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PROGRESSIVE
LIBERAL
INDEPENDENT
VOLUME LVII, NO. 33
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1942
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SCHOOL OPENS
AUGUST 27
Recap Orders Received
By Macon Rationing Board
Official U. S. Treasury War Bond Quotas for August
Highlands Date Sept. 10
W. C. Newton Succeeds
O. F. Summer
G. L. Houk, superintendent of
Macon county schools, an
nounced Tuesday that the schools
of the towm and county will open
for the fall session on Thursday,
August 27, except in Highlands,
.where the opening date is set
for two weeks later, September
10.
Mr. Houk stated that the fac
ulty of the Franklin High school
is practically complete and will
toe announced at an early date.
This year has witnessed more
than the usual number of chang
es, owing to war conditions, he
said.
"J, tee superintendent expressed
regret that the county system has
lost one of its best men in the
removal of O. F. Summer from
the principalship of the High
lands schools to accept a similar
positioiti with the schools of Bry
son City.. He announced that W.
C. Newton, who has taught phy
sical education in the. Franklin
High school for the past three
years, has been elected to suc
ceed Mr. Summer. Mr. Newton
was educated at Lenoir-Rhyne
college, Hickory, which was his
former home. He came to the
Franklin school from the Old
Fori High school.
W. H. Finiey will continue as
principal of the Franklin schools.
Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Hawkins will
be missed this year: Mr. Haw
kins taught mathematics in the
. Franklin High school and Mrs.
Hawkins was a member of the
faculty in the Otto school.
All - Stars
Play Close 3-2 Game
Kyle-Andrews
Going into the ninth inning
trailing t - i, the Franklin AU
btars oame irom behind to beai
Kyie-Anurews 4-1 w tne nigiit
cap ot the SmoKy1 xvioumain
league semi-nnais at Andrews on
buuuay. Kyie-Anurews won tne
opener from Bryson Lity,
Kyle-Andrews liaU tnree Mur
phy players in tneir line-up, so
rrankiiu started Martin, ex-ivyle-Audrews
catcher, who had gun
Kyle during the game oetweeu
Jiryson City and x.yie-Andrews.
ijrysom City generously loanea
Wyatt, Crisp, lurner and Mar
lowe to the All-biars, and things
settled down to a jam-up baii
ganie. jvyie took the lead in the first
inning, t-ranklin tied it up at
1-1 in the third, but Kyle came
right back in the fourth with one
run to teold a lead until the ninth
when Marlowe and Wyatt lived on
an error, Whitmore struck out,
Newton gounded out to score
Marlowe, and Archer singled Wy
att across with the winning run.
The Franklin All-Stars wish to
express to Martin of Kyle-Andrews,
and Wyatt, Crisp, Turner
and Marlowe of Bryson City,
their appreciation for playing
with thein, and especially tur
ner, who relieved Buie in the
Oth inning and gave up only one
Int.
Kyle - Andrews and Franklin
journey to Bryson City Sunday
to play bryson City owe game
each. Kyle plays the opener aud
Franklin the nightcap. The re
sults of these games will decide
who will be in the final play-oft.
Semi-FinU Standing
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FRANKLIN 2 1
Bryson City 1
Kyle-Andrews 1 2
Kyl BmU Franklin
Franklin lost to Kyle in both
games played at Franklin on July
12, and again on July 19 at An
drews. Both of these games were
reported by The Press sports ed
itor, and, on account of lack of
space, were omitted from the pa
per. This appeared unsportsman
like, since the report of other
games had been carried. We re
gret this omission and congratu
late Kyle on their fine team and
manager, D. C Hall.
Results of games played at
Franklin, July 12:
Kyle, 12; Franklin, 2.
Kyle, 1; Fmiklin, 0.
Results of games played at An
drews July 19:
Kyle, 12; Franklin, 3.
Kyle, 19; Franklin, J.
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Washington, D. C, August 5. While maintaining
a tentative annual level of twelve billion dollars as
Its goal, the Treasury Department today Ixed the
August quota for the sale of War Bonds at $815,000,
000 as shown by the accompanying map by states.
In lowering the quota from a billion dollars in
July to $815,000,000 in August, the Treasury has given
recognition to certain factors which may be expected
to result in variations in sales ever the 12-month pe
riod, such as the seasonal character of farm Income.
