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V JOM JOIN RED CROSS RED CROSS PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL. LV, NO. 46 FRANKLIN, N. C. THURSDAY, NOV. 14, 1940 $1.50 PER YEAR r-. Macon County To Furnish 86 Draftees By Next June 30th Questionaires Mailed To County's Twenty Volunteers - Eighty-six of Macon county's 1,932 registrants will be called into the armed forces of the nation for a year's training before July 1, 1941, it was announced in Raleigh last week. J Macon's quota was determined on the basis of registration here as compared with : registration in the other 99 counties of the state, and is designated for the period from November 28, 1940, through June 30, 1941. ' Questionaires have already been mailed out by the county draft board to the 20 registrants here who volunteered for immediate service. In the order in which they volunteered, they are: "V Weldon Alex Hall, (colored), Weefs Mill; Charles Urban Roper, Route 3; Oran J. Cunningham, Route 3, Asheville; William Lang ford Welch, Route 3; Carl Paul Mason, Route 3; Evert G. Mason, Route 3; Cover ' Raby. Route 3; John Sherman Welch, Franklin; Harry Woody, Route 3; William Henry Sprinkle, Franklin; Barnette Howell Glidewell, Dillard, Route . 1 ; Thurmon Henry, Route 3; Oscar Erastus Chastain, Highlands; rrea Goldman Jenkins, Etna; William Victor Queen, Etna; Charlie Zeb Vanhook, Route 2; Lewis Frank lin Vanhook, Route 2; Luther "E. Bingham, Route 2; Jesse Bryson Bates, Route 2; ' and James Ed ward Curtis, Dillard Route i. The questionaires, which will form the basis for classifying reg istrants, will be mailed out at a steady rate so that the classifica tion list will always be ahead of the conscription calls. In order to assist registrants in filling out the questionaire, the following advisory board was ap pointed, consisting of men over tne county who will give their services free to any registrant who needs their help. G. L. Houk, chairman; Harley K Cabe. R. S. Jones, Lester " L. .Arnold, Frank Potts, Frank Cook, T: E. Cabe. L. C. Steppe, Carl U. Moses. M. D. Billings, C. N. West, C. T. Bryson, J. H. Stickton and T. D. Bryson. OrHpr numbers for all regis trantc were oosted in the Ashear sdav. The order UUUUU15 ' - number which determines the se quence in which registrants will be called, are posted opposite the serial numbers, which are in chro nological order. According to the quota an nouncement from Raleigh, three North Carolina counties, New Han dover, Haywood and Hoke, will not have to furnish any conscripts be cause so many of their men are already in the Army, Navy or Na tional Guard. Franklin county has the dis tinction of having the smallest draft quota one man. Mecklenburg has the largest quota, 717 men; Forsyth is nextWkh 629, Wake with 526, Buncombj? with 523 and Guildford with 463. GofaintMM Still Accepted The local draft board stressed that it was still accepting applica tions from registrants wishing to volunteer for training immediately. Offices of the board are located in th Ashear building. New Ford Agency Will Be Opened Here By Frank Duncan Saturday Duncan Motor company, new Ford agency here located on Palmer street near the Main street intersection will have its formal opening Saturday, November 16. Handling a complete line of Ford automobiles and trucks as vveli as used cars and Ford replacement parts, Duncan Motor company . will be under the man agement of Frank Duncan, for merly of Reece-Hampton Motor company, Sylva. The new agency will operate in conjunction with Reece Motor company, Andrews, and Reece-Hampton Motor com pany, Sylva. . Mr. Duncan announced this week that he had secured the services of Frank Reece as sales manager. A Franklin resident, Mr. Reece was also formerly employed by Keece-Hampton Motor company. Mr. and Mrs. Duncan are mak ing their home in the Angel apart ment on Main street Order Numbers For First 100 Draftees In Macon County Following are the order numbers for the first 100 Macon county registrants, as released by the local draft board. The Press intends to publish a number of names each week until the entire list has been printed. 1. Zero Theodore Webb. 2. Tommy Deitz. 3. William " Harley Rogers. , 4. Troy Roscoe Shook. 