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VOL. LVI. NO.
FRANKLIN, N. C THURSDAY, NOV. 27. 1941
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CHRISTMAS
SEAL SALE
Gov. , Broughton Issues
Appeal; O. F. Summer
County Chairman
The following appeal has come
' from the Governor's office, . Ral
. eigh.
' Under the sponsorship of the
North Carolina Tuberculosis Asso
ciation, there will again be held
' this year the annual sale of Christ
mas Seals. The people of North
Carolina have always responded
wholeheartedly to this opportunity
for serving so commendable a pur
pose. It is well known that jthe pro
ceeds of the sales of Christmas
seals go directly and completely
towards the object stated; that is,
for the relief and prevention of
tuberculosis in North Carolina. A
substantial portion of the proceeds
is used in the respective counties
in which the sales are made. Those
who are charged with this under
taking are among our I most highly
regarded and public-spirited citi
zens, who are deserving of the full
est cooperation on the part of our
people. .
. Now more than ever before there
is a need for this sort of under
taking, and I earnestly urge that
the people of this state in every
city, town and county will give
wholehearted response to this ap
peal. '" Sincerely,
(Signed) J. Melville Broughton
' Governor of North Carolina.
Local Chairman
O. F. Summer will again head
the sale of Christmas seals in Ma
con county, W. H. Fin4ey is chair
man for Franklin.
The county's quota for this year
has been set for $100. Of this, 75
per cent of the money derived from
the sale of the seals remains in
Macon county to .be used for the
prevention of tuberculosis. This
Food For Defense
Program Of Macon FSA
For 1942
the county nurse.
. Mrs. Gaines found this fund to
be invaluable in buying sputum
cups and other necessities for the
county's patients suffering from
this dread disease, and to pay
transportation for suspected cases
to Black Mountain for examination,
These are only two. of the many
uses found for the money," said
Mr. Summer.
Last Rites For
James Houston. 95
Lacking only a few years of
reaching the century mark, one of
Macon's oldest citizens, James
Houston, died on Sunday, Novem
bber 23, at his home near Frank'
lin after an illness of a few
months.
Surviving are six children ; Emilis
Houston, Melvin Houston, Engram
Houston, Mrs. Perry Holland, Mrs.
S. W. Bowers, and Mrs. S. W.
Bowers and Mrs. Fred Bowers ; 56
grandchildren and 72 great grand
children.
Funeral services were held at
the Sugarfork Baptist church on
Monday, November 24. Rev. George
W. Davis, pastor, officiated at .the
service, assisted by Rev, J. O,
Nix and Rev. Frank Reid.
1 Pallbearers were grandchildren :
Roy - Houston, Herman Houston,
Ray Houston, Clyde Houston, Joe
Bowers, and Kelly Houston.
Doris Houston, 4, Dies
Following Operation
Doris Houston, age 4, who under
went an operation for appendicitis
at Angel Clinic on Tuesday, No
vember 25 died Wednesday at 5:45
a. ,m. Funeral services will be held
at Clyde, Thursday, November 27.
Surviving are the parents, Mr.
and Mrs, Lester Houston ; two sis
ters, Helen and Jean; two broth
ers, Reid and J. C; and grand
parents, Mrs. C D. Reid, of Spring
City, Tenn., and iMr. John Houston,
Spring City, Tenn.
The family have recently mov
ed here from Spring City, Tenn.,
and are now living in the Iotla
community.
C. T. Blaine's Store
Robbed Friday, Nov. 2 1
Burglars broke into the store
owned by C T. Blaine on Main
street last Friday night, November
21, and carried away approximately
$25.00 worth of merchandise and
$5.00 to $10.00 in cash.
The stolen merchandise consisted
'largely of candy, cigaretes, chew
ing gum and five flashlights.
