North Carolina Newspapers

PROGRESSIVE ?If)< JRscoman LIBERAL ' INDEPENDENT T FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, JULY ?, 1*43 BACK UP YOUR BOY Mf "H 'tr'ayj *?] (ZN PER YEAR VOL LV1II? NO. n Dr. Stokes Red Cross Chin. Succeeding Rev. P. L. Green Mis* Kelly Elected Ch'm. Production By Board Ait Meeting in Highlands Dr. J. L. Stokes II was elected chairman of the Macon county chapter of the American Red Cross at a meeting oi the executive board of the chapter at Highlands last Tuesday ev^ping, to fill the unex pired term of the Rev. P. L. Green. Mrs. Virginia Wilson Grib ble was appointed secretary of home service to assist Dr. Stokes, who already is serving as chair man of home service. Lt. Green's resignation MB read as follows: I hereby tender my resignation as Chairman of the Chapter be cause I am leaving Macon county to become a chaplain in the Army of the United States. I wish to say that I have enjoyed my work this year and that I heartily appreciate thq cooperation of the various chairmen and committees. Sincerely yours, (Signed) Chaplain Philip L. Green* 1st Lieut. Army of the U. S. The chapter accepted the/ resig nation and requested the scretary to write to Lt. Green the regret of the chapter in accepting . and ap preciation of his work, with good wish.es in his new field. Miss Lassie Kelly was elected chairman of Production, to succeed Mrs. James E. Perry. Reports were made to the meeting by Mrs. Tu dor HaH, chairman of production and the Rev. J. S. Higgins, chair man of the Highlands branch, who also presided at the meeting. Those attending were Dr. Stoke*, John Archer, , Mrs. Florence SherriH, Mrs. Lola P. Harrington, Mrs. GribWe, and Mrs. J. W. C John eon from Franklin; Mr. Higgins, Re*. H. M. Alley. Mrs. Tudor Hall, Miss Gertrude Harbison, Mrs. H. G. Story and W. C. Newton of Highlands. Driver Injured When Oil Teak Explodes On Co vwe Mountain A devastafci scene of destruc tion on Cowee mountain marked the place where a truck load of 4,100 gallons pf gasoline turned over and exploded on Tuesday. The driver, John D. Plyler, 30, of Kannapolis, is iq Angel hospital with a fractured skull sustained when he jumped down a 150- foot embankment just before the .oil exploded. He is expected to re cover. He said brakes > failed to hold going around a curve. The telephone line to Sylva was hit and long distance service knocked put for several hours. The truck belonged to the Sou thern Oil Transportation company of High Point. Pvt. Robert C. Parker, sou of Mr. and Mrs. W. V. Parker, of Route 3, has been graduated from the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command school for air plane mechanic* at Gtilfport Field, Miss, and is neady to take his place on the service linn of this war wherever the biggest Ameri can planes are based, at home or abroad. OPA Seek* To Arneat Inflation With Local Price Panels One of the most important prob lems confronting tihe American people today m that of inflation. The OPA is giving much time and planning tothisvital subject and one par* of the program is that of having a Price Panel connected with the War Price and Rationing office which devotes its time and effort* to the subject of price as it affects the general public. The Price Paivri connected with the Franklin War Price and Ra tioning Board consists of John M. Archer, Jr., chairman, G. F. Moore and Mrs. Florence SherrHl. This Panjfl meets on Monday night. If there is any problem which any Wholesaler, Retailer, or Restau rant, Cafe or Hotel owner or man ager would like to discuss in con nection with the price of their foods and services, the .Price Panel would be only too glad for die merchant or operator to come to their meetings and place their problems before them so they can be of whatever help tihey could. Community ceiling prices are bet ing established all over the United States. In the very near future a survey will bte made of the pre vailing prices in this community ?nd general ceiling prices of all foods will be estblished. There will be more information about this phase of price control in the near Cutout. Franklin Terrace