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m MACON IS LEADING IN W..-N. C. SCRAP DRIVE X-r U.S.W PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL - INDEPENDENT VOL. LVII, NO. 44 FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29, 1942 $2.00 PER YEAR ' Jfetti&Iiit if t if County Totals Amount Of 180 Pounds Per Capita L. B. Phillips Buys Whole Amount; Committee Meets Friday Macon county stepped into the lead of the Western North Caro lina Scrap Drive yesterday. Chair man Sam Mendenhall reported to day a total of 2,802,491 poun4s, or over 1,431 tons. This gives the county a rating of 180 pounds per capita. Other western counties running ctese to Macon are Graham, with 132 pounds per capita, Transyl vania, 120; Jackson, 112; Chero- kee, 100 pounds per capita, re spectively. This report is being sent in to the Newspaper Salvage Contest which has offered prizes to the counties and other groups for the largest collections. These prizes are donated by the participating newspapers i,n the state, in which your county newspaper is sharing. It now appears that Macon will stand a chance to win one of these prizes. Those to which this county is . eligible are as follows: $1,000 War Bond for greatest total poun dage per capita, and $500 War Bond to second largest collection per capita. $100 War Bond to the county in each Congressional Dis trict reporting the largest collec tion per capita. The following collections are re sponsible for the large increase over last reports: Nantahala Pow er and Light company, 183,000 pounds; Utah Construction! com pany, 901,800 pounds; Burrell Mo tor company, 130,095 pounds. Col lections since last report, 20,000 pounds. Those amounts were added to the amounts reported, previously by Franklin and Highlands, total ling 1,61,5,000 pounds. Salvage Committee To Meet The County Salvage committee will meet Friday morning at 10 o'clock to decide how the receipts from the sale of the scrap metal will be allocated. Louis B. Phillips has contracted to weigh, haul and purchase the entire Macon collec tion, and has already begun, the work. MEN LEAVE FOR FORT BRAGG Selectees Return To Camp After Fourteen-Day Furlough Macon county selectees who were accepted at Camp Croft, S. C, and have been spending 14-day fur loughs with their families left Mon day for Fort Bragg. The following reservists left Franklin for Fort Bragg on Mon day, October 26: Fred A. Young, Brice Rowland, John W. Bryson, James W. Brad ley, Jafnes R. Higdon, Herbert D. Carpenter, Walter J. Carpenter, Thomas J. Barnes, Claude Selby, James B. McConnell, Elbert Car peniter, Cecil L. Mashburn, James D. Brendle, Lee A. Hedden, Jasper C. Rogers, Elmer E. Ammons, John W. Edwards, Job L. Barnard, Jr., Troy L. Crisp, William L. Crisp, William L. Shope, Fred S. Frazier, Marvin S. Conley, Rob ert J. Hunter, June's E. Cabe, Homer W. Guffey! Jim F. Webb, Terrell T. Hqliraan. On Tuesday, October 27, the fol lowing men were sen to Fort Bragg: James L. Conley, Joe W. Bow ers, Wayne W. Woodard, Sam L. Slagle, James E. Hopkins, Pat rick T. Rogers, Jasper L. Norton, Carr N. Parrish. On the same day, Don Burnette left for Fort Jackson, S. C. Reservist John D. Crisp will leave for Fort Bragg on Tuesday, November 3. The ladies of the St. Agnes 'Episcopal church served coffee and dougKnuts both mornings. The selectees were also given Testa ments. Clarence Crane Recovering At Clinic Clarence Crane, who was ser iously injured last week when the bicycle that he and his cousin. Albert Crane, were rrding down Cullasaja Gorge, went off highway 64 into the river, is improving at Angel Clinic. Albert was fatally injured dying several boors after being brought to the botfiuL D EH ART AT HOME ON FURLOUGH Doyle DeHart, who volunteered in the Navy its February, 1941, at the age of 17, has been spending a furlough with his mother, Mrs. E. B. DeHari, at Frank- lin. Following his training at Nor folk, Va., he spent 14 months on a ship in the Atlantic, where he took spe cial training in ra dio and received the rating of third class petty of ficer. He is on furlough after sev eral weeks in a Brooklyn, N. Y. hospital. -- Jack Brown, son of Mrs. W. B. Brown of Franklin