The store was entered through
the right rear window and the thief
on entering had pried the bars
At least two milk cows, 50 lay
ing hens, and a brood sow is to
be a Food-For-Defense goal in
1942 for every farm family with
an average of 6 people farming
under U. S. Department of Agri
culture's rehabilitation program,
County Farm Security Administra
tion Supervisors Albert L. Ramsey
and Carl S. Slagle announced today
upon their return from Asheville,
where they attended a 3-day farm
and home management conference
Other goals include a" year-round
garden; 3 acres of wheat, where
harvesting facilities are to be had
and potatoes and truck crops
adapted to local conditions.
Mr. Ramsey and Mr. Slagle said
the conference was called to set
goals and standards in farming
plans for FSA borrowers next year
with emphasis on "healtr and diet
Vance E. Swift, of Raleigh, State
FSA Director, was the principal
speaker and representatives were
present from 25 . western , North
Carolina counties.'
"Live-at-home has been a first
requirement of FSA1 borrowers in
past years," the supervisors said,
"and we are redoubling our ef
forts now, as our part in the cur
rent 'Food For Freedom' campaign,
to furnish such financing and ad
visory assistance as will help farm'
ers who need it to establish live-
at-home enterprises,"
"Two needs are paramount," he
pointed out : "FSA farmers need
to produce ,now sufficient food to
safeguard the health of their own
families, with some to spare for
others in tre fight for freedom;
and secondly, they need to make
provision for the future,'
"Now when the world needs
poultry, meat and dairy products,
and we have a chance to sell Our
surplus, is the time for the small
farmer to establish himself on a
HEALTH OUEEN
ATTENDS MEET
Miss Hurst To Represent
State 4-H Clubs In
Chicago, 111.
fund is largely administered uyj sound operating basis and thus be
u better shape after the war is
over, Mr. Ramsey said. "He must
not only get started on a - sound
food and feed, production basis now
but he must improve his land now
so. that after the war is over he
will have a farm which is' capable
of supporting his family on a de
cent standard," he pointed out.
The supervisor quoted State Di
rector Swift as saying that a large
proportion of farm people who
come to FSA for help" usually are
trose who have not been able to
produce much more than half of
the essential foods such as milk,
chickens, eggs, pork and vegetables
necessary to maintain safe health
standards."
"Farm Security Administration is
trying to help such families to ac
quire the facilities to produce 100
per cent of their own food needs
with a little surplus for defense.
And on top of that we are trying
to help our borrower families to
so plan their farming"' operations
and follow such practices as will
build up the land." 1
Food For Freedom" goals set
up by the Department for Macon
County as a whole for 1942 call
for a 73,500 gallons increase in
milk; a 46,000 dozen increase in
. -
eggs ; a ju per cent increase in
oats and a 33 per cent increase in
hay for feed. These goals are for
all farm families in Macon county
and we feel that the farmers are
willing and anxious to help is this
great program. Make this next
year a year of production to feed
your family and livestock and a
surplus to help feed someone else
in need. ,
Miss Emma Lu Hurst, North
Carolina's healthiest 4-H girl will
leave for Chicago on Thursday,
November 27, where she will at
tend the 4-H National. Club Con
gress and represent North Caro
lina in the health contest held
there.
Miss Hurst, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. H. . C. Hurst of the Car-
toogechaye community, earned the
right to represent faorth Carolina
in the National event when, she
won the state 4-H health contest
held in Raleigh last July.
Emma Lu's trip to Chicago is
being sponsored by the Cartooge
chaye Home, Demonstration Club,
Franklin Lion's Club, 4-H Clubs
from the Cartoogechaye, Oak
Grove, Otter Creek, and West's
Mill , communities, and by corn ri
bution from interested individuals.
She will join , other state contest
winners in Raleigh Thursday and
the entire group will spend two
weeks in Chicago competing with
other 4-H boys and girls from all
over the nation for national hon
ors.
Bank Edition
Of The Franklin Press And
Highlands Maconian
Next Week
Luther Stewman
Killed At Nantahala Dam,
I uneral At Hjullasaja
Jobs For ISO Civil
Engineers, Stated by OPM
RALEIGH. N. C, November 26.