FRANKLIN HAS
TEST BLACKOUT
Town United With N. C
Counties In Carrying
Out Order
The first test blackout in this
section was carried out in the
Westenn North Carolina counties
on Monday night, . August 10,
when Macon county united with
other counties. Although the no
tice did not reach the local Civil
ian Defense committee until too
late- to be announced in last
week's issue of te paper, the no
tice given through various chan
nels by local officials proved ad
equate to accomplish a perfect
response in the business section
and close-in residential sections.
When the fire siren sounded
the street lights were instantly
cut off and other lights followed
in quick succession. "The fire
department was ready at the sta
tion and the police department
was on its job," stated G. L.
Houk, chairman of civilian de
fense, in common ting on Frank
lin's response to the first test
blackout. "The' next time, ample
notice will be given," he said, ex
plaining that the siren for a
blackout will be intermittent' and
not continuous, as it is sounded
in giving the fire alarm. Mr.
Houk stated that a blackout could
be had only on a direct Army
order and that the signal came
to the control center through
three signals yellow meaning
"alert," white signifying "test
blackout," and the red signal be
ing "for action' in a real raid.
Watching from the high ridge
of Harrison avenue toward the
south, the only glimmer of light
came from the fireflies below and
the starlight overhead. A brilliant
meteor shooting across the heav
ens added the weird beauty of
the scene, making more vivid to
the watcher the awful realitv suf
fered by others upon whom thej- XX J J
same stars look down.
Mrs. J. S. Gray
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To Attend Raleigh Meet
Of H. D. Heads
Mrs. J. S. Gray, president of
the Council of Home Demonstra
tion clubs of Macon county, will
attend the meeting of the officers
of the -North Carolina Federation
of Home Demonstration clubs at
State college in Raleigh August
18-21.
All presidents of county feder
ations are being asked to attend
this business meeting in view of
the cancellation of Farm and
Home week.
Mrs. Gray has served as chair
man of the county organization
for the past year. At the Council
meeting held last Friday, mem
bers elected Mrs. Gray as repre
entative of Macon county.
Macon Oversubscribes
July War Bond Quota
August Quota $21,700
The figure of $21,700 has been
released by the Secretary of the
Treasury as the War Savings
Bond quota for August for Macon
county, according to information
received from C. H. Robertson,
state administrator, by Henry W.
Cabe, county chairman. Mr. Rob
ertson thanked Mr. Cabe for Ma
con's fine contribution to the
program. The July quota of $17,300
was oversubscribed, the amount of
bonds and stamps sold during the
past month being $18,011.50.
Lions Club
Hears Monteith Talk On
"Win the War"
The Lions club held its first
August meeting at Kelly's Tea
Room Monday night. A fine at
tendance listened to a report of
Lion Hugh Monteith of the Syl
va club on the International con
vention at Toronto, Canada. Lion
Monteith, in his u sully fine style
narrated events and high spots
of the convention and described
interesting scenes encountered on
the trip to Toronto. His descrip
tion of the theme of the conven
tion, "Win the War," was unus
ually impressive and brought for
cibly to mind the urgent neces
sity of not only contributing
means, but also spiritual backing
to those who must fight the phy
sical battles.
Lion Monteith stressed the fact
that we are now engaged in a
world-wide struggle in which the
issue is virtual slavery or ever
lasting freedom of the type we
have inherited from the sacrifices
of our forefathers, and urgently
pleaded that all Lions put forth
alt efforts possible toward the
winning of the war; and after
they have done all they could,
to do just a little more.
The Club was visited by Lions
Woody Hampton of Sylva and
Jerome Roberts of Raleigh.
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Postponed For Duration
The Bryson Family reunion,
which was scheduled to meet on
the third Sunday to August, has
These factors have been taken Into account In
determining each state's share for the national quota
for August and-wlll be given consideration In fixing
quotas for subsequent months.
In addition to the state quotas as set out In the
map there Is a federal payroll allotment quota of
$9,750,000 and territorial quotas as follows: Alaska,
$760,000; Canal Zone, $213,000; Hawaii, $4,800,000;
Puerto Rico, $440,000, and the Virgin Islands,
$17,000.
V. S. Trmury Utfartmtni
MACON COURT
OPENS AUG. 31
Judge F. D. Phillips To
Preside; Courthouse
Renovated
Superior court of Macon coun
ty will convene on Monday, Aug
ust 31, with the Honorable F.
Don Phillips presiding. The doc
ket fox this term includes both
civil and criminal cases. The
principal criminal cases include:
State vs. Lawrence Sanders
charge, assault; State vs. Fred
Taylor charge, assault; State vs.
