FDR itufts
Every worker
?bould increase ibe
amount of bond* he
or ?be U buying.
UN PER YEAR
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PROGRESSIVE
? LIBERAL
? INDEPENDEN 1 '
FRANKLIN. It. C. THURSDAY, AUGUST 2*, IMS
Sentences
Pasted In Criminal Court;
Prisoner Escapes
The criminal docket of Macon
county Superior court was finished
on Wednesday, ? number of cases
having been disposed of without
trial. Th* Hon. C. E. Blackstock
of Asheville is the presiding judge.
Some civil cases were also disposed
of. The remainder of the civil cal
ender wilt be taken up next Mon
day morning.
Howard Cruse, who was arrested
last week near Rainbow Springs
by Sheriff J. P. Bradley and Dep
uty Oscar Dills (reported erronous
ly as John DiHs in last week's pa
per), pleaded guilty to the charge
of manufacturing intoxicating liq
uor. He was given a suspended
sentence of four months for two
years on conditions of paying costs,
paying a cash fine of $75.00 and
good behavior. * .
' Lloyd Cunningham, route 2, who
was already under a suspended sen
tence of six months, plead guilty
to 'transporting and possession of
liquor. The judgment of the court
was that defendant be confined in
the Macon county jail for eight
months and assigned to work un
der the supervision and control of ;
tihe State Highway department,
'serving both sentences concurrent- .
*y
Elaine Jenkins, 34-, of Highlands, ,
plead guilty to the charges ol an
attempt to criminally assault his {
11 -year old daughter and intent ,
to commit incest. He plead guilty ,
and was sentenced 15 years on
each count, wrtTl the second sen
tence to begin at the termination
of the first 15 years sentence. It
rcas the judgment of the court that
he be confined in the State prison,
Raleigh, at hard labor under the
supervision and control of the State
Highway aiM Public Works com
mission.
The five W<bb brothers, Aionzo,
Lesajer, Lewis, Trcey and Grover '
of Highlands wjere tried for as
sault with a deadly weapon and
intent to ' lull on Earl Crunkleton i
-JL TT; niiUa fin ?~>A Vrnli nl ? .1. jjj" - 4
OX flf^HplluS ijWCHPIu yCTa "
a summer resident. A verdict of i
guilty was found against aU the
boys except Grover, who was judg- 1
ed not guilty.- Aionso and Lester
received a sentence of 24 months ,
and Truey and Lewis were given '
18 months each.
Aloaas Webb Emp? J-fl
On Wednesday night, Atonzo j
Webb escaped from the county (
jail in Franklin by jawing through j
a bar of his cell window and up j
to Thursday noon he bad not httn (
apprehended. Sheriffs m neighbor
ing Georgia and North Carolina j
counties were notified. " j
Dimkm Granted '
Divorce* were granted to Alfred j
Leopard from Dorothy Amnions 4
Leopard; to Myrtle Hedden Morri- ,
son from W. P. Morrison; 'Margie ,
Fay Green from Nelson Green; ,
Ellen Angel Ma<hfcurn front date ,
Mashburn.
Mrs. R. R. Rickman ?
Passes At I feme
On Cowoe
Mrs. Arbazena Leatherman Rick
man, 66 died at her home in the ,
Co wee section, Sunday at 6 p. m.,
following an illness of eight
month*. ,
Funeral services were held Mon
day at 3 (, m. at the Cbwee
Baptist church with Dhe iRev. J. G. |
Benfield, pastor, assisted by the j
Rev. R. F. Mayberry, Rhodiss, and ?
the Rev. -M E. HoMen, West
Mill?, boKh former pastors, offkiat- (
ing.
Burial was in the church cem.
etery.
Mrs. Rickman, daughter of the '
late Z. M. Leatherman and Pales
tine Gibson Leatfierman, was born
on January If, '1877, in Macon
county. She wsj the widow of Ro
land R. Rickman. She was a mem
ber of the Co wee Baptist church.
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs! W. T. Fouts, Franklin, R. F.