Order for 150 civil engineers for
the Office for Civilian Supply, a
division of the Office of Produc
tion Management, has been placed
with- the State Employment Serv
ice Division of the Unemployment
Compensation Commission.
Duties of these engineer,! will
be to pass on city, county and
state government requests for
priority designations on essential
material needed for the operation.
maintenance or construction of
public projects or facilities, at
times suggesting substitute mater
ial or changes in specifications. -
Salary ranges on these jobs are
from $2,000 a year for student
engineers to $5,000 year for high
ly qualified senior engineers. Most
of the openings will be in Wash
ington but some of. these em
ployees will travel on speaking
tours and make surveys.
Civil engineers interested in
these important national defense
jobs may obtain complete informa-
apart
Nn arrests have been made to
date, but local police officials srettion at any local State Employ
investigating tat CMS. jioini owe
Funeral services for Luther Stew
man, 30, were held Friday after
noon at 2:30 o'clock at the Sugar-
fork Baptist church at Cullasaja.
The Rev. Frank Reid, of Satulah,
Ga., and the Rev. Frank Holland
of Cullasaja, officiated, Interment
was in the church cemetery.
Mr. Stewman was instantly killed
Thursday morning at 1.30 o'clock
in a truck accident while employed
by the Utah Construction company
on the dam " project -at Nantahala.
He was backing his truck in a
dump . when the left rear wheel
struck a large rock at the side
of the road, causing the truck to
overturn and pinning him under
neath. His head was crushed and
his leg hroken.--
Mr. Stewman, a son of Jess and
Elizabeth Moore Stewman, was
born in the Cullasaja community
where he lived most of his life. In
1937 he was married to' Miss Kath
erine Walker.
The pallbearers were: Harvey
McConnell, E. J: Carpenter, Jess
Estes, J. H. McConnell, Clarence
Phillips, and Oliver Hall.
Surviving are the widow ; one
son, Douglas; the parents; three
brothers, Felix, of Phoenix, Ariz.,
Furman and Lemuel Stewman, of
Cullasaja, and six sisters, Mrs.
Carrie Henry, Mrs. Beulon Holland,
Mrs. Andrew Gregory, Mrs Fred
Early, and Mrs. Agnes Mashburn,
of Cullasaja, and Mrs. Roy Wykle,
of Sylva.
A special edition of the Frank
lin Press and Highlands Maconian
will be issued next week to cele
brate the formal opening of the
Bank of Franklin in the handsome
new building just completed. Ac
cording to Henry ,Cabe, cashier,
the building will be completed suf
ficiently for the move to be made
from the temporary quarters in
the Macon Theatre building, dur
ing next week. The fixtures and
furnishings are being installed this
week. A celebration of the event
is planned for the week following,
when the Directors and other of
ficials of the bank will entertain
with "open "house" to all patrons
and friends throughout this sec
tion. No effort will be spared to nvake
this an outstanding event in keep
ing with the importance , of - this
institution to the people of Ma
con county.
C. F. Moody, chairman of the
Board, said yesterday that the bank
directors had erected a building
that is modern in every respect to
meet the"present and future needs
of the bank's business, and the
convenience of the bank's custom
ers.
Rains Relieves Blackout
Order Of OPM By Dec. 15
450 Pound Bear Killed
In Big; Laurel Section
: A 450 pound bear, one of the
largest ever reported in this sec
tion, was killed Wednesday, No
vember 26 in the Big Laurel sec
tion near Cowee Bald by Frank
Parker of Sylva.
Other hunters in the group with
Mr. Parker were Reg Enloe, C. G.
