P AGE TWO THE FRANKLIN PRESS AND THE HIGHLANDS MACONlAN THURSDAY. APRIL 24. 1941 DEFENSE BONDS AT POST OFFICE T. W. Porter Announces Sale To Begin On May 1st Tlie Unite ing Bonds.' Stall's jH'fcnse Sav- America's Super-Dreadnaught Set to Join the Navy and I' Savings. CLEAN UlKTUP-rixil VP I -V-..f.v - $'!f?V.'- '' Ml W '-' J The new 35,000-ton super-dreadnaught North Carolina is shown at the I close to $70,000,000, the North Carolina is called the world's mightiest New York Navy Yard where it was commissioned. Built at a cost of 1 battleship. It mounts nine 16-inch guns and a deadly secondary battery. Stamps will be placed on sale in IS IT'S of imm I? fox Mm the jiostoffice at tlie opening of business on Thursday. May 1, as part of the national effort to 'make America impregnable. "'.Postmaster. Thomas V. l'orter announced today that nlans art- nearly comjileted for this coininun ltv, aloriK with thousands of , others from coast to coast, to do its full part at the opening, of the savings program. It ts expected ' that the Mayor and other civic leaders will be among the first purchasers of savings bonds and stamps here. Postmaster Lieneral Frank C, Walker, in a letter to Postmasters through the country, said that the help of 1 local postmasters: would be "a real service' to the country". He transmitted 'the thanks of Sec retary of the. Treasury Morgenthau for the help that local postmasters had already given in the sale of L'tiited States securities, and also Mr.' Morgenthau's thanks in ad vance "for the co-operation which lie knows you will give to this new effort."; The tiew VV'efense Savings Bond is similar to tlie familiar "Baby Bond", of which more titan five billior dollars worth have been bought .by more than two and a half million Americans since 1935. A Defense Bond may be pur chased May 1, or thereafter, for $18.75. In ten years this bond will be worth $25.00: This is an increase of 33. 13 per cent, equal to ah annual interest return of 1.9 per cent, compounded semi-annually. Any time after 60 days from the date of purchase, the bond may be redeemed for cash. in accordance with a. table of re demption value printed in the face of the bond. . To spread investments widely among all the people in America, a limit of $5,000 has been set on the amount of these bonds to be bought by any one person in one yean The bonds are in ilenomiaa tions of $25, $50, $100, $500 and $1,0(0, all of which are sold for 75 per cent of their maturity value and all of which mature in ten years. For larger investors who can af ford to purchase up to. $50,000 'worth of bonds a year,, the Treas ury Department has issued two additional kinds of Defense Sav ings Bonds but these will be sold only through banks and by direct mail from Washington, 1). (L. They are intended for associations, trus- Gneiss MASHBURN reported to be 3 notoring stason is at Prudenct dictatts it's timt to FIX-UP your CAR for Summer's driving. PLAY SAFE ... for your car's sake . . . for yourself and your far:;!y . . . have a complete check-up NOWI Franklin Service Station & Garage ERWIN PATTON, Prop. By MRS. F. E Bert. Tilson is critically ill.. Alfred Leopard is suffering with rheumatism. v Mrs. Bertha Crisp is recovering from an severe attack of pneu monia. Farmer,' are intensely busy . dur this lovely weather. Is it for de fense or self preservation? Have you noticed the real beauty of Mrs. Frank Peek's yard, just a short distance below the entrance of the Walnut Creek road on high way No. 64? second house. "My hart leaps up when I behold the 'beauty." . ' I tees and corporations, a well as individual purchasers. For the smaller investor who wants to buy a Government' Bond on an easy payment nlaji. tie Postal Savings Stamps, at 10c,' 15c, $1, and $5. Each purchaser of any Savings Stamp, higher than 10c will be given, free of charge, an attractive pocket album in -which to paste his .stamps until he has enough to buy a $25 bond or one of higher denomination. Thirty mil lion ot these albums are now be ing prepared, i The cover design of the albums is in color, featuring a United States battleship and an. eagle bearing the .American flag. On the back cover is a painting of the Minute Man statute by Daniel Chester French, which symbolizes the American citizen ever alert , in defense of his country. The in scription is "America on Guard." Secretary Morgenthau said that even a boy or girl who saved 10c to buy a Saving Stamp w;ould help the country.1 He added that "you can safeguard, your own money and your own future, while helping the national defense, by buying United Savings Bonds now." James Mallonee Jr. Join Now Potts' Burial Assn. Protects Tke Whole Family Fine Solid Oak Casket Office Over Pendergrmie' Store FFATWKMER EACU PONY EXPRESS RIDER GALLOPED 33 MILES ano CHANGED .TIMES I "ok on 1 1 HAVE MbU CHANGED YOUR M6TOR OIL VET? CALL FOR Formerly Of Macon, Dies From Bullet Wound War Department Needs Automotive Parts Experts An examination for positions as automotive spare parts expert, pay ing $3,200 a year, has been an nounced by the United States Civil Service Commission. Qualified persons are urged to file their application at once. " Church Services Sunday, April 27 FRANKLIN METHODIST CHURCH Rev. J. L. Stokei II 10 a. m. Church school. 