Route 1, was recently promoted from Pfc to Corporal He has received his basic training and is now taking his advanced training at Camp Swift, Texas. He volunteered for the service in May 1942 and pre viously was salesman! for Armour Packing company. He is a gradu ate of the Franklin high school and of Brevard college, formerly known as Weaver college. -- Thomas L. Scroggs, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Scroggs, of Frank lin, and John R. Tyler, son. of John Thomas Tyler of Cullasaa, have recently been accepted and are now undergoing training in the Antiaircraft Replacement Cen ter, Camp Wallace, Texas. - Mr. and Mrs. Will Rickman re cently received a letter from their son, Roger, who is in the Guadal canal area at present and he re ports that he is well and doing fine. -- Burton C. Boesser, who enlisted in July 1942 with a commission as second lieutenant, has been pro moted te first lieutenant. He re ceived his preliminary training at Camp in Baltimore and is now stationed at the Ordinance Motor Base, Fort Lewis, Washington. Mrs. Boesser and son, Burton, Jr., are at present making their home with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John I. Cunningham, of Franklin. -- James Marshall Fouts, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. T. Fouts, a re cent volunteer, is now stationed at the Army Air Corps Base, Smyrna, Tenn. -- Pfc. Harley Jenkins, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jenkins of Route 3 is spending a ten-day furlough with his parents. He recently was transferred from Camp Clair bourne, La. to the Air base divi sion, Fort Bragg. This is his first furlough since entering the service in March 1942. -- Charles M. Hunter, son of Mrs. Pearl Hunter, Franklin, has been promoted from the rank of pri vate to corporal, it was announced today by Colonel R. E. L. Choate, commanding officer of the Army Air Forces Basic Flying School at Bainbridge, Ga. Corporal Hunter joined the Air Forces in January 1942, and is now a drill instructor at the Bain bridge field, a unit of the vast Southeast Army Air Forces Train ing Center. A 1938 graduate of the Univer sity of North "Carolina, where he received a bachelor of science de gree, Corporal Hunter is a mem ber of the Franklin Lions Club. -- J. B. McCall of the Clear Creek section, is stationed at camp in South Carolina, He has been vis iting his parent, Mr. and Mrs. Tom McCall. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Jenkins of Franklin Route 3 have four sons in the armed forces. They are Cpl. Fred G. Jenkins, stationed at Fort Benning, Ga., who has been in for two years. Pfc. Zeb. Verlin (Continued On Paje Six) PROPOSED AMENDMENT To Be Voted On Next Tuesday Affecting Board Of Education Following is the text of the Amendments to the North Carolina Constitution proposed by the General Assembly of 1941 which -will be submitted to the voters on next Tuesday, November 3, with the view of effecting changes in the administration of the public schools. If these amendments are approved fchey will be substituted for present sections 8 and 9 of Article IX of the Constitution: "Sec. 8. State Board of Education. The general supervision and administration of the free public school system, and of the educational funds provided for the support thereof, shall, from and after the first day of April, one thousand nine hundred and forty-three, be vested in a State Board of" Education to consist of the Lieutenant Governor, State Treasurer, the Superintendent of Public Instruction and one. member from each Congressional District to be appointed by the Gov ernor. The Stale Superintendent of Public Instruction shall have general supervision of the public schools and shall be secretary of the Board. .There shall be a comptroller appointed by the Board, subject to the approval of the Governor as Director of the Budget, who shall serve at the will of the Board and who, under the direction of the Board, shall have supervision and management of the fiscal affairs of the Board. The appointive members of the State Board of Education shall be subject to confirmation by the General Assembly in joint ses sion. A majority of the members of said