Middleton, J. C. Cannon, Emerson
Phillips, Carrie Dean, and . Rov
Cogdill, all of Sylva.
me party stopped in franklin
to weigh the bear and quite a
b.rge group gathered to admire
the kill. Many remarked upon the
fine texture and thickness of the
coat worn by this king of the
forests. .- : ' '
Local Power Co. Receives
Notice That Permits
Xmas Lights
Jack Angel
Will Become Eagle Scout
At Court Of Honor
Quarterly Conference
At Franklin Methodist
Church Next Sunday
The Rev. W. X. Hutchins, dis
trict -superintendent, will preach
and conduct the first quarterly
conference at the Franklin MethO'
dist church Sunday 'morning at the
11 o clock service.
Members of the community not
otherwise engaged are invited to
attend by Rev. J. L. Stokes, II,
pastor.
December Term Of Court
To Convene Monday
The December term of court will
convene Monday, December 1 with
Hon. W. H. Bobbit the presiding
judge. During the civil term of
court a number of condemnation
suits dealing with lands acquired
by the Nantahala Power and Light
company in the connection with
the recent dams built will be heard.
The criminal docket will precede
the civil docket
Mr. and Mrs. William Swann,
who are now occupying the Pres
byterian Manse apartment, will
move to the Leach apartment
house when it is completed. Mr.
and Mrs. Gus Leach will also oc
cupy one of the apartments. .
Miss Dorothy Jones, of Peace
Junior college, Raleigh, spent the
weekend with her parents, Mr. asd
Mrs. Gilmer Jones.
: Richard R. Johnson, who has
recently completed a trip around
the world on the Steamship Bien
ville, carrying lend-lease supplies
to the British in the Near East,
arrived in. Franklin Sunday night
from New York where he landed
a few days before. A letter re
counting a number of his experi
ences on the six- months voyage,
during which his vessel lay in a
Suez harbor which was bombed
regularly by Nazi planes for the
the two weeks while the ship was
being unloaded, was published in
the October 23 issue of this paper.
' H. E. Church, Jr., of . Alcoa,
spent the Thanksgiving weekend
with bit parent, Mr. and Mrs. H.
. CfcurcH.
Rev. Nathan Brooks To
Preach At Baptist Church
Rev. Nathan Brooks of Raleigh,
state secretary of the Baptist
Training Union, will preach a th
Franklin Baptist Church on Sunday
evening at 7:30 o'clock at a fifth
Sunday rally. Mr. Brooks will also
speak at the B. T. U. meeting at
6:30 p. m.
Fifth Sunday Singing
Convention To Meet.
The regular meeting of the fifth
Sunday singing convention will be
held in the courthouse in Frank'
lin on Sunday, November 30 ac
cording bo an announcement by
J. M. Raby, chairman. The public
and all- those interested in good
"old fashioned singing" are Cordial
ly invited to attend.
Home Demonstration
Clubs Schedule For Dec
The schedule for the Home
Demonstration clubs for the week
of December 1-6 is as follows:
Monday, Iotla4 Mrs. Maggie Hug
gins; Tuesday, Walnut Creek, Mrs.
W. A. Keener; Wednesday, Holly
Springs; Miss Homer Justice;
Thursday, Otto, Otto schoolhouse;
Friday, Cullasaja, Mrs. Pritchard
Peek; Saturday, Burningtown, Mrs.
Robert Parrish.
This will be the first meeting
ever held by the Burningtown
group and a local Home Demon
stration club will be organized in
the community at this time.
The clubs will study holiday
cooking with Christmas salads be
ing demonstrated.
Worth McKinney, assistant U.
S. district attorney, of Asheville,
was in Franklin Tuesday to visit
Mrs. McKinney who is ill at Angel
Clinic. He was accompanied by
Lamar Caudle, district attorney
and Charles Price, district marshall.
Herschel Simons, an employee of
the A. & P. store, underwent , an
operation for appendicitis at Angel
Clinic on Tuesday.
Mrs. George A. Jones returned
from Asheville Sunday, November
23 after spending three weeks
there visiting her sons, G. Lyle
Jones and Weimer .Jors.
Miss Value West of Raleigh is
visiting her father, W, J.' West at
his home at West's Mill.
