
awarded to Pfc. William M.
Adams for action on Leyte. The
citation accompanying the
award read, in part: "For mer
itorious service in connection
with military operations against
the enemy on Leyte, P. I., from
December 9 to December 31,
1944.
"Private Adams was a mem
ber of a howitzer section. Dur
ing the Operation he performed
duties as acting chief of sec
tion for two days and at other
times acted as gunner and
number one man of the ho
witzer section. On December 15
and 16, in the city of Ormoc,
Private Adams' duties made it
necessary to expose himself to
heavy enemy small arms and
artillery fire. At all times he
displayed aggressiveness and
determination and his cheerful
cooperation served as an inspir
ation to his battery."
Private Adams Is a veteran
of Ouam as well, and before
going into the army, made his
home with his mother, Mrs.
Lyda Katherlne Adams, Ellijay.
MERCUS D. M'COY
MADE CORPORAL
Mercus D. McCoy, who is sta
tioned at Marine Barracks,
Quantico, Va., has added an
other chevron to his sleeve,
raising him to the rank of cor
poral at this Marine Corps base.
Corporal McCoy Is the son of
Mrs. Alaphalr H. McCoy of
QntlM,
NEVILLE NORTON
Seaman 2/C Neville Norton Is
now stationed in Miami, Fla.
He entered the services on No
vember 18, 1944, and recently
spent a 10-day furlough at
home following / the completion
of his boot training at Bain
bridge, Md. He was employed
at "Wilmington, Del., by the
Bond Bread truck prior to en
tering the services.
? 1 ??
FLIGHT OFFICER GREEN
in ii nmnmninn?m mi V
Flight Officer Homer L.
Green, who is serving as a pilot
for the past sixth consecutive
months with the B-25 Mitchell
bomber force, has topped all
others in the Mediterranean
Theatre of operations in bomb
ing accuracy, according to a
release from the 12th Army Air
Force.
Flight Officer Green's group
averaged above 90 per cent
bombing accuracy in 96 straight
attacks upon bridges, supply
dumps and troop concentrations
in enemy occupied Italy to set
what is believed to be the
world's record for precision
bombing.
Flight Officer Green is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Homer L.
Green of Franklin route 1. He
Joined the Army Air Oorps Oc
tober 7, 1942, was called to ac
tive duty on Feburary 7, 1943,
received his pilot's wings and
was appointed Flight Officer
August 4, 1944. He went over
seas the later part of Decem
ber, 1944 after receiving his
overseas training at the Green
| ville Army Air Base, Greenville,
S. C. He made his first mission
| on January 1, 1945.
E. G. CRAWFORD
IN PHILIPPINES
Pfc. Emerson G. Crawford,
son of Mr. and Mrs. C. W.
Crawford, of Franklin route 4,
who entered the services in
September. 1943, is now serving
with a division in the Philip
pines. He has been there since
November and said he would
like to see some ice and snow.
Pfc Crawford, a former teach
er in the Macon county public
schools, took his basic train
ing at Camp Barkley, El Paso,
Texas. William Beaumont Gen
eral Hospital and at Camp Beal,
Calif. Also at New Caledonia.
? ? ?
MACON COUNTY BOY
PROMOTED TO MAJOR
The many friends of Lawrence
B. Curtis will be pleased to hear
that in December last, he was
promoted to Major.
Since last September he has
been stationed in New Delhi,
India and writes interesting
letters of his duties, experiences
and glimpses of various foreign
lands.
Major Curtis spent his boy
hood in Macon county., the sor
of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Curtis
now raiding In Demoreit, On
Red Cross War Fund Drive
Exceeds Quota By $809.68
I
1 ?
Good W*r News /
From All Fronts
The latest war news, sent in
by American reporters in
Europe, says our Allied Armies
are shoving the Germans around
on their own front yard.