Hotel Sold Br Hirsches To E. E. Watkins Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Hfrech have ?old the Franklin Terrace Hotel, which they haw owned and oper ited for five years, to Edgar E. Watkins of Albany, Ga., Mr. Hir tch announced last Friday. The property is one of the most xeautiful hotel establishments in this section, situated in the center >f the town, with 30 bed rooms tnd private baths, spacious grounds, ind superb view of mountains. Mr. and Mrs. Hirsch have added nany improvements, including sum ner cottages, since they purchased ;he property from the late John B. WiHis in 1938. For many years live Terrace was a famous hostelry inder the management of Judge md Mrs. Willis and their daugh ters. Mr. and Mrs. Hirsch will con- ; tinue the management of the hotel through this season, it was learn td this week. They will continue to make their home - permanently n or near Franklin, Mr. Hirsch itated, since they have become at tached to this locality and Hs peo ple during their residence here. Mr. and Mrs. Watkins are well cnown here where they resided tome years ago. Mrs. Watkins is i sister of Mrs. Henry Qjad and lesse Conley. They have bought ' tie property as an investment, it vat stated. Head Of National Forests Makes Tour Of Nantahalas Lyle F. Watts of Washington, D. C, chief of the /entire United States Forest Service, who has been making a tour of the Appal achian region of the South, spent several days recently in visiting the Nantahala National Forest for the first time. Entertained at Kelly Inn by E. A. Schilling, the new supervisor, H. K. Hawley, assistant supervisor and other members of the personnel of Nantahala Forest -headquarters here, Mr. Lyie expressed himself /s delighted with all he found dur ing his stay in Franklin and on his tours through the forest. He was not prepared for ail the wealth of scenery with which he was surrounded, he said, and was surprised that so beautiful a region should be little known by people in other parts of the country. "Hi* purpose of my visit to this part of the South is fourfold'', he said. "First, I wanted to get ac quainted with those who are work ing in the conservation field. I am much pleated with the agrici* tural and forestry kHooIs that I have visited at State College and Duke Univeriity.Another purpose it to learn what the national for ests are doing lor the Mr. I find they. are making a real con tribution ? the volume of timber sold has doubled in the last two years", he stated. "Then I wanted to get acquaint ed with our Forest Service people, and ? I wanted to have some fun^V Keenly aware of the vast possi bilities offered by these store houses of the nation's wettfh, the head of all the Forests i?ade this observation: "While ?tnya.rt work ing to build up the forests, we are not working to buijtf trees, but people". It was fr*>m this angle that. Mr Watts viewed his tre mendous task. ''iTiere are many values to be conserved, such as watershed .protection, restoration and recreation. The of peo ple is the greatest. The National Forests belong to all Jhe people, and the purpose of ;the Forest Service is to tee that they are administered for the trMttit good to tfct greatest niimWt", 42 MEN GO TO CAMP CROFT Left For Examination And Induction On July *5 The following men were sent to Camp Ooft, South Carolina on July 5th for final examination* and induction. Volunteers included Baze Pink ney TaUent, Martin Ralph McNa mara (transferred away for induc tion), James .Ivan Roland, Keitb Edward Gregory, Hayes -Junior Carver, Grady Lewis Kinslamd, Ltoyd Edward Estes and Lewis M. McGonneM. The selectees were : Charles Har old Morgan, Walter Lee HaH, Per cy Randolph Norton, Ray Ratcliffe Franklin, William Howard McClure, Coleman Campbell, Thomas Nyle Roper, Fred Wilburn Hasting*, \fadison Monroe Chastain, Loy Edwin Parrish, Robert Lee Saun ders, Curley R. Pennington, Ros coe Jenkins, Robert Preleau Stand field, Pirlaskia Sylvester Castle, El mer NeviHe Frisby, Delbert Wall Angel, . Howard Stiwinter, James Neely Hunt, Lyte Huell Dills, Hen ry Ford Duvall, ? Wayne Avery Pendergrass, Jack Dempsy