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VOL LVII1, NO. X
Forest Service Gives Rules
To Quard Against Fire
Farmers Urged To Take
Care In Burning
Brush
Nan ta ha la National Forest
Franklin, North Carolina
Many Western North Carolina
farnters find it desirable to burn
"Veeds and trash in preparing their
fields for the plow. Since many
of the fields are next to farm
wood lots or Forest land there is
a risk of the fires getting out of
control and spreading through for
est property. Many an acre was
swept by wild fire last spring.
Some of these forest fires spread
trorn debris burning, and practi
cally all were caused by careless
ness.
Since th,e burning of farm weeds
brush and trash is a source of
fire risk, we should take care to
select the safest time and place
for doing this kind of burning.
The debris burning can be safe
guarded to a considerable extent
by the following conditions for
burning.
TOME:
1, 8urn debris late in the after
noon on a day when the wiind is
quiet
2. Watch the burning until the
pile has burned to a bed of em
bers.
3. Go to the site of the burn- '
ing next morning well before 8:00
o'clock and see that every spark
is dead out.
PLACE:
4. Place trash to be burned in
open area well away from the
.edge of the wood lot.
5. See that inflamable material
is cleared up in a ring several feet
back from the pile to be burned.
6. Keep~Sbrom burning trash near
a steep sloM or in the mouth of
a draw , leadfcg * steep, slope.
7. Have a hoc, ax and bucket
8. Watch for sparks falling in
the wood lot; art promptly put
out any spot fire that might start,
with the water or a raked line
just ahead of thje spot fire.
The job ahead for all of us is
most certainly production to help
the war effort. Fighting Forest
fires w?ll take some of us from
war production and delay the day
of victory. Since matches and
lighted cigarettes in the hands of
careless or indifferent pebple ac
count for the most of our fire
losses, let each and every one
think twice of the coinsequ,ence
that might develop before discard
ing a burning match or cigarette.
Women In Service
Miss Katherine S^iuford, former
ly public health nurs,e for this
county, who is now in the U. S.
Artny Nursing Corps, is visiting
Mrs. Gilmer A. Jones. Miss Shu
ford is stationed at Camp Gor
don, Ga.
Mis Alma Cabe has been home
oft a seven day leave on account
of the illness of her tittle brother.
Elizabeth Love who entered the
U. S. Army Service as truck
drier hist summer is visiting her
parents at Franklin. She is sta
tkxvrd at the General Development
Laboratory of Fort Monmouth,
New Jersey.
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Lucille Reece and Louise Mur
ray have completed their, basic
training in radio at New Bridge
and are leaving Asheville Friday 1
iar Port Monmouth, New Jersey,
v(4ere they will take an advanced
six months course to be licenced
radio operators and technician*.
Two Macon Families
Leave For S
mountain farm famines iu i?im
m Eastern North Carolina, two
families from Macon county left
Wednesday morning for Scupper
nong in Washington county. They
were Mr. and Mrs. Frank Co wart
and seven children and Mr. and
Mrs. Logan Sanders, one child and
Mrs. Sanders' mother. Both fam
ilies are from the Prentiss com
munity, and are the first from
this county to avail themselves of
better economic opportunity offer
ed small farmers of the mountain
section by the Farm Security Ad
ministration's project *t Scupper
nong.
The party left by special bus at
6 *. m. yesterday, expecting to
make the more than 406-mile trip
across the state in one day. They
wmt mmfmtk by MIm G
As part of
Receive* Award
MASTER TEACHER ? E> J.
Whitmire (above), teacher of ag
riculture in Franklin high school,
has beein selected as Master
TeachTeacher of vocational agri
culture in North Carolina |?r
1942.
LJ.WHUMWE
IS POKED
Receives Master Teacher
Award For Work In
Agriculture ^
E. J. Whitmire, teaches of agri
culture in the Franklin Htgh
School, has been selected U the
Master Teacher of Vocational
Agriculture in North Carolina for
19*2, announced R?r H.
State f
of
Whitmire' J work has been out I
standing in tly eneoyragtnunl of j
progress toward "balanced pros
perity" in his section. He has
made his teaching helpful toward
the growing of more livestock,
poultry, swine, Old other food
crops.
Students in the department have
recently purchased cooperatively
10,000 baby chicks, 8,000 pounds of
certified potatoes, and $10,000
worth of feeds, seeds and fertili
zers.
Members of the Franklin Chap
ter of the Future Farmers of
America, of which Mr. Whitmire
is tdvister, have sold $5,000 worth
of livestock and crops coopera
tiely, have repaired farm machine
ry, and have harvested 5,000 too*
of silage corn for neighboring
farmers. Four years ?go, the aver
age labor income 4or the Franklin
boys was $40 pftr Ijo y, bat this
past year 50 boys Tiad a labor
income of $200 per boy.