If all good reports are true
of which we read, the war is
drawing nearer the end with
the Germans, unless Hitler and
j his gang have another surprise
' for our armies in Germany,
i This time, we believe, our of
ficers are on the alert for any
i tricks Hitler may try to pull
! on us, let us hope so at least
| and may we take no chances
on any unforseen barrier to the
complete overthrowing of Hitler
and his Nazi supporters.
Also from the far Pacific
comes encouraging news of
progress on ? land and sea and
in the air against the Japs <
with our armies ever pushing
further and further toward
, Tokyo. Hasten the day when
we have complete mastery of
the sea lanes and islands now j ?
dominated by the sneaking >
Japs. The die is cast in our i
opinion and not too long, may :
we hope, that American and '
Chinese forces there may bring t
these merciless rascals to their ]
knees.
Our bombing of Tokyo and i
other Jap cities as well as the j i
blasting raids we are making I
upon their industries is having (
its effect on Japs morale and j
is breaking down their resis- i
tance on their home front. i
May every true American (
work harder and pray more for ]
the early defeat of the armies (
our soldiers are now facing on <
all war fronts, which would
speed the return of our fight- i
ing forces to their homes and
loved ones who are waiting for {
them everywhere. 3
a/3gt. Warren U Uwenby i
Wounded In Battle J
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Owenby, J
of the Nantahala section of j
Macon county, have had a let- t
ter from their son, S/Sgt. War- J
ren G. Owenby, who was ,
wounded on February 8, stated ,
that he had lost his right leg .
at the knee. His condition oth- (
erwise was reported to be sat- j
isfactory, and expects to be able ,
to return to the states soon, j
He was previously wounded in
July and later In August. He .
was serying in the infantry .
unit.
Pvt. Clay Ailman ,
Looses Life On Leyte i
Mrs. Edith Allman has re
ceived a letter from the War J
Department stating that her ,
husband, Pvt. William Clay All- j
man, was killed on Leyte Island ,
in action on February 10. ,
Pvt. Allman, who entered the j
armed forces on February 10, ,
1941, took his basic training at j
Fort Bragg, and later at Fort (
Jackson, S. C. He was given spe- '
cial training at a camp in San j
Francisco, Calif., before he was ^
sent to overseas duties in No- j
vember, 1944.
Pvt. Allman, a member of the .
forward observer team caried .
a heavy pack-board of radio
equipment over difficult ter- '
rain and was under constant !
enemy fire. He was recently ,
awarded the Bronze Star Medal j
for his heroic work.
i Pvt. Allman is the son of Rob- j
! ert L. Allman and the late Mrs. i
Allman of Franklin. He was
married to Miss Edith Wal- ,
droop, of Franklin route 1, who !
with his father and three sis
ters, Mrs. Bill Alexander, of
Cleveland, Ga., Miss Ruth All
man, of Canton, Ohio, and Miss
Eva Allman, of Baltimore, Md..
survive. Also his step-mother,
Mrs. Minnie Allman.
Johnny Wooten Breaks
Arm In Tricycle Wreck
Johnny Wooten, eight year
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Wooten, of East Franklin broke
his left arm on March 3, by
riding a tricycle off the porch.
He is reported to be getting
along nicely.
War And Rationing
Board To Closs 21, 22
The Local War Price and Ra
tioning Board will be closed to
the public next Wednesday and .
Thursday, March 21st and 22nd.
W. E. Purr, Chairman
Total Of $7,509.68 Raised;
Highlands Reports
Sum Of $2,400
Latest reports of the present
Red nCrpss War Fund Drive In
dicate that $7,509.68 has already
been raised by the Macon
County citizens. Of this amount
the substantial sum of $2,400 is
reported by the Highlands
Branch, according to Claude
Bolton, Macon county treasurer.
"This figure exceeds the quota
of $6,700 by a margin of $809.
68. Leaders in the Drive have
expressed their hopes of reach
ing the $10,000 mark," said Mr.