5. James . Gordon McCollum. 6. Zeb Erwin Childers. 7. Rolan Guffie. 8. Bruce Coffey. 9. Milford Phillip Kell. 10. Henry Verco Sanders. 11. Ned Calvin Cowart. 12. Myron John Long. 13. Clint Hurmon Wilson. 14. Samuel Harley Guest. 15. Harve L. Bateman. 16.. Norman Carneil M-cClure,. 17. Frank Robert Cowart. 18. William Lyle Bradliey. 19. T. A. Clark. 20. Coburn George Holden. 21. George Lewis Raby. 22. Henry Edd Vinson. ' 23. Kenneth James Neal. 24. Virgil H. Tallent. 25. Carl 'Edwin Ledford. 26. Charlie Columbus Bowers 27. Robert Hall Mason. 28. Charles Avery , Clouse. 29. Leonard Lonza Morgan. 30. Charlie Fender. 31. Fred Leslie Nichols. 32. John Dee Tippett. 33. Daniel Alexander Stewart, 34. Charles; Worley DeHart. 35. William Doyle Long. 36. James Oscar Hamilton. 37. Corman Caroll Kilpatrick. 38. Venice Alexander Ramey. 39. Charles Elbin Setser. 40. Jpseph Lee McMahan, Jr. 41. Went Horn Williams. 42. James Lyle West. . 43. Charley Porter Thomas. 44. John Arnold Duvall. 45. Ralph Furman Vinson. 46. Floyd Cranford Ausborn. 47. John Robert Russell. 48. Zeb Clifton Morgan. 49. Johnnie Oscar Johnson. 50. Ellis Carr Rickman. 51. Walter Lee Roper. 52. William Sheridan Gibby. 53. Harvey Londos Martin. 54. Willie Lee McDonald. 55. Howard Burton Cochran. 56. ' Fred Wilson Queen. 57. Charles John Phillips. 58. James Everett Henson. 59. Don Lee Shuler. 60. John David Carpenter. 61. Basil Owen Burnett 62. James Britt May. 63. Floyd B. Bradley. 64. Delius Boyd CoEgins. 65. Ezra Clarence Shook. 66. David Grayson . Higdon. ' 67. Thomas Louie Crunkleton. 68. Robert Furman Anderson. - 69. Guy Edward Clouse. 70. Jessie William 'Thomas. 71. Troy; Clifton Passmore. 72. Johny Mell Cabe. 73. John Beulin Tilsan. 74. Charles Lester Campbell. 75. Manley Cleophas Watkins. 76. Paul Thomas Ledford. 77. John Robert Nolen. 78. Wood row Wilson Gibson. 79. Ralph Vernon Angel. 80. Thomas Wilson. 81. Paul John Dajrymple. 82. Charlie Elbert Battles. 83. Adam James Dills. 84. Claude Jefferson Boone. 85. Vernal Hilard Wyatt. 86. John Boyd Long. 87. William ClauSe' May. 88. Frank Early Collins. 89. Stanley Willi Tilson. 90. Dalton Ordway Burnette. 91. John Edwari Alexander. 92. Jesse Paul Shuler. 93. Dorsey MatVoCk. 94. Kyle TheodorVyWatts. 95. James Thomai lcClur. 96. Walter Edmon Fox. 97. Wiley Lee Battles. 98. Frank Jones. 99. Glenn Benjamin Reeves. 100. Hervey -Joseph Ostiguy. Mrs. Perry Names Production Committee Mrs. James E. Perry, Red Cross chairman of production, has named the following committee: Mrs. Fred Sloan, sewing; Mrs. W. H. Sellers, knitting; Mrs. John Wasilik, Mrs. Frank Killian, Mrs. Charles Meli- char, Mrs. Gus Leach, Mrs. Allen Brooks, Mrs. Emory Hunnicutt, Mrs. W. A. Rogers. Mrs. Perry states that she ex pects the early arrival of the first assignment of materials from head quarters, which will consist of gar ments for men, women and chil dren and knitted articles. As Flames Raged Tak'en at' the height' of the fire, this picture illustrates the intensity of the flames which virtually destroyed ..the - Bank of Franklin'', building, here Saturday night. Firemen battling the conflagration can be seen on the roof of the Bryson Hotel and in the .street below. ROLL CALL TO STMNOV. 14 Dr. Bellingrath Speaks At Dinner For Workers Tuesday Evening The annual get-to-gether dinner of Red Cross Roll Call workers and officers at the Legion hall on Tuesday evening was attended by about 35 from Franklin, Highlands and the county. The chairman, Harley Cabe, greeted the gathering and referred to this roll call as. one that would appeal for members to help a war stricken world, and that he was as sured that the Macon county chap ter would more' than meet the quota of $300 requested. He quoted the national field representative who visited Franklin recently as praising the chapter for its ex cellent record. Mr. Cabe reported that the special appeal for war re lief made in the early Jail was answered with nearly $600 from chapter. nines Presides sence of Rev. Philip account of illness, Robert L. Gaines took his place and -gave helpful instructions to the workers. Mrs. H. E. Church, chairman of the Franklin work ers announced that they were ready to begin the canvass