Mr. Whitmire's students have
gtthered 200,000 pounds of scrap
metal and have purchased $1200
in bonds and stamps during the
last eight months.
? ' F. F. A. Cnilir
The Master teacher and his
students salv*ged three country
school houses, moved them and
constructed their department build
ing.
All of the F. F. A members
in the Franklin chapter are now
bred livestock enterprises in their
using purebred seed and pure
farming operations.
In additi n to his agricultural
Mtching pi igram, Mr. Whitmire
has supervited 14 detente classes
which have trained men in me
chanical sk lis and enabled them
to carry on essential jobs in the
war effort.
Whitmip is a grtduate of State
College,? class of 1839? and is a
member of the FranHfcin Rotay
Club. He has' had three years of
experience as an agricultural teach
er and is 26 years old.
Maxwell, of the Firm Security
office here. Their household goods
were sent by truck, leaving Tues
day night.
"This movement of families to
Eastern Nortfe drolina which ii
underway Has been brought about
through the effort to increase t He
production of food by a better
distribution of farm families," laid
Albert Ramsey, head o the Farm
Security in this county. "Cen
sus figures show that the Appala<
chian area is the most densely
populated farm section in the
state, resulting in small farms,
?ante of which do not offer ade
quate support or sufficient oppor
tunity for a family to produce to
Hiliwni capacity."
MEN GO TO
FORT J ACKSON
Selectees To Leav? On
Saturday, Jan. 16
The following mtr. #ho were
sent to Camp Croft, S. C on Jan
uary 8 for examination and in
duction, were accepted, and will
leave for Fort Jackson, S. C. oil
Saturday, January U>.
Oscar A. Morgan, Donald Cun
nigham, Dock L. Clark, Jr., Wil
liam P. Pierson, who was placed
in charge of group at Camp
Croft, Cecil Poindextjer, Joe Mash
burn, Oscar J. Ledford, Jack H.
Head, Canary Franks, Frank Soles
bee, Robert H. Frazier, James H.
Parish, Julian B. Kiser, Hayes E
Houston, Robert L. Carpenter, Jr.,
Wilson Jones. v
J. B. F. Anderson, Wayne R. Van
hook, Willard J. Woody, George
L. Guffey, Charles E Roper, Jesse
W. Johnson, Frank Gibson, Fred
G. Duvall, Arthur A. Turpim, Wal
lace B. Shepherd, Arnold L. Pass
more, Frank D. Shuler, Henry H.
Hedden, Devere T. Green, Roy L.
Jones, Warren G. Owenby. Harry
J. Duvall, Ro6ert L. Crawford, Jr.,
Earl M. Younce, Charles R. Owens,
Albert N. Pennington, John L An
gel, Maurice E. Norton, Arvel W.
McCall, Charlie Wade Roper. Ral
ph M. Henson, Carl H. Owenby.
Also 'accepted was Raymond F.
Culver, a volunteer, who did not
take the week's furlough. James
Conner Hawkins, who was includ
ed in this group, and inducted
from Burlaw, N. C, was accepted
m a Volunteer Officer Candidate.
Mr. Hawkins was a teacher and
athletic director ai the Franklin
High School lor icvenat
Methodist i
sent the iMtcrt -with.
they leavtf am. Saturday. ,
leaving are also presented
Testaments.
62youngme^Ts^^^^M^P"~l8^
years of a^e since June 130, were
registered. They will receive ques
tional soon, and will probably
be part of the calls in March
from this Board.
N.C. Weekly
Roundup
FOR MEN ONLY ? Beginning
February 1, all North Carolina
men between the ages of 18 add
45, who for six months or more
have been subject to registration
under the Selective Service Act
for possible military service will
be required to carry their classi
fication cards ? showing whether
they are in A-l, 4-F, etc., to prove
they have been >n commurication
with their local draft boards and
have been classified as to availa
bility for military service. If yoa've
lost your classification card you
should get in touch with your
Vocal draft board at once. After
February 1 men not carrying the
classification card will be subject
to a $10,000 fine or five years
imprisonment or both.
PRICE CEILINGS? B. U. Ratch
ford, state OPA price officer,
warned this week that milk, bot
tled drinks, beer and other bever
ages sold in the same form they
come to the restaurants are un
der price ceilings and advances in
price atve illegal.
The enfouement staff of OPA
is investigatftg reported taiscs in
price in the state.
Mobilization
AH AAA Committeemen met in
the Agricultural Building, Saturday,
January 9, to receive instructions
regarding the mobilization of all
farm effort in order to reach Ma
con county's war goals in the pro
duction of necessary food, said
Sam Mendenhal), this week.
Community meetings are now be
ing held throughout the county to
further explain the necessity of
increasing certain foods for home
use, for our fighting forces and
our Allies. Both men and women
are urged to attend theie meetings
as it will require all men and wo
men power available to produce
the food that will be necessary to
win this war, Mr. Mendenhall
said.