Bolton.
"While this splendid report
Is to the credit of our citizens,
the campaign should not come
to a close until every adult in
the county has been given the
opportunity of making a maxi
mum gift to this cause."
"This year a speed-up Cam
paign was emphasized and it
Is believed that the bulk of the
work was done during the first
week. While we are endeavor
ing to complete our efforts as
soon as possible, the Campaign
will officially remain open
through March 31." said Mr.
Bolton.
The Initial Gifts Committee,
if which R. S. Jones is chair
nan, reports $1,215. J. Ward
-.ong, chairman of the Special
3ifts Committee reports $741.
\ndrew Ray, chairman of the
:olored people, has turned in
in incomplete report of $16.12.
Certain items reported by the
Initial Gifts and Special Gifts
Committee are also reported
elsewhere.
Reports by community chair
men are as follows:
Otto, Mrs. Will Parrish, $322 -
15; Prentiss. Mrs. Jack Gribble,
>87.50; Skeenah, Mrs. Edwin
Stiles, $30.00; Patton, Harley
Stewart, $73.10; Rabbit and Cat
3reek, John. C. Ferguson, $108.
F5; Iotla, Miss Nora Moody,
>88.00; Upper Cartoagechaye,
Mrs. Joe Setser and Mrs. Carl
ilagle, $200.55; Lower Cartooge
:haye, Mrs. J. R. Ray and Mrs.
Tess Shope, $118.75; Cowee,
liberty and Oak Grove, Edd
Carpenter, Tom Rickman and
31yde West, $467.09; Tellico,
3obby Ramsey, $50.00; Culla
>aja, Mrs. Tom Bryson, $107.51;
*ine Grove, Mrs. Merle Dryman
ind J. B. Brendle, $58.76;
Clark's Chapel, Charlie C. Sut
x>n, $137.94; Franklin, Ben Mc
jlamery, $2,570.26.
The report of the Town of
Franklin by streets is as fol
ows:
East Main, A. B. O'mahundro
ind Vic Perry, $1,396.10; Bid
well, Mrs. Frank Higdon and
Mrs. R. M. Rimmer, $91.40;
Harrison avenue, Mrs. J. E. S.
Thorpe jind Mrs. Allen Brooks,
(200.00; West Main, Miss Eliza
beth Slagle and Mrs. Ruth Ross,
(200.00; Georgia Road. Mrs. H.
a. Gnuse and Mrs. W. V.
Swan, $20.50; Forest avenue and
school, Mrs. John Archer and
Mrs. Mac R. Whitaker, $162.76;
Palmer, Mrs. W. A. Rogers and
Mrs. Jesse Conley, $59.00; Iotla,
Mrs. Hilda Shepherd, $119.00;
East Franklin (community i,
Mrs. M. A. Perce and Mrs.. H.
\. Wilhide, $154.00; Depot street
and Rogers Hill, Mrs. L. H.
Page and Mrs. Grant Zickgraf,
$87.00; Riverview and White
Oak, Miss Gladys Sellars, $80.50.
LOCAL SOLDIER AWARDED
GOOD CONDUCT MEDAL
Pfc. Thomas J. Childers, Rt.
3, Franklin, has been awarded
the Good Conduct Medal for
fidelity, efficiency and exem
plary behavior in the Italian
campaign.
He is a member of the 88th
"Blue Devil" Infantry Division,
now fighting with the Fifth
Army in the Apennine Moun
tains 01 nurwiern itaiy.
Three Franklin Boys
Tried For Robbery
Nelson Jones, Zeb Jones and
Carlton Martin, three Franklin
boys, who were alleged to have
stolen milk from residences on
Iotla street, were tried before
C. A. Setser, Justice of the
Peace on Monday, and given a
30 days Jail sentence.
This sentence was suspended
for a period of two years, on
the condition that they pay
the cost of the court, be of
good behavior and secure em
ployment.