Thurs day, November 14, and had been supplied with all materials. Mrs. Gaines presided as toast- mistress, making happy . introduc tions of' officers who gave brief account of their work.. Mrs. Eloise G. Franks' introduc ed the speaker, the Rev. George F. Bellingrath, president of Rabun Gap-Nachoochee School, who fur ther fortified the workers for their task. His address was spontaneous and entertaining, filled with anec dote and reminiscence from one well qualified to speak to the sub ject of "The Joy of Giving." Rev. A. Rufus Morgan gave the invocation and asked the blessing, and Rev. J. S. Higgins of High lands pronounced the benediction. Mrs. Green sang "God Bless Amer ica" and Miss Moore of the Frank lin school faculty, sang "Rose of Picardy!" The program was opened With the singing of . America, Mrs. Harry Higgins at the piano. Reports of work were made by Mrs. Potts of Highlands; Mrs. Franks, county welfare work; Mrs. Barrington, Junior Red Cross; Mrs. James Perry on the newly organ ized produrtion work, and Dt'. Furr on the home service work that is becoming a most important part of every branch's local work, on account of the men called to military service. Junior Red Cross In reporting the Junior Red Crosi roll call, Mrs. Barrington cited the eagerness of the' children to make their gifts for the suffer ing children in the war-torn coun tries, and of their hand work-boxes, folders, poster and caps for gifts, as well as their nickels and pen nies. The speaker ' stated that the Junior Red Cross gave $200,000 last year which was largely expended for alleviation of suffering among children in Great Britain, Poland, Finland. "The children are adding to the '3-Rs' the 4th 'R' of respon sibility, through the Junior Red Cross," Mrs. Barrington said. A delicious dinner was served by the Business Women's club of the Presbyterian church. ABUNDANT American farmers are bringing to a close another year of abundant production, with cash income esti mated to be the second largest since 1929, reports the U. S. Bu reau of Agricultural Economists. tne counts. MrJq In the af L. GrWrPon Mrs. In Bank Building Last Rites For Thomas C. Bryson Are Conducted At Cowee Baptist Church Last rites for Thomas Clin'g man (T, C.) Bryson, 89, retired farmer of the West's Mill section, were conducted at the Cowee Bap tist church Friday afternoon at 3 o clock; The Rev. W. L. Bradley of Etna, .life-long friend of the de ceased, officiated, assisted by the Rev. N. E. Holden, pastor of the Liberty Baptist church. Interment was in the church cemetery. Mr. Bryson died at 1:30 a. m Friday at the home of his son, Carr Bryson of West's Mills, with whom he had been making his home for several years. He had been in a critical condition since suffering a stroke of ajwplexy iw weeks ago. ,-.:,' He was born in' the West's Mill section on March 1, 1851, the son of the late James Bryson and Emeline Shepherd Bryson. He was married to Miss Mary Morrison of this county, who died shortly atter their union. Later he mar ried Miss Eva Israel of Buncombe county, who also preceded him in death. For a number of years, Mr. Bry son was clerk of the Tuckaseegee Baptist association. When the Ma con county association was organiz ed later, he became its first mod' erator, a position he held for sev eral terms. He was also clerk of the association, and was clerk of the Cowee Baptist church for more than 50 years. He also served on the county board of education. . Active pallbearers were C. Tom Bryson, Clyde N. West. Oscar Rickman, J. P. Bryson, Thomas M. Rickman and Will Riqkman. Surviving are nine children, Mrs. Andrew E. Edwards, of Ellijay, Ga., by the first marriage; Frank H. Bryson and Lyle J. Bryson, both of -Darringfbn, Wash.; Jesse T. Bryson, of Three , Forks, Mont.; Mrs. ' Annie . Pressley, of, Canton; Mrs. Grace Scruggs, of Waynes-v-ille Route 1; Mrs. Carl Rogers, of Bryson City Route 1 ; Carr Bry son and Thad C. Bryson of West's Mill; two brothers, R. L. Bryson. 