Cabe. James CalviMf Younce, Lewi* Franks, Paul Pavis Dean, James Dean Higdon, Charles Wood, Jr., Olin Zeb MrClure, John Will Led ford, Wayne Allen Reese. The following men were trans ferred from other boards to be inducted with this group : John Jarvis Dalton, Theodore CrunUe ton, and Wiley Bryant Led ford. Edwin Cochran Guy and Elmer James Holland were transferred to other jocal boards for induc tion. i k?' Men In Sgt. Thomas Wilson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andy Wilson a i Broad way, is now stationed somewhere in the southwest Pacific, and writes that he is getting along fine. Sgt. Carlos Rogers who is with the motor division of the ordi nance corps has returned to his port of duty at Fort Bliss, Texas, after spending a furlough with his wife and relatives en lot la. ? ? ? Allie Peek spent a weekend pass with his wife and baby and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Peek, last week. ? ^ ? Joe Bowers who is stationed with an infantry division in Texas, is visiting with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Bowers. Pvt. Jack Carpenter, who is studying engineering with an army | unit at Virginia Polytechnic Insti tute at Blacksburg, Va? has re- 1 turned there after a furlough 9pent I with his parents, Mr. and Mis. Ed- 1_ gar Carpenter. Aviation Cadet Frank M, Hig^fon, Jr, graduated on June 30, /ftnl? the 41st Flying Training Qtetadi mest at Avon Park, Fla. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. F. M! Higdon. From Avon Park hje 'has been transferred to a Basi^ School for training in the faster and more powerful basic trainers. J Wilburn Conley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Zeb Conl^v of Franklin, has recently competed his basic train ing at the XJ. S. Naval TVaining Station at /Bainbridge, Md., and has been transferred to the , Yeo man's School at Newport, R. I: f Cpl- ,J- Frank Jamison of the Radio/ Signal Corps has recently bcen/pnomotqd to the rank of ser pent. Sgt. Jamison, son of Grover JXmison has been in the army 18 months and is now stationed in Tampa, Fla. < Richard H. Slagte, wTIo has been stationed at Dutch Harbor, in the I Aleutians, for the past year, is ' home on furlough visiting his fa ther, T. M. S4agle, and sister, Miss I Amanda Slagle. Pvt. Thomas Edwin Stiles, who has been in Tennessee on maneu vers, was home on an 8-day fur lough last week, visiting his wife and son, Hugh Edwin Stiles, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Stiles of Prentess. Pvt. Stiles went back July t to Camp M<<x>y, Wis consin, where he i* stationed in ?n Engineering Corp*. -??*** OlfwM GREGG CHERRY A CANDIDATE . FOR GOVERNOR Caatonia Veteran wfll Rut Against McDonald of Chapel Hill , ?Major R. Gregg Cherry of Gas lonia, who served with the 30th -Division in the fighting which i>roke the Hindenburg line in the ! First World War, has announced ^himself a candidate for governor in the next campaign. In a recent interview appearing In the "Under The Dome" column ;,of the Raleigh News and Observer, /Major Cherry is quoted as saying ;that he was forced to announce 'his candidacy early because Dr. Ralph McDonald had "fired first". "XDur people are concentrating on winning the war". Cherry was quoted as saying, "and I don't Want to -force on them an early campaign, but when tihe opponent fires one must either duck or fire back". The Major is not one to duck, the Raleigh paper continued. How ever, it was pointed out" in a. re cent article by Stewart Atkins, editor of the Gastonia Gazette, fhat while Major Cherry found it necessary to announce his candi dacy early to let his friends in Jhe State know definitely that he is a candidate, he expressed the hope that the campaign wiH jiot reach an active stage until 1944. He said he personally felt that the people wanted to devote their un divided attention to the war effort. But he is ready, whenever the ac tive stage oomes ? then or earlier. The "Iron Major", as he came to be called when Speaker of the N. C House in 1937, is no novice in politics. Ever since he began the practice of law in his home town he has served in many