D. No. 3;; Mrs. J. C Winstead,
Elm Gty and Mrs. J. C Bryson,
West MHla; four sons, Joe H.,
West Mills, Earl, Brevard, and
Cart, Canton, Ohio; Two grand
children ; three great-grandchild
ren; two sisters, Mrs. WHI Am
nions, Sylva, and Mrs. Alex Am
nions, EHijay; two brothers, Dock
Leatherman, Leatherman, and Sol
omon Leatheerman, West Mills.
Br. MacW Stokes of Emory Uni
versity, Atlanta, Ga? will preach
St the \UthfldlM church Sunday
tvwisf K 1:10.
HIGH SCHOOL
FACULTY LIST
J. H. Piugh, Principal
Has Returned; Some
Vacancies
The following list of the Frank
lin High school faculty is only par
tial, several resignations having
been received recently from teach
ers who have bad to change their
plans during the summer. Guy
Houk, superintendent, states that
war conditions have greatly re
duced the number of available
teachers, many hawing entered
other fields of service. A serious
teacher shortage is theratened all
over the country, he says.
J. F. Pugh, principal, is already
on the ground and has been work
ing with Mr. Houk to fill aH va
cancies before the school term be
gins on Monday, September 6.
The following new teachers have
been elected to fill vacancies: Miss
Evelyn Arlege, Science ; W. G.
Crawford, history anl mathematics;
Miss Mary Do ran, science; W. N.
Hix, mathematics; Mrs. Mamie
Pry or, mathematics; Miss Virginia
Stoigle, English.
The following teachers are re
turning: Miss Annie Bailey, Com
mercial subjects; H. C. Fouts,
history; Mrs. Katherine Matthews,
English and history, Mrs. Kathleen
ONeil, home economics; Mrs. Ma
rie Stewart, English; E. J. Whit
mire, agriculture.
r*OY BOWMAN DIES AT
HOME ON EiXIJAY
Troy Bowman, 22, died at his
tome on EJlijay August 24 at 11:30
l. m. as a result of tvrart trouble.
Funeral servios were held at
Pine Creek in Jackson county with
Ih Rev. J. 11. Tucker officiating.
Burial was held in the family cem
atery tfvere.
He ? survived by his parents,
Ur. and lln. G. iM. Bowman;
three brothers, Brit too, who is sta
tioned overseas, Georgr anct Grover
if Eltijay; three sisters, Mrs. Edna
Moses, Mrs. Evfc Evitt and Miss
Gertrude Bowman aM of EHijay.
Jrd War Loan Workers
Warned Against Optimism
By Field Director
At a meeting in Greensboro and
Raleigh of volunteer workers who
"rill so6n start tiveir 'bond invas
on" of every fkot, office, street, 1
jome to sell those extra war bonds
luring the Third War Loan which (
starts Se|?tuifct? % Associate
Field Director E. R. Mowbriey,
U, S. Treasury War Finance Divis
on, sounded the keynote for t}ye
greatest -war financing drivve in
vi story. * Recognizing the, fact that
good war news might possibly gen
erate a feeling of over-confidence
uid optimism that the war is near
er victory than it actually is, Di
rector Mowbrey said :
s'We <hav*c destroyed the Axis
in Africa and we have swept it
Jut of Sicily. After many months
?f preparing and fighting, tbings ,
uye going our way in the Mediter
ranean and in the Pacific.
"But only the weak third part
ner of the Axis is groggy.
"Tlve tide of battle has turned
in our favor because we hav suc
ceeded in mobilizing for war. In
total war our fighting men do not
win on the batHefront unless back
home their fathers and motlvers,
brothers, and sisters for months
past have worked as a team build
ing up the supplies and the wea
pons with which battles are won. *
"Now is the time to slug on tfre
home sector, in the factories and
mines and mills as well a? on the
battle fields. If we relax our at
tack, if we relax in production and
permit a single soldier to be short
of food or ammunition, wie open
the way Sor the Germans and the
Japs to start m swing from the
floor.
"Wars, battles, ball-games and
horse-race* have been k?t repeat
edly by contestants who get out in
front and then grow over-confident.