6f Franklin, and Jud Bryson,' of Canandaigua,. N. Y. Also 26 grand children and ... fivei great-grandchildren. County Workers In Red Cross Roll Call Named By Mrs. Gaines Mrs. Robert R. Gaines, chair man of county workers in the Red Cross roll call announces the following workers and requests that they call at the office of .the health department in the Ashear building to secure their supplies. Nantahala, W. W. Sloan, Mes dames Donald B. Gordon, McCall, McRae Whitaker, -Morrison. Aquone, Mrs. D. F. Howard. West's Mill, -Mrs. W. E. Allen, Mrs. Clyde West. Scaly, Mrs. J. D. Burnette. Watauga and Holly Springs, Mrs. Jeter Higdori. Otto and Coweta, Mrs.iJlanche Parrish. Kyle and vicinity, Miss Lolita Dean. Cullasaja, Mrs. : Wylie Clark, Mrs. Fred Bryson. Buck Creek and vicinity, Miss Mary Elmore. Iotla, T. T. Love, Mrs. Jake Myers. Burnington, Mrs. Robert Par rish. Cartoogecfcaye,' Mrs. Henry Slagle, Mrs. Joe Setser. Patton settlement, Mrs. Leona P. Duncan. Prentiss, Mrs. Gay Teague. The Franklin Press office will receive Red Cross roll call mcm- Bank Of Franklin Building Destroyed By Fire Sunday New Locations Of Firms And Offices Following Fire "Basiness as usual" was the order of the day this week for most of the Franklin firms for merly situated in the Bank of Franklin building which was de stroyed by Sunday. 1 . Bank Opens In Theatre Building With the help of a tractor, Bankers Henry Cabe, L. B. Liner and Grover Jamison, jr., hauled a small safe and the safety deposit vault to the Bank's new location in the Macon Theatre building. Fixtures that escaped burning' were set up and ledgers put in order for the. re-opening Wednesday morning. The day's business was reported the largest done by the bank in some months, with the ad dition of two new out-of-town ac counts. Assistant Cashier Liner says they expect no interruption of the bank's business on account . of the fire. Town Office In Ashear Building The Town Office was opened in room 120 of the Ashear build ing by Town Clerk George Dean with little inconvenience since all of the town records, including tax receipts and water bills, survived the fire safely in fireproof safe and files. The Macon County Building and Loan is located in room 119 and the law offices of Jones and Jones in room 112. Other Locations The Macon County Supply will move into the old theatre location in the Leach building as soon as necessary changes are made , for the accomodaton of ther hardware stock. In ' the meantime they are doing business in their warehouse behind the turned building. Sanders' Store will open with a new stock of goods in a section of the New Five and Ten Store. Forest Ranger John Wasilik, Jr. is temporarily operating offices for the Wayah district in the Nanta hala National Forest headquarters in the postoffice building. Fred Sloan, district farm agent, is located in the Agricultural build ing. M. D. Billings has established his real estate office over Oagle's Cafe. The plans of G. L. Houk and George Patton for the re-location of their law offices are as yet in definite. ' The owners of the destroyed building, the IBank of Franklin and Harve Bryant, state that they have not , yet decided on plans for re construction. - Press Circulation Is Increased, Audit Shows Results of an audit made several weeks ago . show that the circula tion of The Franklin Press and Highlands Maconian has been in creased substantially during the past year. The ' audit, made by C. L. Bridges of the firm of Dahlberg and company,' certified public ac counts, Charlotte, gives The Press an average gross distribution of 1,802 as' compared with an audited circulation of 1,773 at this time last year. As a member of the Circulation Audit . Bureau of the North Caro lina Press Association, The Press each year submits to an audit of its circulation books in order to be able to furnish advertisers with an accurate account of it coverage of Macon and surrounding counties. Cartoogechaye Man Loses Hand In Corn Shredder Fred Conley, farmer of the up per Cartoogechaye section, lost his left hand last Friday afternoon as a result of catching it in a corn shredder which he was operating at the time. He 'is the son of Mrs. J. J. Conley of Franklin. He was taken to Angel hospital where, his hand was amputated about three inches above the wrist. Mr. Conley was wearing gloves while feeding the -machine, and it is thought that the glove became entangled in the mechanism, draw ing his