l)igMan)>*i Maconian PROGRESSIVE ? LIBERAL I NDE FEND EN T VOL. LV1II? no. ss FRANKLIN, IN. C, THURSDAY, SEPT. 2. 1M3 FDR iatUs . J ii. ?"!< Every worker should increase the [^. amount of bontlv he or she is buying. tt.Og PER YEAR Back The Attack ... With War Bonds Town and Farm In Wartime r HERSHEY SHOWS ORDER OF INDUCTION "The selection of men needed for the armed force ? and the defer ment of men required for agricul ture, war production, and war sup porting activities are much more difficult than in the days when we had ample men from which to ahaose," said Major General Lewu B. Hershcy, Director of Selective Service, in a recent letter to local boards. He said available men will bie called for induction in the fol lowing order: (1) single men with out dependents; (2) single mm with collateral dependents ; (3) mar ried men without children; (4) men with children (nondeferrabk activities and occupations) ; (5) men with children. PEACE TO REPAY MORE LEND-LEASE "The Congress in passing and mending the Lend-Lease Act mad* it plain that the United States wants no new war debts to jeopardise the coining peace," Pres ident Roosevelt declared in his tetter transmitting to Congress Che eleventh report on Lend-Lease op erations for the perion endued July 31, lr43. "Victory and a secure peace," the President added, "are the only coin in which we can be repaid." "STANDING ROOM ONLY" ON TRAINS If you are planning to lake a train trip ovfr Labor Day, you probably will have to stand in the aisles, ODT officials say. Passenger trains throughout the U.S. continue to run heavily loaded, with stand ing in the aisles occuring frequent ly on some trains, particularly at weekends. ? - ~ . BETTER RUBBER FOR RECAPS Rationing restrictions on the use of Grade *C camelback for re capping havebeen removed, accord ing ito OPA. Grade "A" camelback, previously available for only the largest -truck and bus tires, may now be obtained flor recapj>ing tires on all trucks and buses .although it is still subject to rationing. TAX REPORTS DUE SEPT. IS Many fanners wil be among (fee 15 miUion Americans who are re quired 4o file a declaration of esti maitied income for 1943 and make a payment on that basis dnter the "pay-as-you-go" plan which became effective July 1, this year. Septem ber 15 is the date for filing de clarations, except that farmers, if tnay wish, may wait until Decem ber 15, *nqe they receive the bulk of their income in 'the fail. Gen erally speaking, all single persons earning more 4han $2,700 a year from wages subject to withholding and all married couple# earning more than $3,500 will be' required to file declarations. In addition, individuals or couples with an in come of $100 or more' from sour ces other than wages are required to (Me, if their total inaome is such that they must pay an income tax. Individuals who went required to file an income tax return for 1942 and whose wages subject to with holding in 1943 wil be less must alio file. WAR-USEFUL JOBS NEED IMMM Between now and nert July, "a rock-bottom minimum of 2,600,000 peraons" must transfer to war-use ful jobs, according to Paul V. Mc Nutt, chairman of the War Man power Commission. "Hiere are aoute- shortages of teundry work ers, teachers, nurses, doctors, bus and delivery drivers, and crthers whose services art needed by civ ilians," Mr. McNutt Mid. Th* War Manpower Commission advises those ki doubt about 4he war-usefulness of their jobs to consult the U. S. Employment Service. WAR BALLOTS FOR ARMY Blank forms ar* available to oM officers and enlisted men of the Army to enable them to apply for war baltots for elections to be Held this year, the War iDepart ment reports. PubHc Law 712 re quires these form*, to be avatUbfe in years when officers of the na tion*! government elected. Th< forms wilt alao enable l??allv qiwl (CmUmmI 0* Nit MO REV. W! L. HCTCHINS REV. J. C SWAIM METHODIST FOURTH QUARTERLY CONFERENCES The Rev. W. L Huicluns, Qifc *ict Superintendent of the Way nesviHe district will be in this oounty to hold Fourth Quarterly