Board shall be persons of training and experience in business and finance, who shall not be connected with the teaching profession or any educational adminis tration of the State. The first appointments under this section shall be members from odd numbered Congressional Districts for two years, and members from even numbered Congressional Districts for four years and, thereafter, all appointments shall be made for a term of four years. All appointments to fill vacancies shall be made by the Governor for the unexpired term, which appointments shall not be chairman. A majority of the Board shall elect a chairman and a vice chairman. A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The per members of the Board shall be provided by the General Assembly. "See. 9. Powers and Duties of the Board. The State Board of Edu cation shall succeed to all the powers and trusts of the President and Directors of the Literary Fund of North Carolina and the State Board of Education as heretofore constituted. The State Board of Education shall have power to divide the State into a convenient number of school districts; to regulate the grade, salary and qualifications of teachers; to provide for the selection and adoption of the text books to be used in the public schools; to apportion and equalize the public school funds over the State; and generally to supervise and admin ister the free public school system of the State and make all needful rules and regulations in relation thereto. All the powers enumerated in this section shall be exercised in conformity with this Constitution and subject to such laws as may be enacted from time to time by the General Assembly. Men Called For Induction To Camp Croft November 6 The following men have been called for induction for the No vember call. These men will leave for Camp Croft, S. C, on No vember' 6. Charles Avery Clause, Daniel Buren Garland, Joseph Benson Morgan, Grady Bates, Hoyt Dickey Ledford, Wilbonj Boyce Hodgins, James Blonnie Gibbs, Harry Welch, Raluh Reno West, Zollie Buch anan, Willard Richardson Pender- grass, C. L. Potts, Ferd Allen De Hart, Frank George Hastings, John Alexander Bryson, Carl Ralph Evans, James Raleigh Norris, Earl Nelson Seagle, Robert Hoyt Ledford, Lloyd Monroe Bradley, Woodrow Wilson Shook, John Marshall Jones, Gene Adams Tay lor, Meldrum Williamson, Floyd Earl Gibbs, Crawford Doyle Bur gess, John Leonard Holbrooks, Harvey Harry Jones, Fred Wil burn Hastings, Walter Joseph Houkins. Chletis Davis Gassaway, John D. Kinskutd, Andrew Theo dore Raby. James Gordon Uwtc, William Elmer Nichols, Thomas Fredrick Vinson, Raleigh Vernon Rowland, Willard Lon McCoy, Hayes Eugene Crisp, Alex Leonard Dills, George Warren Teem, Isaac Nuy'on Keener, Charles William Norton, Tbad Ervin Mason, Grady Thomas Brendle, Joe Lawrence Henry, Robert Olin Evans, Dallas Dennis- Rowland, George Turner McPherson, Ralph Weimar Pen land. William Troy Shields, Rob ert Garland Quilliams, Irvin An drew Crane, John R. Allen, Vic tor Franks, Orin Wayne Day, Charles Harold Martin, J. H. Oliv er, Tyle Gay Roper,. Clyde Leslie Chastain, Wayne Major McDowell, Ural Kiel McConnell, James Frank McCall. Roscoe Jenkins, William Dewey Gunnin. Jack Mason, Sunrivor Of m - Wasp, Arrive Home Jack Ralph Mason, of the U. S. Navy, and a survivor of the crew of the famous Wasp, the air craft carrier which was sunk Sep tember 15 in the Battle of the Solomons, arrived in Franklin last Friday to visit bis parents, Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Mason, and wife. Jack enlisted in the Navy Janu ary 30, 1941. He says the report ed sinking of the Wasp in the Mediterranean wnen carrying ll X,W me iust not so. piles lu " because he was Acre when it was reported sunk. it. r A tht tlif rrew had Xl C 1v-vb wimh ' a - tn cret off the shtp jsicii i y v ..x. w as it did not sink for several hours. He escaped am ute raw. diem and expenses of the appointive SABOTAGE U. S. Calls Destruction Of Timber Sabotage The following warning from the U. S- Government has been sent out by the Forest Service. It particularly concerns Macon county which contains 144,356 acres of National Forest land more than one third of its total of 