People living in town are urged
to plant gardens this year. From
SO to 100 percent of certain foods
will be taken off the market w
feed our fighting forces and our
allies.
JAMES E. RICKMAN
WAS ON .THE HORNET
Mts. Roy Gibson, sister of James
E. Rickman, has heard from him
^eceatly thai he is safe after the
talcing of hit ship, "The Hornet,"
*hich was announced by~Xhe Navy
Department last week as ha<rtng
been torpedoed by the Japanese
last October. Rickman is at pres
ent stationed on an island in the
Pacific. All but 129 of the crew
Were rescued.'
?ift?
LIEUT. FINLEY
st Lieut. W. H. Finley, for
merly principal of Franklin high
school, is being trained at the
new air forces office training
school, Miami Breach, to direct
administrative and supply opera
tions of the ground forces.
Mrs. Finley is now residing at
Pompaoo, Fla.
?it?
Cadet Horace Carter of Rt. 1
has reported to the Army Air
Forces Pre-Flight school for pilots
at Maxwell Field, Aia., from Nash
ville, Tenn. Air Center to Uc gin
the second phase of his air train
ing. Cadet Hurst was a student
at State College when accepted as
a cadet.
News has been received here
that 1st Lieutenant Leslie Brooks
of Bryson City, nephew of Allan
Broo?sNgf__E?nldin, who waj
wouniled at Casablanca, has been
awarded the Purple Heart decor
ation of the.U. S. Army by his
Commanding officer.
In a recent letter to his family
Lieut. Brooks reports that he is
recovering from his wound and
hopes soon to be returned to ac
tive service.
JNING IN FLA.
' - Maxwell Field, Ala., Jan. U ?
Renry Washington Cabe, Jr., son
of Mr. tad Mrs. Henry W Cabe
of Franklin, N. C, is now en
rolled as an aviation cadet in the
Air Forces Pre- Flight
ed on the outskirts of Mont
gomery.
Here the new class of cadets is
receiving nine weeks of intensive
military, physical and academic
training preparatory to beginning
their actual flight instruction at
one of the many primary flying
schools in the Army Air Forces
Southeast Training Center.
Gadet Cabe is a graduate of
Franklin High School and a for
mer student of North Carolina
State College, Raleigh, N. C. He
had received civilian pilot training
before he was accepted as an
aviation cadet in the Army Air
Forces. He was an employee of
Tennessee Valley Authority be
fore he entered the servide Nof
his country.
Cpl. Qyde A Dendy, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dendy of
Gold Mine had arrived safe in
North West Africa* according to
a letter received by his pfrents
recently.
Sgt. J. C. Dendy, also a son
of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Dendy
of Gold Mine, has received his
diploma from the advanced en
gine school in Detroit, Mich., and
has returned to Camp (Hood,
Urns.
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Fred L. Grant, who is stationed
?t Camp Claiborne, La., as * mem
ber of the Headquarters and Ser
vice Company, 338th Engineer Gen
eral Service Regiment, has been
promoted to the rank of Gorportl,
according to word received by his
fife.
Pfc. Emory Mtshburn, son of
Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Mashburn
6f Gneiss, is on furlough from
Albuquerque, N. M.
Edwtrd Mashburn, son o f Mr.
yid Mrs. F. E. Mashburn, who
aas been working in a radio
Uiop in Atlanta, has enlisted in
pie Maritime Service, and Navy
Class M-l in the reserve.
Pfc. Bill Adams, of Fort Jack
ton, S. C., is spending his fur
lough with his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Allen Adams,
Pvt. Vester Led ford of Fort
:>n, S. C, is home on fur
Mr. and Mrs. I. D. Lettherman,
?f Leatherman, have two sons
iow in service ; Pvt. John E.
Leatherman it in the parachute
Infantry stationed at Toccoa, G*?
?nd Pvt. Ernest C. Leatherman
fi the U.' & Marine corps is
Stationed somewhere overseas. Re
Volunteered last April.
QhMImmI Om Pa*. Six
Governor Presents State
Budget Of 105 Million
i
Representative
Dr. W. A. Rogers, Representa
tive from Macon county m the
general Assembly at Raleigh, has
been appointed chairman of the
committee on printing and is a
member of the important appro
priations committee.
Sales Tax
Repeal Asked In Letters
To Rep. Rogers
The following letter has been
sent to Dr. W. A. Rogers, Macon
County's representative in the
State Legislature, now in session,
signed by more than 75 citizens.
Hon. Wiley A. Rogers,
Representative of M'tcon County,
Raleigh, North Carolina.
Dear Sir:
We. (the undersigned merchants
and business men of Macon county,
do hereby respectfully request arid
petition that you use your best
efforts toward the introduction and
passage of a proper measure de
signed to eliminate, repeal and
abolish thje present existing sales
tax on merchandise and goods sold
in the State of North Carolina.