conferences of the Methodist church, Sunday, September 5. He will tie at Asbury, 11 a. m., with Rev. J. C. Swswm ; Snow Hitt, 3 p. m., with Rev. C. W. Judy; and Oirson's Chapel, 8:30 p. m, with the Rev. Or. J. L. Stokes. CMLCOURT IS ADJOURNED 17 Cases Are Settled Or Continued In Only Thrae Days The con county term of civil court adjourned Wednesday at noon, ? Judge Clarence E. Black stock, presiding. There were 17 cues on the docket. Eight were continued am) two were non-suited. In the case of Nantahata Power & Light Company vs. Neil C. Hay et ml. th,e defendants were aJlowejl $22,500. Omne Company vs. Ellis Soper and wife, et al, was settled by compromise with consent of plain tiff and defendants, with Harkins, VfcnWinkte and Walton of Ashe vilie representing the plaintiffs and Jones and Jones the defendants. In Xhe case of Franklin Hardware Company vs. B. C Pruitt, judg ment was entered against Pruitt in the stun -of $250.22. In the case of International Harvester Company v?T~ W, L wMcCoy judgment was entered against W/ L McCoy. The case of Lee Tippeft vs. State Highway Commission was settled by oonsient James A. Norton Taken By l>eath James A. Norton, SO, of the Otto section, died at the home of his brother, John Norton, Tuesday morning fotoowing four years of declining health. He was confined to this bed two months before his death. He was a native of Macon county. Mr. Norton -was a farmer atpri was never married. Funeral services were held at 10 a. m. Wednesday at Asbury Methodist church, thie Rev. J. C. SwaSm, pastor, officiating. Burial was m the church cemetery. Pall bearers were James McDowell, Ralpto Norton, Raleigh Norm, Marvin Howard, Jew Norton and Harley Thomas. Jn addition to the brother with whom he made hfo home, he is lurvfad by on* fcitttfier, Lester Norton of Otto | and one sister, Uf|. Thomu toilet, lift) of Otto. NEWS OF OUR MENwWONEN IN UNIFORM 1st LicUt. Edwin G. Young has been at home on furlough with his family on Route 2. As a bombar dier in the Air Corps, tve partici pated in 35 bombing missions over Tunisia with the American group attached to the British 8th Army which chased Rommel out of Egypt. He has r/eceived the Air Me; Mrs. Lester Codley, , UJDXT. ; Marie Dean, ? Mrs. Fraok Dean and Edith Poindexder, Bap tist YWA; Mrs. Herbert McGtan ery, Baptist Home Mission classes; Mrs. W. H. Sellers, Episcopal Wo man's Auxiliary; Mrs. W, A Rog ers, Methodist Bible Class; Mrs. Zeb GonUy, Methodist Auxiliary, Mrs. Carl Cabe, Wesleyan Service guild ; Mrs. J. Ward Long, Pres byterian Business Women's CSrcV Booths in town witt be open every Saturday through October 2. The Eastern Star committee will have charge on September 4. Daar-To-Dnar Canvas* A door-to-door canvass will be made by the wnragen representing these organizations. Mrs. Gordon Moore, director of the GiviKan Service Corps, and Mrs. H. E. Church, organizational chairman, will map out the Mocks for the canvass. "Selling a bond of her own" will be stressed to every housewife in every family in addition to the ex tra bonds bought during the 3rd War Loan by wage earners already on payroll savings, Mrs. Archer announces. These extra bonds are termed "Sacrifice Bonds." Their purchase means giving up some thing, thus the bonds have a double value. STORES BEGIN NOON CLOSING ON WEDNESDAY Moat Business Firms Will Give Workers One Afternoon Most of the Stores and business firms which cooperated during the summer months in Wednesday af ternoon closing at 1 o'clock, are continuing to give their workers fhis afternoon off during the fall. A partial list of firms cooperating ran an advertisement in last week's issue of this newspaper. They an nounced that the dosing would be gin at the noon hour instead of one o'clock, since this was more convenient on account of the din ner hour. Four ? stores qarrying dry goods announced that tjhey would con tinue the Wednesday closing only untrl October 1. They thanked the .public for their cooperation in thus enabling than a hundred ??*>rW?r? M lisvt this timi | (or hnpu (Nil (triii