337,800 acres. Sabotage is the wrongful dam aging or destruction of any material or supply deemed suit able for the use of the United States or its Allies in carrying on the war. Lumber (including standing timber) is considered one of these suitable materials, and ac cordingly must be preserved against any action that might lead to its loss to the United States or the Allied nations. All persons are urged to ex ercise great caution that they do not cause or tolerate fires which may damage or destroy our Forests. Warning is hereby issued that any person who willfully in jures or destroys, or attempts to injure or destroy, ' war ma terials (including standing tim ber) or war premises (includ ing Forests) by fire or other means, with intent to interfere with the efforts of the United States or its Allies in carrying on the war. or with reason to believe that his action may do so, is liable to prosecution und er the Federal Sabotage Act (50 U. S. Code, Sections 101 10f), and, if convicted under such Act, is subject to a fine of up to Ten Thousand Dollars or imprisonment up to Thirty Years, or both. Wm. BRYDEN, Major General, U. S. Army, Commanding Rev. And Mrs. Wardlaw Leave For Whitmire, S. C. The Rev and Mrs. Hubert Ward- law left today for their new home in, Whitmire, S. C, where Mr. Wardlaw has accented the pastor ate of the Presbyterian church. Mr. and Mrs. Wardlaw made many friends during their residence dence here whose good wishes go with them in their new work. many others who were rescued three and one half hours later by a destroyer. It all happened in good weather and vefy few men were lost. Jack says to all Macon County boys, "Come on to the Nsvy and help us whip the Japs " Tuesday Is Election Day Throughout The Nation A. R. (Alf) Higdon, candidate for Clerk of Superior Court on the, Republican ticket. MACON MEN CLASSIFIED Local Board Has Issued Long List Of Selectees The following classifications and re-classifications are announced by the Local Board on October 28: In 1-A, J. D. Tallent, Earl Moody Yonce, William Clinard Mince'y, Frank L. Crisp, Dewey Watsel Holland, Grady Jones. Placed in 1-C after being induct ed, John D. Crisp, Virgil l'rclo McDowell. The following changes in classifications were made. From 1-B to 1-A: Tollivtr Barnett Wil son, Gordon Lowell Ledford, Ed ward Patterson. From 1-B 40 3-A, Ben P. Grant, Jr. Front 4-F to 1-A: James Henry McKinney, Ed Green. From 1-B to 4-F: Jim Set ser, William Lescar Parrish, Ker mit Bateman, and Winfard Mar tin, colored. The Local Moard for Macon county posted the following classi fications and reclassifications on Thursday, October 22: First classification, in 1-A: Wil liam Hunter McGuire, Julian Bun Riser, William Douglas Holsen back, Robert Lawson Carpenter, Jr., Eucll Cordell Owens, William Shirley Keener, Harry Jackson Duvall, Charlie Wade Roper, Hayes Eugene Houston; in 3-A, Lloyd William Burgess, colored; in 1-C, enlisted before classification, James Marshall Fouts, Jack Sloan Tessier, John Wilbur McDowell. Reclassified to 1-C, following in duction or voluntary enlistment, Gene Bateman, Clyde Edgar Jen kins, Arthur Vinson Garrett, Joe Warren Bowers, Howard Arnold McMahan, John Woodrow Ed wards, Thomas Jarvis- Barnes, Lloyd George Waldroop, Marvin Shipmah Conley, Claude Selby, Brice Rowland, James Edgar Hop kins, Elmer Ellis Amnions, Homer William Guffey, Job Lee Barnard, Jr., Troy Levi Crisp, Jasper Carl Rogers, Lee Alex Hedden, James Robert Higdon, James Weaver Bradley, Herbert Dean Carpenter, James B. McConnell, Fred Alex Young, Fred Siler Frazier, James Lena Conley, Robert Jackson Hunter, James DeWitt Brendle, John William Bryson, Patrick Theodore Rogers, James Erastus Cabe, Terrell Turner Hoilman, Wayne Wright Woodard, Carr Nichols Parrish, William Lawrence Shope, Cecil' Lyman Mashburn, Walter Jackson Carpenter, Elbert Carpenter, Jim Floyd Webb, Jasper Lafayette Norton. From 1-A to 4-F following re jection at induction station, James Homer Saunders, Morris Hudson Carpenter, Roy Henderson Bryson Percy Randolph Norton, Willie Taylor Huscusson, Thomas Lester Williamson, William Edward King ham, Adam Lee Graham; Willie Valentine, Troy Andrew Bradley, Everett