Lawson Brown was operated on
for appendicitis at Angel Clinic
Tuesday.
Theodore Hedden is being treat
ed at Angel Clinic for blood pois
oning resulting from a tooth ex
traction. Wilburn Conley, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Zeb Conley, of Louisburg
college, Louisburg, is spending this
quarter at home, and will return
the first of the year.
Mrs. O. B. Thomas and daugh
ters, Jane and Stevie, of Richmond,
V, are visiting Mrs. R. B.
Jack Angel will be awarded the
rank of Eagle Scout at the Smoky
Mountains District Court of Hon
or that is to be held here Mon
day night, December 1st, at 7:30
o'clock at the Methodist church.
Ralph Andrews of W. C. T. C,
district chairman of advancement
will preside at the meeting, and
the fcCev. J. L. btokes II will make
the presentation.
Scouts from Macon, Jackson, and
Swain counties will receive, ad
vancements. .
-The public is invited to attend.
Scout Counjekrs To Maat
A meeting of the local Boy
Scouts merit badge counselors will
be held following the Scout Court
of Honor Monday night at the
Methodist church. All Merit badge
counselors are asked to be at the
meeting. The meeting will be under
the direction of the local Scout
troop committee, B. L. McGlamery,
C Melichar, T. T. Love, E. J.
Whitmire, and J. S. Conley. Ralph
Andrews, district chairman of ad
vancement, will take part in the
meeting.
More Red Cross
Roll Call Memberships
Additional Red Cross enrollments
are acknowledged in the following
list of memberships: collected since
last week's report. Only a few of
the rural workers have completed
their collections, these and other
town contributions will be report
ed next week. All workers are
requested by the chairmen to turn
in . theiir enrollment forms with
their collections, as these have to
be sent to national headquarters
with membership report. Member
ships may be paid or sen to the
chairmen or left at the Franklin
Press office.
Walter Young, J. E. Taylor,
Oscar Adams, Robert Henry, Sam
A. Bryson, .Mrs. Fred Moss. Claude
Calloway, George Pattillo, Bill Bry
son, Mrs. G. E, Brown, Mrs. Char-
he McClure. J. T. Siler, Mrs. A.
A. Angel, Mrs. H. T. Mozeley,
George Brown, Martha C Shields,
Mrs. Wilson Smart, Mrs. J. T. Sil
er, Mrs. John Henry, Mrs. John
M. Archer, Mrs. Harold Sloan,
Mrs. H. H. Gnuse, Mrs. M. F.
ones, Mrs. John C Wright, 'Mrs.
ess Shope, Mrs. John Norton,
Mrs. Gus Leach, Mrs. W. C. Penn,
VI iss Nora Leach.
Mrs. K. F.Montague, Ed Whitak-
er, W. W. Sloan, Mrs. A. B. O'mo-
hundro, Jim Cunningham, James
Wurst, John Ansel, Violet B. Carr,
Emory Hunnicutt, Norman R.
Hawley, Tollie T. Hill, D, H. T.
Horsley, Mrs. H. T, Horsley, Jean
Swan, Ralph' Womack, Mrs. W-
Rogers, Mrs. Harley Dunbar,
Mrs. Joe Dawdle, Mrs. M. L.
Dowdle, Mrs. James Bollock, Mrs.
James B. Wurst, Mrs. A. R. Hig-
don, Mrs. Furman Angel, Mrs. B.
Kirkstone, Mr. and Mrs. W. T.
Moore, Mrs. Loraine Brooks, Clyde
Gailey, Macon Theatre, P. L.
Threlkeld. ;
The following enrollments have
been reported by Mrs. C T. Bry
son from Cullasaja;
Donation, Homer Stewman.
James E. Jennings, William G.
Crawford, Mrs. Catherine Crawford,
C-T. Bryson, Troy Shook, Wiley
Clark, Mrs. Wiley Clark, Sam Bry
son, Tom Tallent, Mrs. Tom Russell.