We firmly believe that such <
measure is for the best interests
of the people; not only of this
county, but the entire State of
North Carolina; and further that
we are advised, according to the
report of the State Department
of Revenue, that North Carolina
now has a surplus in its treasury,
or to its credit, of many millions
of dollars.
Our request is made also in
view of the fact of the tremend
ous increase in taxation imposed
and to be imposed by the United
Stttes Government in order to
foster and promote the waging of
warfare against the Axis Powers,
and we verily believe that such
a measure as proposed would be
to the best interest of everyone
concerned.
By this petitjon you may be
fuHy assured of our entire support
and cooperation with you in any
and all respects to the end that
the existing sales tax may be
abolished.
January 12, 1943.
Respectfully submitted.
Message Suggests Bonus
For State Employees;
9-Months School 1
Gov. Broughton and the
ory budget commission have s
mitted a budget of over $105,
000,000 for the assembly's ap
proval.
Included in the estimations is a
$9,000,000 war-bonus plan for
state employes and school teach
ers.
The recommended budget pro
vides for a $20,000,000 post-war
reserve fund to absorbe the shock
of economic upset when peace
comes.
This $105,000,000 general fund
recommendation is $10,000,0u0
greater than that of the current
biennium and is more than double
the amount spent by the state for
general purposes ten years ago.
Gov. B rough torn asked the legis
lature in his biennial message last
week to provide adequately for
state agencies and institutions, to
safeguard the credit of the state,
tn care for the needy and *o
create a nine-months statewide op
tional school term, al* o to extend
tiie compulsory school attendance
law frm 14 to 16 years.
Dr. Wiley A. Rogers, Macon '9
veteran representative, has been
appointed chairman of the com
mittee on printing, ajid a member
of the appropriation and other im
portant committees.
Excerpts From
President's Message
The state of th. nation i*
food ? ? th* haart of Hm ?.ti ?
is sound ? th* spirit of th* **
tion ia .1. th. faith of
thU Mtfa. i* etanoal.
I <U mot pmlii y ?bH thi*
nw wtHf wrf ^
1 4o haliav that \nTS ~ ?f
1M wiM give to th* Ubitad No
tin* a vary substantial a?i?sa?to
aloni th* muds that IsaJ to
Berlin and Rome and Tokyo.
They (the Axis nations)
must U disarmed and kept dis
armed.
freedom from want . . . will
loom vary large as a ta*k of
America during the coming two
years. I trust it will not ha re
garded as an issue ? bast rather
a task for us all.
1943 will not bo an easy year
{or us en the haane front.
There are only a few Ameri
cans who place appetite above
patriotism.
We, and all the United Na
tions, want a decent paacs and
a durable poace.
GOSP L SINGING
AT NEWMAN'S CHAPEL
A group of singers from Georgia
are expected at the Gospel Singing
at Newman's Chapel at Mulberry '
next Sunday afternoon at 1 :30
o'clock. All interested are cordi
ally invited to attend.
Coffee and tea production in
this country, or satisfactory sub
stitutes, is not in the offing de
spite persistent rosy rumors bori?
of war shortages, according to
scientists.
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Lake V. Shope Heads
Paralysis Drive In Macon
Enforcement
Of Pleasure Driving Ban
Under Way
Enforcement of the new ban on
pleasure driving for the duration
got under way in Macon county
this week.
Several residents of Macon
County have been given notice by
the District representative of the j
OP A from Asheville who visited
Franklin this week. Violations will
be reported to the district and
then to the local board, it is the |
practice of the Office of Defense
Transportation t^ bring all offen
ders to trial before the local board.
The board, after deliberation, will
decide whether any of the viola
tort will have their A-cards re
voked, suspended, of tailored.
No gasoline coupon books hav#
been taken awayfeso far .in Ma-,
eon County, it is stated, but law
enforcement officers are guarding'
against infraction of the new law. j
Lake V. Shope, Macon county jf
Register of Deeds, has accepted
the appointment of Macon county
chairman of the infantile paraly
sis campaign, according to am an
nouncement by Dr. Ralph Mc
Donald of Chapel HiH, state chair
man.
This campaign, held under the ?.
auspices of the committees for the
celebration of the President's birth
day, will open on January IS and
continue through January 30.
Mrs Joe E. Massey, Highlands .
chairman, has announced a series
of entertainments to raise the fund
in Highlands.
r. Shope states that the usual
President's ball cannot be held
on account of the ban on pleas
ure driving. .'ft
Special birthday greeting card*
will be mailed out which contain
slots for the nsertion of 20 dines
which will be filled and mafled
directly to the Preside
school teachers will be
take collections in the
rooms, and plans are ui
for other activities.