L. D. Hurst, Elbert How ard. Classified in 4-F following ex amination, 'Samuel Clarence Cres well, Jr., Thomas Nyle Roper, Wil liam Washington Stewman, Lurley Pennington. From 3-A to 1-A, William Por ter Piersoh, Darrell Tallent; from 3-A to 4-F, Jay Harold Guitey; from 1-B to 3-A, James Ivan Rol and; from 1-B to 4-F, Broady Mil ton Sweatman, James Uiuara uoi lin 1, Alvin Ennis Mashburn; from Macon Will Vote For State And County-Candidates Next Tuesday is Election Day throughout the nation. Voters in Macon county will vote for their county officers, state senator and representatives on their county ballot. On the state ballot they will vote for state officers, U. S. sen ator and congressman. The State Board of Education Amendment will be voted upon, also an amend ment providing for Solicitorial dis tricts. Hon. Josiah W. Baliey is the candidate for U. S.. Senator who is running for reelection against Sam J: Morris, Republican. Hon. Zebulon .Weaver, veteran congressman of this district, who has served continuously many years, is opposed by Gola P. Fer guson. Harley R. Cabe, who was nom inated in the Macon County Dem ocratic primary for Clerk of Court is opposed by Alf Hidgon on Re publican ticket. Harley Cabe, pres ent incumbent of this office, who has served the county efficiently for a number of years in this ca pacity, is now in he service of the armed forces in the U. S. Navy for the duration of the war. He was granted a leave of absence a few months ago by Judge Felix -E. Alley, who appointed Lawrence B. Liner as assistant to serve in his absence. He is a candidate for reelection although temporarily absent in the fighting forces. J. P. Bradley is the Republican candidate for sheriff against A. IJ: Slagle, and Wiley Clark is running against Lake V. Shope, Democratic nominee for Register of Deeds. W. T. T'Ppett is the Republican candidate opposing Gus Leach for chairman of County Board of Com missioners, while Republican can didates for commissioner are M. B. L. Downs and Guy Paul, running against C. L. Blaine and W. W. Edwards. R. G. Ray opposes George O. Wallace and (Rev.) J. N. Dills is running against the Democratic incumbent, John H. Dalton. Rev. George A. Cloer is the Re publican candidate for the House of Representatives opposing the incumbent, Dr. W. A. Rogers. E. B. Whitaker, Democrat, is oppos ed by Jack Hicks for State Sena tor for the 33rd Congressional District. All Urged To Vote The fact that the nation is at war is expected to stimulate vot ing all over the country. Both parties have appealed to all citizens to strengthen their country's de moracy by exercising their privi lege of the ballot. In this connection, Congressman Weaver makes the following time ly appeal: "This war is being fought for continued Freedom . . ., Freedom that, among other thing, finds expression in the privilege to vote for Representative Gov ernment. ... In critical times like the present, it is important to take time to go to the polls and cast your ballot for the candidate of your choice." MRS. RAY SMITH DIES IN GREENVILLE News has been received here of the death of Mrs. Roy Smith, the former Miss Leona Raby of this county, at her home in Greenville. Mrs. Smith was born in the West's Mill community, the daugh ter of the late John Raby arid Pearl Bryson Raby. She was a teacher in the public schools and a member of the Greenville Bap tist church. Surviving are her husband ; five children, Staley, Kathleen, Hazel, Raby, and Joyce Smith, of Green ville; one sister, Mrs. Femey Stokes, of Ayden; four half brothers, Paul Raby, of Raleigh. Cecil Raby, of Winston-Salem, Alcir Rabv. nf Franklin, route 3. and John Raby, of Almond, and one half-sister. Miss Edna KaDy. 4-F to 1-A, Thomas Richard Add- ington, colored, James Boyd Cole. From 1-B to 1-A. Lee Travis Dry- man. Spencer Hall Bryson, John Zackie Leatherman, lames Austin Rabv. Robert Leo Saunders; from 3-A to 3-B. David Baker Wood; from I -A to 3-B. Elmer Bartholo mew Childers. From 3-A to 1-C. following vol untary enlistment, Ernest L Hol land, Thomas Burgin Moses, Fred Siler Dowdle, Ruel Raymond Swan son, and Walter James McCoy.
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