11 a. ni. Worship service.: Jame, ' D. Mallonee, Jr., 27, for merly of Macon county, prominent Murphy lawyer, and one of the youngest members of the last gen eral assembly, died in Petrie hos pital. Murphy, Tuesday morning at 1 o'clock. The funeral was held . Wednes day afternoon at 2 o'clock in th Cherokee county courthouse. . Of ficiating were the Rev. C. B. New ton, Murphy, pastor, assisted by the Key. E. F. Baker of the An drews Baptist church, interment was in Sunset cemetery.1 Mr. Mallonee' was found with a pistol' wofirid below the heart at his home Sunday morning. His mother said Tuesday that he told her the shooting was accidental, and that, later, on Monday at the hospital he awoke and said to her, "Mother, I want you and Daddy to know it was accidental." There was no inquest. Mr. Mallonee practised law with lus father, James D. Mallonee, Sr. He represented the county in the 1941 lower house of assembly and was chairman of the Murphy school board. He was teacher of the young men's Bible class in the Methodist Sunday school .and a former Scoutmaster. He is survived by. his parents and one sister, Mrs. John Edward Spainhour. He has a number of relatives in Macon county. The active pallbearers were : W. G. Darnell, Leon Axley, James Parker, Charles Dickey, Hadley Williamson, H A. Mattox, Dale Lee, nnd Hubert Williams. PL, rary pallbearers were the members of the. Cherokee county bar association ; members of the Murphy school board, Murphy Boy Scouts, and other citizens. . . . BEAUTIFUL floors require periodical refinishinp to keep them leautiful ! Ordinary usape will in time mar. and soil most floors unless they are given protection. ' We stock a complete line of Pee Gee floor maintenance requirements Shel Jac, Varnish, Floor Paint, Wax, Pol ishes, dirt removers, and other floor aids. Our modern American Sanding Ma chine brings out the best in new floors, and does wonders with old floors. Ask us about finishing your floors. Reeves Hardware Co. Franklin, N. C. NEW FREEDOM FOR MRS. AMERICA! WITH THIS NEW 1941 Wstinghouse Refrigerator THE BAPTIST CHURCH Rev. C F. Roger 9:45 a. m. Bible school, ll'a. m. Morning worship. 6:30 p. m. B. T. U. 7:00 p, m The Brotherhood. i:00 p. m. Evening worship. PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH Rev. Hubert Wardlaw 10 a. m. Sunday school. 11 a. m. Sermon. MACON METHODIST CIRCUIT Rev. J. C. Swaim 3rd Sunday. 4th Sunday: 11a. m. Pattons Chapel. 2:00-Mt. Zion. 3:00 Maiden's Chapel. FRANKLIN METHODIST CIRCUIT Rev. Philip L. Green 4th Sunday: 11-00 a. m Iotla 7 JO p. m. Snow Hill. ST. ACNES EPISCOPAL Rev. A. Rufue Marfan 10 a. m. Church schocd. 11 a. m. Morning prayer and sermon. ST. JOHN'S CATHOLIC PARISH HAMEO rO AMEMCA-S "rSt IAD Of THE STATS AND STWPU. A WESTINGHOUSE Super Market REFRIGERATOR with EXCLUSIVE TRUE-TEMP CONTROL Store the week', "market basket" in this gay, new Wettiiighouae model and declare freedom from the nagging fear of food spoilage, ueing at temperatures and daily marketing! For Westinghouae Super Market Refriger ation gives you 5 kinds of cold the right temperature and humidity for ice cubes and frozen foods, meat, milk and beverages, staples, fruit and vegetables. The secret is TRUE-TEMP CONTROL an exclusive Westinghouse patent - that give, you mteedy, balanced cold with a single setting of the diaL' The "Betsy Roes," color-styled inside with cheerful Colonial Blue trim, has TRUE-TEMP CONTROL, and these other headline features: Big SUPER FREEZER, with extra space for froeen foods; ventilated, drawer-type MEAT . STORAGE; glass-topped CRISPER; chrome plated shelves with special lift out" section; TRrPLOK trigger-type Door Latch, and many other improvements. COME INI Ask for "X-RAY" PROOF of Weetinghouse over ordinary refrigerators. IT'S NXWI DIFFERENT! SB8 IT TODAY! if ty-six Bryant Furniture Company FRANKLIN, N. C I Palmer St. Franklin. N. C Schedule of Mmcm: Franklin, every 2nd and 4th Sun- day- tL bl, E.S.T.

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