"There i? grav* danger in assum
ing that the war is over, or that
the way ahead will be fast <or
<eaty. .
'"Hie Germans and the .laps,
every one, are fighting to dve
death.
The cntjny has the advantage
of defense, short lines of supply
and a d?c*4te of preparation ' fof
war.
"This war 1? ?n uphill job? to
tfct vary and sad ?ntH our final
NEWS OFOUR
MENoW WOMEN
IN UNIFORM
LT. COM. DICK 3LACLE
IN INVASION OF SICILY
Mrs. J. H. Slagle has returned
from a visit to her son, Lieut.
Commander Dick Sbgle, and fam
ily at Chapel Hill. He is a surgeon
in the U. S. Navy and has recent-,
ly returned oh furlough from the
European wot zone where his ves
sel was one of the 3000 Aips tak
ing part in .the invasion of Sicily.
William E. Lewis, 20, son of Mr
Kass Lewis, Route 1, Franklin, ha*
been selected for training as a'
specialist in the U. S. iNavy and
is now undergoing 16 weeks of.
training in the Service School for
Signahnaif at the U. S. Naval
Training Station, Great Lanes, QL
??k?
James B. Conley hi at home on
a 14-day furlough, after servinc
12 months in the service. He arriv
ed home August 20.
? ??
Pvt. Ray Bolden Hunter, sob of
Mr. and Mrs. Will Hunter of
Franklin, was promoted last week
to the rank of first class after
qualifying for enrollment in Kees
ler Field's B-24 Liberator bomber
mechanics school.
Pvt. Dewey Holland and Pvt.
Grady Holland, sons of Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry Holland of Gneiss,
have been home on furlough re
cently. Both are stationed ait Fort
Benning, Ga.
Sgt. Erwin W. Pat Ion, son of
Mrs. Malva Pat ton of Route 1,
visited his thother Monday. Sgt.
Pat ton is spending a 10-day rest
period at the Army Air Force r<*{
center at lake Lure.
? ? ?
Raymond Wood, of tUe U. S.
Navjr. son of Mrs. Fred Wood of
Gneiss, ^Ts Vwne on furlough. He
has been located at Bainbridge,
Md.
Last Rites For
Mrs. James L. Young
Mrs. James L. Young, ?0, of ?tve
Riverside section, died Thursday at
a Durham hospital, where she had
undergone ah operation. She had
been in ifl health for several
months.
Mrs. Young was SalKe Mary
Long, the daughter of the'laif Mr.
md Mrs. N. M. Long of Lincotn
bon, Ga u formerly of Macott coun
ty, where Mrs. Young was bom on
April 15, 1885. She was married
on February 18, 1903. She wos an
active member of the Hickory
Knoll Methodist church.
Her devoted Christian life in-'
fluenced a wide sphere "in hier
home and community We; she ted
many to a deeper knowledge of a
real faith, and was tewed by a
wide circle to whom she was an
understanding friend.
The funeral was (held at 2:30
o'clock Sunday afternoon at the
Coweta Baptist church, with the
Rev. J, C. Swaim and the Rev. J.
P. iMarchman officiating. Burial
was in the Rush Presbyterian cem
etery.
Pallbearers were James Gray,
Vance Vanhoolc, Javan Gray, El
mer Crawford, J. M. Ledbetter,
Bobby McQure, Frank Stiles, Jean
Lewis.
Surviving are the husband; four
sons, Louis !M. Young of Clayton,
Git., Johnny T. Young of Atlanta,
Ga., Lt. Edwin G. Yoeng of the
U. S. army, stationed at Tampa,
Fla., and Kenneth Young, also of
the U. S. army,' stationed over
seas; three daughters, Mrs. L. A.
Keener of Shelby, Ohio, Mrs. L.
A. Jollay of London, Ky., and Miss
Catherine Young of Franklin, Rt.
2; three brothers, T. R. Long of
Harrington, Wash., J. R. Long of
Greenville, S. C.,<and George Long
of Tignal, Ga., and three sisters, !