Theodore Hedden charge, mur
der. The repair which the courthouse
is undergoing is progressing, and
opening of court, according to
Chairman Leach of the Board of
Commissioners. The courtroom is
finished except the painting, and
the hallways and stairways are
Hearing completion. The down
stairs hallway is now being plas
tered and a new ceiling of fire
proof material is being put up.
Selectees Left Aug. 12
For Fort Bragg
Of the 51 Selective Service
men who left July 27 to be ex
amined at the induction station
at Fort Jackson, S. C-, the fol
lowing reservists received a fur
lough and left on Wednesday,
August 20, by bus to enter the
service at Fort Jackson:
Tommic L. Shope, Julian C.
Zoelner, Howard J. Roper, Kelly
. Houston, Willard L. Keener,
Medford Caldwell, Robert- W.
Norton, WalteV L. Cabe, John B.
Tilson, George R. Guest, Bowden
F. Drymanv Conley B. Shope,
Thomas S. Wilson, Floyd Tallent,
J. B. McCall, Garland Bateman,
John . Woodall. Warren G. Wa
ters, James G. Ray, Carl A.
Chastain, Daniel A. Webb, Lew
is D. Sanders, James R. Phillips,
Charles J. Collins, Leonard L.
Houston, Robert C Brown, Bill
B. Bell, Forrest P. Slagle and
Clyde A Bateman.
Conley B. Shope was the only
volunteer of the group.
The Business women of the
Franklin Presbyterian church pre
sented each of the men a gift
before they departed. Each man
was also presented with a Test
ament by a committee of citizens
headed by Lawrence Liner.
been postponed for the duration
rf thr war. arrordine to an an-
'nouncement made by Thad D.
Bryson, Jr., president, this week.
This reunion, which is one of the
largest family meetings accus
tomed to be held annually in this
section, has several hundred mem
bers some scattered from the
Atlantic to the Pacific states.
The tire situation and the fact
that many are in the service of
the armed foice has made this
move advisable, says Mr. Bry
son, who extends bis best wishes
to all who read The Frankhu
Pras.
REWARD
Of $100 Offered For
Lost Child, Dead
Or Alive
Although a search still
goes on for the 22-months-old
son, Alden, of Mr. and
Mrs. Clifford Lawrence, no
trace of te lost child has
been found thus far. The
parents have announced
through the sheriff's office
and now through the col
umns of The Franklin
Press and The Highlands
Maconian that a reward of
$100 is offered for the child
dead or alive. He an
swers to his name and any
knowledge of his where
abouts should be communi
cated to the sheriff's office
at once.
Men In Service
Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Hen
ry of Ellijay received news that
their son, John C. Henry, would
broadcast on the American F.agle
program August 8. between 8 and
8:30 o clock (Eastern War Time)
direct from London. He enlisted
when he was 19 years of age,
and prior to joining the
Canadian forces, served one term
in Hawaii. He is nOw stationed
with the Canadian Army over
seas. These programs originate at
the clubhouse of the American
Eagle squadron in London and
are designed to give members of
the squadron an opportunity to
send messages home and to al
low parents and friends to hear
their voices. . V ,
Corporal Harve L. Bateman of
Camp Gordon, Augusta, Ga.,
spent the week-end with his fa
ther, Charlie Bateman, in Burn
ingtown. Pvt. Willard Roper of Fort
Jackson is spending his furlough
with his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
John Ray, in Burningtown.
James Bruce Blaine, stationed
at the United States Navy train
ing school in Norfolk, Va., spent
a 7-day furlough at his home last
week. He is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. O. L. Blaine of Franklin,
Route 4. He is one of the Macon
county boys who volunteered for
service last month.
Mr. and Mrs. William V. Park
er have received news from their
son, Edwin B. Parker, that he
has been promoted from Corpor
al to Sergeant. - He is stationed at
Eglin Field, Fla., and has been
in the service since July 24, 1941.
He was a former employee of the
Farmers' Federation in Sylva and
recently spent a 14-day furlough
with his parents.
Albert E. Fouts, son of Mrs.
Addie Collins of Franklin, has
arrived at Fort Thomas, Ky., for
assignment, according to informa
tion received here.
Private Clyde S. Cabe, former
ly of. West's Mill, and Private
Roy C Grant of Nantahala, are
stationed at the Army Air Force
bombardment base, Will Rogers
Field, Okla Pvt. Gabe and Pvt.