offices. - an office he filled for four years. He has served with ability in the General Assembly continuously since 1931. the last two sessions as State Senator? always displaying dear-headed and progressive lead crship. A mrahfr of many frater nal and patriotic organizations, a Mason and Knights .Templar, he has also served as State Comman der of the American Legion and vice-president of the N. C Bar Association. Major Cherry took his A B. de- i gree and studied law at Duke Un- ' iversity, of which he is now a member of the Board of Trustees. Straightforward in his tactics, the opinion is expressed by his ] friends that the Major will take ? the offensive in the campaign when the time comes. He throws J his hat in the ring with a reoojpt- ' of achievement to his icfe^Stin service to the peopk-efthe State. W. L; Corbin, 61, Pmn At Home In Mmm County William U Gorbin, 61, died at his home in the Otto community of Macon county Wednesday fol lowing a serious illness of only a ' few hours. He had been in ill health for some time. Mr. Gorbin was a native of Ma con county, but spent a number of years working in mines in Colorado, Arizona and Tennessee. Funeral services will be held Friday morning at 11 o'ctock at the Sugarfork church, and burial will be in the church cemetery, with the Rev. Williams, Swaim and Vin son officiating. Pallbearers will be WiH Parrish, Ed Henson, Henry Cabe, Walter Dean, Lyman Higdon and Aif Higdon. Mr. Gorbin's parents were the late Thomas and America Pierson Corbin. He is survived by his widow, the former Miss Pearl Higdon; three children, Thomas Corbin of the navy and William L. Corbin, Jr., of the officer canditate school at Port Belvorr, Va, and Miss Margaret Corbin of Otto; three brothers, T, Grimsbaw Corbin of Qendale, and Henry Corbin of Greybul, Wyo. ; and one listen Mrs. Leslie Higdon of AsheviHe. Bryant funeral home of Franklin is in charge. 2nd Lt. Kenneth <R. Cabe, son 4 Mr. and Mrs. Henry W. Cabe, Is now on active duty with the Army Air Forces at Geiprer Field, Spokane, Wn. He entered the Army April 23, 1942 and was for Student it State College, Federation Picnic To Be At High School July 17 FOR GOVERNOR Major R. Greyf C berry at Gee tonaa. who bti announced dut lie ie in the next nee for gweewr of North Owoiine. Town Board Reduces Tax Rate From 90 Cents To 70 Cents At the regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen last Monday night it was voted to reduce the tax rate of Franklin from 90 cents to 70 cents per $100 tax valuation. Horner Stockton declined th* appointment as town attorney at the last meeting on account of his recent accident which would pre vent his taking on the duties foe some months to come. The board therefore appointed Jones & Jones as town attorneys. XjLf~i0ito WcrtA ' ? - FOR MACON COUNTY The July bond quota for Series "E" bonds is $23,339, for Macon oounty, according to an announ cement made by Henry W. Cabe, county bond chairman. The report on county bond sales for the month of June has not yet been received from the State office. Lions [n*tall Officers; Hear Air Corps Veterans An outstanding meeting^f the Lions Chib was 28 with Lieut. Ed^isr-foung and Sgt. foe Gtbtar-sTgijest speakers who JjaAfit an event to be remember ed. Lt. Young recently returned from 11 months' service in North Africa in the Air Corps, emphasized the high standard of morale in the armed forges and the supreme im portance of the folks at home do ing everything~possib!e to maintain it. His reminisoences of Franklin high school days were much en joyed. Sgt. Joe Gibbs told, all too brief ly, of the plane crash over the White Mountains in Arizona in which two of his companions re ceived mortal injuries and he suf fered frozen feet which were bare ly saved. Searching for a .bomber reported lost, the light trainer in which 'he was crew chief and co pilot hit an air pocket while cruis ing a canyon and crashed high on a mountain in two feet of snow. The story of his three and a half days and nights struggling through snow drifts from an altitude of 11,000 feet with temperature 30 degrees below zero; frozen feet, no food, fire