Mrs. Maude Bates arid Mrs. P*arl
Lewis of Harrington, Wash., and
Mrs. D. W. McCoy of Miami, Fla.
Edwards of Harrington, Wash., and
Mrs. E. W. McCoy of Miami, Fla.
Legion Auxiliary
With Mrs. A. R. Htgdon
Members of the American Legion
Auxiliary met Monday evening ait
the home of Mrs. A. R. Higdon.
Mrs. Gilmer Jones repored a total
of $7,418 was raised in the drive
sponsored by the auxiliary on Mol
ly Pitcher nay. A v*?t* of thanks
was raised to fht Junior Com man*
lias tail young InHm who htlpfH
' ?vll feond? ?||4 tMWI OS th*t <i?y.
CHAPLAIN GREEN I
Leaves for pcot
Chap. Philip L. Green, l*t Lt.
U. S. Army, left last week with
Mr*. Green and the children for
California, where he is stationed
at th* headquarters of tihe Fourth
Air Force.
George H. Setser, son of Mr.
#4 Mrs. Joe F. Setser of Koute I
I, is now jenrolled as an aviation
~tadet in the Army ? Air Morses
Prt- Flight suhool for pilots at
Maxwell Field, Ala. Cadet Setser
taiH receive nine -weeks of inten
Mye military, physical and acade
ntic training there preparatory to
llftgin'ning actual flight instruction.
? ? ?
ilr and Mrs. George ?alrymple
hive received from t he War De
partment, a posthumous decoration
Cyder of the Purple Heart award
M to their son, G. Harold Dairym
fle who was IriHed in action Feb
ruary 2. The Order of the Purple
Heart, created by George Wash
ington, is given to those founded
M kitted in action.
Sgt Howard E. Barnard has
been released from the.U. S. Army
to aid in the operation of ai gov
ernment mine in Climax, Cot Sgt.
Barnard was a member of a bar
nge baitnon bataUon prior to his
lianowbte discharge. Mrs. Barnard
wtt join him as soon as lie is
kmted. 1
?
Pfc. Ned P. Howard of the -Mar
ine corps has returned to Pturis
I stand. Sou th Carolina, after spend
ing a ten-day furlough with hit
father, John P. Howard of DiUiard,
G4j Rouw 1. He volunteered iml
iMltlllly after graduation from
JMbnldin High', school last (May,
and received tia km t training at
Parris Island. His father is ? vet
eran ci World War I. .
TROUT WATERS
CLOSE AUG. 31
Game Protector Reports
Many Enjoy FUiunf
Tine Seaeon
J. Fred Bryaoa, county game pro
tector sta*? ?fca* there tore been
a surprising number of kxjftl peo
ple fishing this year in the streams
of ?he county? more than previous
summers. He had no explanation
for this increase in the number of
Wn ? and vnaten ? who found it
possible to <|Uit work and go fish
ing. Wednesday afternoon dosing
of business and the scarcity of
meat may he advanced as contribut
ing to this ris*e in the number of
local sportsmen.
"Ror the last few weeks there
have been a number of visitors who
have enjoyed trout fishing in Ma
con streams, said iMr. Bryson." '
But aH good ithings must oome
to an and. The following regula
tions as cited by the game warden :
On authority granted by the con
servation board regulations of 1939,
Nantahala river and lake have been
designated as trout maters, and
poster* to that effect have beetr
ordered put up. on said waters.
Therefore, Nantahala lake and Nan
tahala river wjH dose to all fish
ing on August 31 in compliance
with said regulation.
All trout streams close August
31. :
S. S. Convention
Attended By 2M
Maoon Baptist Sunday school
oonvention met with lot la Baptist
church ^Sunday afternoon at 2:30
with. 15 churches reporting. Ap
praoumaitety 200 people were pres
ent^The Topic "The Sunday School
Reaching People" was ably discuss
ed by Rev. R. F. Mayherry and
Mrs. Paul Kinsland. Next meeting
of the oonvention will be held
with Windy Gap Sunday school
the 4th Sunday in October. J. D.
Franks, President.