Collected by Mrs. T. T. Hender
son, Gneiss r Mrs. T. T. Henderson,
Mrs. C W. Henderson, Miss Hester
Woods, Mi&s Nettie Henderson, T.
T. Henderson.
The total amount to date report
ed by Mr. H. E. Church for the
town of Franklin is $315.
The Office of Production Man
agement has announced that the
Southeast can have a (bright
Christmas in spite of the power
shortage that has darkened show
windows, theaters, hotels, tourist
homes and streets since November .
1st.
Rains during the weekend
throughout the shortage area have
brighteraed the picturet though the
power deficiency is not yet past.
"On the basis of data now avails
able", said J A. Krug, Chief of
the OPM Power Branch, "it will
be possible to provide substantial
relief from the blackout restric
tions on December 15 in time to
permit illumination during the
Christmas season. If, in the mean
time, we get another break from
the weather, this date will be ad
vanced by a week or more., But :
in either case we must have full
compliance with the blackout until
the date of official modification
which subsequently will be an
nounced. Rain RUev Shortage
"With the rains of the past
week-end, and with full observance
of the blackout for the present.
continuation 6 the freezing of in
dustrial consumption on the Sep
tember levels, and maintenance of
power pool deliveries, we will be
able to squeeze through to the
end of the year, when normal rains
may be expected."
The Office of Production Man
agement advised all utilities involv
ed in the curtailment program by
telegram on Sunday night that the
30 per cent curtailment of indus
try was no longer imminent but
that the freezing of industry to
September levels must continue.
Local PUnt. May B AffocWd
The Nantahala Power and Light
company on November 6 ordered
a blackout in Franklin in compli
ance with an order issued by OPM
to meet the critical power shortage,
and which was complied with by
all public and private producing
agencies in the Southeast.
Since that time all . show window
and sign lighting has been omitted
in the business section of this and .
other towns and cities in the
Southeast area affected by the
order.
A threatened 30 per cent reduc
tion of industrial use of power
furnished by the Nantahala Power
and Light company which would
affect the 13 industrial plants iri
this vicinity, may not have to be
enforced, it was learned today, de
pending upon the rainfall. Other
power companies in the area re
ceived orders for a five per cent
reduction. Should this curtailment
be put into effect, our local in
dustries would be seriously affect
ed, an official of the Nantahala -company
stated on Wednesday.
Funeral Services Far
Mrs. Ellen Grant
Funeral services for Mrs. Helen
Boston Grant were held at the
home Thursday, November 27 at
10:30 a. m. Rev. J..L. Stokes con
ducted the services and interment
was in the Franklin cemetery.
Mrs. Grant was a life-long resi
dent of Macon county, having been
born here on May 20, 1872.
She is survived by . two sons'.
Fred, of Franklin, and Elijah, of
Lenoir City, Tenn. ; two daughters ;
Mrs. Eunice Bingham, of Murphy.
and Mrs, Edith Cunringham, of
rrankhn; and one sister, , Miss
Martha Boston, of Franklih.
Miss Jessie Ramsey spent the
Thanksgiving holidays ,with her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Rimity al FrinVUs.
Woody'. Neck Broken
In Wreck Saturday
Roby Woody of Burningtown,
suffered a broken neck from an
automobile accident in which the
car was wrecked last Saturday
afternoon.
Woody and Vernon 'Young, also
of the Burningtown section, were
driving on Highway 28, when their
car overturned at Double Branches
near Iotla, and rolled down the
embankment. Woody received a
fractured vertebra, and is in a
serious condition at Angel Clinic
Henry was treated for minor in
juries.
Garden Club To Meet
With Srs. Church Dec 1
The Garden Club will meet Mon
day, December 1, at the residence
of Mrs. H. E. Church at 3 p. m.
Mrs. Jimmie Sutton and Mrs. J.
W. Long will serve as joint hos
tesses with Mrs. Church.
All members are reminded not
to forget the Christmas toys for
the. rtlitf box,