Grant have been assigned to a
bombardment squadron as me
chanics. Pvt. Gabe is the son of
Ernest W. Cabe of West's Mill
and entered the Army in Feb
ruary. Pvt. Grant is the son of
Mrs. Tallie O. Grant of Nanta
hala. Before entering the army
in January, Private Grant was a
member of the Civilian Conserva
tion Corps and was stationed at
Union Revival
And Bible School
The congregations of Carson,
Louisa and Patton Methodist
churches are having their reviv
als together at the Louisa church.
Dr. J. W. Stokes, Rev. J. C
Swaim and Rev. P. L. Green will
be the preachers of the meeting,
and are working together in the
revival and Vacation Bible school.
The school opens Monday morn
ing, August 17, at 9:30, and will
continue through Saturday, Ag
ust 22. The revival will begin
Wednesday, August 19. It is
hoped that each congregation will
in all possible to make the meet
ing a success.
Rubber Situation Critical
Strict Economy Urged
Upon Users
The local rationing board, com
posed of Dr. W. E. Furr, J. E.
Perry and J. S. Conley, has re
ceived the following instructions
and information from the Office
of Price Administration through
the Raleigh office on the subject
of tire rationing.
Horses have always given out
if worked too hard and too loi!j.
Rubber has already practically
reached this stage. Rubber is the
most irreplaceable and necessary
commodity in the rationed cate
gory. For the sake of everybody,
let's ration it sparingly.
Rubber Quota.
The tire situation shows no im
provement. On the contrary, it
looks dark, and we may expect
shorter quotas in the future.
Uuotas will not permit tires to
all eligible. Therefore, new tires
can only go to "top essentials"
those who contribute djrectly to
the war effort.
It is the duty of every citisen
to save rubber. Return to the
1941 rate of purchase, the present
rubber supply would last 6U days.
Any individual overloading, speed
ing, using tires with improper in
flation, or driving tires beyond
the recapping stage, becomes au
tomatically ineligible for tires.
Recapping CompulKngr
It is now a question of every
one using recaps or removing his
vehicle from the highway. Car
cassesworn tires are more pre
cious than gold. Any person
running a tire beyond the recap
stage, is, in a sense, committing
a crime. Even carcasses, in many
cases are not obtainable. Every
applicant should use recaps, even
though eligible for new tires.
This refers to mail carriers, etc.
Some law enforcement officers,
from a safety standpoint, who
must use new tires, should turn
over theirs to be recapped for
some other person. Bus opera
tors, truck lines and the Army
are using recaps. Everyone . can
it they do not overload or speed.
Gov't. Own Ail Rubber
The aid of the police, county
officers and patrolmen is solicit
ed to report individuals guilty of
willful waste by speeding. Forty
miles per hour is the limit. THIS
IS WAR - THE OUTCOME
HANGS HEAVILY ON RUB
BER. All the rubber that is left
belongs to our government not
to he individual. It is loaned to
those who are directly engaged
in the prosecution of this war.
The needs of the Army and
Navy have been reduced 25 per
cent to provide rubber for civil
ians. Waste of rubber is sabo
tage. Six Macon Men
Enlist In Navy
Enlistments in the United
States Navy for the State of
North Carolina, during the month
of July were greater than ever
in history, it was announced to
day. Macon county definitely con
tributed to this great record
breaking event, Chief W. S. Bas
kerville, Jr., of the Ashevillc re
cruiting station announced to
day. Chief Baskerville stated that
the following men were among
those accepted by the Asheville
office last month: James Bruce
Blaine, son of Oscar Lawrence
Blaine, of Franklin; Evan Wash
ington Hogshed, son of George
Washington Hogshed, of Frank
lin; Harl Jayhue Wilson, son of
James Haynes Wilson, of Frank
lin; Harris Lafayette Sanders,
son of Jesse Lafayette Sanders,
of Prentiss; Albert Moran Cabe,
son of William Heron Cabe, of
Franklin; Thomas James Corbin,
son of Willahn Lee Corbin, of
Otto.
Chief Baskerville will again be
in this territory again soon at
the postoffice for the purpose of
interviewing the friends and rel
atives of these boys. Any young
men who wish to join the many
fine boys from this county who
are now serving in the Navy, are
urged to talk to Chief Basker
ville then.
As a Nationwide" Wartime For
est Fire Prevention campaign was
launched. Secretary of Agriculture
Wickard called on all patriotic
citizens to help prevent fires in