Revival At Bethel
By Rev. Donald Durham
Rev. Donald DtrHhnm, a Duke
endowment student, will conduct a
revival at the Bethel iMethodist
ehureh August 30 through Septem
>?? J, with larvdetl each tvfniag
Macon's Third
Quota S
MEN ACCEPTED
F0RSERV1CE
To Report For Duty
After 21-Day
Furlough
The following men were accept
ed for service in the Army and
wjH report for duty after a 21 -day
furlough :
Roy LaFeyette Rhodes, Harold
Preston Norman, Sam L Holland,
James Robert Brendle, RoUert Lee
Mashburn, Samuel Dee Reeoe, Ed
win Lawrence Blaine, Robert Rey
nolds Gaines, Bernice Oscar Mc
CaH, Thomas Henry Fagg, William
Washington Stewman, Dagald Wil
liam Byrd.
Wallace Adam Morgan, Jewel
Gyde Turner, Emerson Germarion
Crawford, James Sherrill Henson,
Atonzo Franklin Knight, Horace
Thomas Nolen.
Leon Thomas Sloan, B. L Sher
rill, Harold Wilson McQure, John
Dearld Dowdle, Lawson Haskel
Owenby, William Shope, Herman
Rogers, Lloyd Henry Donaldson,
Thomas Robert Hunt, Jr., William
LeRoy Hamby, Herbert Delois
Houston, John Wiley Angel, Ver
non Davis Stiles, Howard Rush
Lambert, Gieorge Edgar Oliver and
Garland James Jones.
The following were accepted by
tfvc Navy and are to report on
August 23rd.
Curt Allison Roane, San ford
Coleman Dills, Delius Boyd Cog
gins, Jeff Hailen Enloe, Coleman
Thomas Shepherd, John Leslie
Reese, Ayk>r Sloan Chastain, Ver
lon Edward Strafford, Robert Nat
Davis, Herman Mason, Colonel
Perry Howard, Edgar Napoleon
Guffey, Elcaney Jenkins, Erwin
Patton Dowdle, Lewis Eugene
Potts, ^i-mi Uiltoa Wallace. Ed
ward Elbert Sheffield, R. L. Cas
tle, Roy Franklin Potts. BiH
Reeves, Tornxme Lee Rogers, Geo
rge Moah McPherson, Janes Ro
hrrt Bailey, X- G. Ledford, Robert
Lee Leach, fhat Mrancis Scott.
Junes Leslie -Henson, Jr., Hcaner
Grcrn McCoy and James Louis
Brown were inducted into the Mar
ine Aarps and will report for ac
tive duty on August 30.
Employers Notified Of
Now Provision Of '
War Mu Power Com.
Simon P. Davis, manager of the
Bryson Qty office of the U. S.
Employment Service announces the
foHowing provision of the Wax
Manpower Commission, which be
comes effective at once :
No employer shaft hire or so
licit any worker last employ
? ed in a critical occupation or
for woric in at critical occupation
except upon referral by the
Uuited States Employment Ser
vice, or in accordance witth ar
rangements with the United
States Employment service
* This provision extends eau+ier
provisions and means that workers
engaged in critical occupations may
not be hired or solicited by em
ployers, even though they are
themselves engaged in critical ac
tivities, without first clearing with
the U. S. Employment Service ? that
is, without a Statement of Availa
bility from the Employment Ser
vice.
In case of any question, Manager
Davis advises employers to contact
the Bryson City Employment offi
ce, located at Bryson Gty, N. C.
Rer. C W. Judy, Pastor
Of Franklin Circuit
The Rev. Carl Wesley Judy of
Charleston, West Virginia, has ar
rived to take over I He Franklin
Methodist circuit, succeeding the
Rev. Philip Gr.ee, now a chaplain
in the Army. Mr. Judy rtceived his
education in Charleston public
schools and Morris Harvey coHege
in Charleston, where he received
his Bachelor of Arts degree in
1940. In 1943 he was awarded a
Bachelor of Divinity degree at the
Divinity -school at Duke University.