hand into the shredder. berships from those who may be omitted for any reason in the canvass by regular workers. Mem berships will be acknowledged in the next issues of this newspaper. District Welfare Meets With WPA Superintendents of Welfare of six counties met Wednesday in the Macon county weli-c of ices to Six Fire Departments Are Summoned To Help Extinguish Blaze A $75,000 fire of ' undetermined origin, which threatened at"' times, to spread to the entire downtown business district, completely gutted the Bank of Franklin building on Main street here late Sunday afternoon. ' Only the tenacious efforts of the Franklin: volunteer fire .dejKir.tmcnt' prevented the flames spreading to the Bryson and Mnnday hotels on either side. Both buildings were actually ablaze oil several occa sions.. '. The fire, which apparently start ed "on- the .second floor of the 33 year-old concrete , block . .'building .. and had gained considerable head way before it was discovered, was reported by employees of the Bry son hotel around 5:30 p. in. The blaze . had already broken through the roof before the prompt ar rival of the fire department. Near By Town Send Help Hurried calls to all cities with in a 00 mile radius brought fire departments frorii Bryson City, Sylva, Waynesville, Clayton and Cornelia,. Ga., to the scene. The flames were finally brought under control with their aid after five hdurs of steady work. Two Franklin firemen, Dick Conley and Roy Pendergrass, were treated for minor injuries at Angel hospital Sunday night and released. Conley suffered a fractured bone in his foot and Pendergra,ss was cut .by flying glass. Authorities held two theories as to the probable cause of the fire,' that the fire was either set by a carelessly-dropped cigarette or from defective wiring. Heavy Lomm Store proprietors and office holders were able to save relative ly little before the flames drove them out of the building. Some of the furnishings from the Bank of Franklin were saved, several re frigerators and a stock of guns from the Macon County Supply were removed, and Ranger John Wasilik managed to get the timber scale hooks and a few of the rec ords from the district ranger's of- fice on the second floor. Several thousand people drawn from all parts of the county and neighboring towns witnessed the fire. :; Sanders' store was a complete loss, partially covered by insur-; ance. The Macon County Supply was heavily damaged, while the Bank of Franklin lost $2,000 in fix tures. ' . Fireproof safes and files played a large part in lessening the dam ages in the offices on the second floor which .was practically de stroyed. Libraries and fixtures in the law offices of George Patton, assistant state attorney general; Guy L. Houk, county attorney, and Jones and Jones were consumed. The Macon County Building and Loan office lost all correspondence files, but .sa'ved some . valuable rec ords. The offices of Dr. Lyle West, local dentist; M. D. Billings, and Fred Sloan, district farm agent, were total losses. The district for est rangers 'office suffered $500 damages. Town Records Safe "All valuable town records are .safe", said George Dean, town clerk, "thanks to fireproof filing cabinets and the town safe." These contained all tax records, ledgers, water accounts and correspondence files. The charred exterior of these taken out Of the ruins where destruction was complete, enclosed contents in perfect condition that showed no traces of fire or heat The only loss to the town wefe office furniture and supplies, on " which there was no insurance. The- buildig itself was worth approximately $20,000, covered to a large extent by insurance. B6th hotels on either side were badly damaged by fire and water. Swafford's Market and other les sees in the Ashear building suffer ed losses from removal. discuss changed policies and plans of WPA work. Miss Victoria Bell, field work supervisor of the State Board of Charities and Public Wel fare attended the meeting, also Mrs. Mary Goforth of Charlotte, area social work supervisor of WPA and Miss Emma Leeman, district supervisor. On Friday, November 15, Mr. Flowers, district field representa tive will direct another meeting with the welfare department