or Steep, is no less an epic that it happened here and not overseas. Eighty-seven days in hospital recovering from the ordeal did not dampen his enthusiasm to return to duty, which he is doing this week on his still healing feet. Elmer Crawford preseded Urthe absence of the retiring president, Benny McGlamehy, who was at tending the Lions Convention in Winston -(Salem. New officers installed at the meeting were : Joe Dowdle, president ; J. Ward Long, Robert R. Gaines, El mer Crawford, 1st, 2fcd. and third vice-presidents T WiUard Pender grass. Lion Tamer; Clyde Gattey, Tail Twister; Frank L. Henry, Jr., secretary-treasurer. The new directors are Ray Whit aker, A. B. O'Mohundro and E. L. Hy*. Bond Selling, Singing And Contest* To Be Featured Tames'^XJ^, McClure, president of the Farmers Federation, has written the following letter in re gard to the annual Fanners Feder ation picnic, and which is planned to be a great patriotic rally day for farmers and friends in Macon county: 'This year our Farmers Federa tion picnic will be especially devot ed to a War Program for the farmers of Macon county. Every part of the program will be used to explain and encourage the farm ers' part in our great national war effort. War bonds will be stressed and we trust that you and the other members of the committee will work at the stamp and bond sale and do some preliminary work to get pledges. "We want to make this a great patriotic picnic and rally for Ma con county. The date is Joly IT, and the place is the Fnnklia High School. Everybody in the county is invited to come and bring a weH-filled basket. The meeting wiM start at ten o'clock in the morning with music by the Farmers Feder ation String Band. A special invi tation is extended to any musician in your county to take part on the program in the morning. Along with the special music, several short talks will be given. At noon we will have the picnic lunch and the serving of watermelon. Foot races, relay raws, tug-o-war and various other contests wiH follow immediately after lunch, with ap propriate prizes for each contest. A lunch counter wiH be operated on the grounds. Spadal Singing at 2 o'clock ?at to km All hinted to taka part la tha book* will (m gnaa to tKa ? chain, and prixaa will ha gina to tha winning fHrtaAf. Franklin Red Crow Surgical Dressing Work Praised By Mrs. Stewart Mr*. Katherine Stewart, field representative of the Red Cross, visited the Macon chapter for * few hours on Tuesday. She com mended warmly the^-wcrk of the Wghai- AtSsinffs work rocvto, where she observed the workers making bandages. Mrs. Stewart stated that the Franklin chapter had done a pion eering iob in sustaining a. surgical dressings unit which work*has (pre viously teen carried on * only ia larger towns. Other snu^H towns have since undertaken the in which Franklin took the she said. The opening of t here was made possible former production chairman, _ J. E. Perry, who went to and took training so that teach the worker* here. Mrs. AUan Brooks is now 1 man of surgical dressings. W. J. Carpenter ^1 Passe* At Home In Coweta Section William J^sse Carpenter, 80, died* at his home in the Coweta sec 4a st Wednesday, June 10, after a itlness of si* months. He wa< prominent farmer and had lived' Macon oounty all his life. Fun services were held on Friday, i 2, ait noon, at the Coweta Bap church, the Revs. Frank Reed a 4 George doer, officiating. Mr. Carpenter's son, Lestjer Har ing, of the U. S. Army, was in action in the African areai March 29, 1942, the news reachinl the family from the War Depart! ment on April 23. Surviving arfl his widow, the former Miss NeHie Giidwell; two (laughters, Mrs. Cecil Wilbank* of Clayton, Ga., Miss Nofla Mae Carpenter of Otto; and nine sons, Charles, Robert, Bill and Catvin, ail of Otto, Frank and John of Prentiss, Drew of Clayton, Ga., Jack of the army at Dade City, Ha.; one brother Ulysses N. Car penter of Dillard, G*., Routel. 14 gran<Mhildren and a number of nieces and nephews. Bryant fuiverai home of Franklin was in charge. - Sol Sanders has left for New York to attend the Summer school it Columbia Uaive