Mr. Judy is a member of Zeda
Kappa fraternity and has been list
ed in "Who* Who in American
Universities and Colleges" for the
years 1939 and 19b0. He is living
in the parsonage on Bonny Crest.
F.Vw? College is in need of 2f
self-help male students. Anvotii
ImcmiUiI, writ* Office nl (he
F|?U Inrilfry, ?laa V. e
War Bond
et At $145,000
"Back THe Attack" It
Slogan; Committee
Making Plans
Macon oounty is getting ready
to raise the largest sum in its his
tory. All previous campaigns are
small in comparison to the amount
asked for the Third War Bond
drive which opens September 9.
Macon's quota is $145,000, the
total quota of the state of North
Carolina being $145,000,000. A gen
eral meeting of all committees has
been catted for Thursday evening
at 8 o'clock at the Agricultural
buikiint;. Henry W. Gabe, oounty
chnrman and Mrs. John Archer,
chairman of the women's commit
tee, will present plans which wilt
be announced next wrrk
The s'logan chosen to inspire this
largest of war bond drives is
"Back Kh? Attack", and everyone
will be urged to invest in a $100
bond in addition to what they ore
doing r/egularly.
Ration News
The local Ration Board issued
the foHowing announcements :
Keroservf rations, which show
September 30 as their expiration
daU? do not have to be renewed
until all stamps are us<ed up.
Non-highway gasoline rations
"E" and "R'( also supplementary
raations 'B' and 'C' need not hf
renewed until aH stamps are used.
Shoe stamp No. 18 is void if df
tached from the ration book, ex
cept when used for mail orders.
*?gar stamp No. 14 ii good for
5 lbs, valid through October.
Stamps Nos. 15 and 16 are Rood
through October for 5 lbs., each
for home canning. Housewives may
apply for more if n?ves?ry.
MAXIMUM PA ICE REGULA
TIONS ON SALE OP OOKN AND
MEAL IN MACON COUNTY
Millers maximum delivered price
to iiKtivdwl retail stores per M
pound bop 90.93 for white corn
riiea) and $0J3 for yeHow corn
mat.
Millers maximum price for 34
pound bags, f. o. b. mill t? ulti
mate consumer is 9090 for w4iitr
corn meal and 90.79 for yeHow
corn meal.
Rot *4 Mores price for corn meal,
24 pound bags, to the ultimate con
sumer is $1 22 for wMte corn meal,
91.00 for yeHow corn naeaL
Maximum Price Regulations No.
346 fixes the maximum price for
all sales and deliveries of shelled
corn, whole corn, ear corn in Ma
con County, N. C, as follows:
Maximum prices allowed a far
mer pter bushel for either white
or yellow corn when sold to indi
vidual! retail stores or to miHers:
During Y Com W Corn
May 9U1 91-49
June 1.32 1.S0
July 1.33 1.S1
August 1.34 1.12
I September 1.36 1.53
October 1.35 I.S3
November ? 1.31 1.49
On November 1 the maximum
price for corn shall revert to the
nttxitmim price that existed on
May 31, 1943, see table above.
Maximum prices for Retail Deal
ers setting to ultimate consumer
shall be 8c per bushel higher than
ttve above maximum prices paid
te farmer.
Motorist Required To
Exahange All Old Type
B A C Coupons
AH old type B and C coupons
must be ?xclvanged for new type
coupons before September I be
cause the)- will be invalid and gas
dealers cannot accept them on and
after that date. The new B & C
coupons are identified by tihe words
"Mileage Ration" an the face of
the coupon in addition to the
gr#en letter B or red letter C.
Motorists who have any of the
old type B St C coupons .are re
quired to bring or mail them to
the issuing Board for exchange on
a coupon for coupon basis. If you
mail Ahem be sure your return ad
dress is correct and legible.
rfWEJt NEW TIRES
Smaller quotas ?i -new passenger
car tires for ? August and h'
quotas of used and recapo
have been announcet^fl
baned on rationing aM
I . signed for the montJBj
> . of Rubber niredJMi
1 ' quota of
sine* u?t