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j WAR rd loan l&ht JHaccmiatt '73 u(/ TZottUj PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT VOL. LVIII? NO. 40 FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1943 $2.00 PER YEAR New Regulations Call For Better Price, Says Snow Production Depends Upon Fair Margin Of Profit The new regulations of the War Manpower Commission which went Into effect October 2, will necessitate a revision of price now being paid for stra tegic mica, according to Floyd E. 8now, mineral economist, rep resenting large Interests In mica operations in this county. Mr. Snow urges Macon county operators to band together In asking for a Teview by the Met al Reserves Company, the War Production Board and other government agencies charged with the responsibility of secur ing mica for war requirements, to revise the present prices. "With the new labor scale of time and a half over 40 hours per week and a 48-hour week, some mines will be forced to shut down unless they can get a better price for trimmed No. 1 and 2 grades of strategic mica, Mr. Snow asserted. "With the government spending bill ions to hasten the victorious end of the war, and mica one of the most vital materials to accomplish this, the price could and should be advanced from $5 to from $8 to $10 per pound, to enable operators to quicken and increase production," he said. Mr. Snow cited as an example, results of systematic explora tion of the Baird mine, only one of the seven pegmatite veins in the immediate Franklin area. During the past ten days .some eight tons of book and plate mica has been produced in sinking a shaft five by ten feet and by 17 feet of drift at the 39- foot level from surface. For each cubic yard of vein remov ed weighing 2700 pounds, over 400 pounds has been book and small pieces, the muck contain ing an estimated 500 pounds of scrap. "There is no valid reason why other such discoveries cannot be made by exploration, but the task of mining below water lev el, as at the Baird mine, is fraught with hazards which should not be undertaken with out adequate de-watering equip ment and substantial financing, Mr. Snow advised. He considers the future bright for Macon as a leading mica producing coun ty with recent discoveries at tracting the attention of capital and the major mining industry. He referred specifically to the two mining leases which have been recently acquired by New Cork financial firms and mining engineering corporations, includ ing the Baird, Allman Cove., Browning "A" and Crisp mines which are under his direction as one of the principal owiiers. Last Rites Held For Mrs. Spurling Mrs. Mona Hugging Spurling, 81, died Wednesday morning at the home of Mrs. T. W. Ashe, In the Iotla section of Macon county, following an Illness of 10 months. Mrs. Spurling, a native of the Burnlngtown section, was a life long resident of Macon county. She was the widow of H. L. Spurling and was a member of the Iotla Baptist church. Funeral services were held at the Iotla Baptist church Wed nesday morning at 11 o'clock, the Rev. J. O. Benfield and the Rev. Robert Poindexter officiat ing. There are no Immediate relatives surviving. * Bryant funeral home was In charge of arrangements. Clyde Johnson Reported Misting; Is Heard From Mrs. Elmer Johnson, who on September 18, received word from the Navy Department stat ing that her son, Clyde Johnson, had been missing since July IS, has received a letter from him dated September 23, saying that he has Derfn on duty In the South Pacific tor the past three months and Is well. He hat been with the Navy for sever years. BUY U. S. WAR BONOS Km# m Mm thMd I Town and Farm In Wartime RATIONING NEWS GASOLINE ? In 17 east coast state. A-6 coupons are now good, i In states outside the east coast area A-8 coupons are now good. FUEL OIL? Period 1 coupons are good through January 3. SUGAR ? Stamp No. 14 good for 5 pounds through October. Stamps Nos. IS and 16 good for 8 pounds each for home can ning through October 31. SHOES ? Stamp No. 18 good for 1 pair. Validity has been ex tended indefinitely. MEATS, FATS ? Brown stamps C and D good through October 30. Brown stamp E becomes good October 10 and remains good through October 30. PROCES8ED FOODS ? Blue stamps U, V, and W expire Oct ober 20. Blue stamps X, Y, and Z are good through November 20. GtVE SOLDIER'S SERIAL NUMBER The public is asked to use a soldier's Army serial number in every case where inquiries are made to official agencies con cerning either officer or enlist ed personnel. Much time and material is wasted if the num ber is not given, according to the War Department. U. S. CASUALTIES TO DATE 105,205 Announced casualties of the United States Armed Forces from the outbreak of the war to date (whose next of kin have bectn uoHfletfr "total 103:205, according to War and Navy De partment reports. This total in cludes: dead, 20,104; wounded, 28,226; missing, 32,906; prison ers of war, 23 970. AGRICULTURE PREPARING FOR 1944 Easing of the rationing re strictions on farm machinery, increased production of new farm machinery, and a cam paign among farmers to "Keep Wour War Equipment Pit and Fighting" are indications of plans now being laid by the War Food Administration to meet Increased production goals for 1M4. EASIER TO GET PRESSURE CANNERS Pressure canners may be bought tor Individual home use under liberalized regulations now followed by the local agri cultural War Boards. A person who needs a pressure canner HELP FARMERS GET TRUCK PARTS Farmers unable to get needed parts for trucks can get help^by taking the matter to the near est Office of Defense Transpor tation office. The ODT has 142 district ofices throughout the country, each with a mainten ance specialist and a special Maintenance Advlsoiy Commit tee on which are garage and service station men, dealers, and parts suppliers with a special duty of helping find needed part*. OoatiniMd Ob Pat* Six ? Health Clinic To Be Held Oct. IS The Health Department will hold Its usual third Friday clinic In the Ashear building, room 115, on October 16, from the hours 10 to 12 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m. Dr. Mary B. Michal, assistant [ district health officer, will con duct clinic assisted by Mrs. Al ma K. McCracken, district sup , ervlsor, and Mrs. Gaines, county . nurse. 1 W. N. Carolina | Pastors' Conference , The Western North Caroline Pastors' Conference ii to bi held at Cowee Baptist church on the Bryson City highway seven miles from Franklin, or October 11, with the Rev. J. O Ben field, host pastor, Franklin , H. a NEWS OF OUR MENw WOMEN IN UNIFORM Pvt. Willie Beeco, son of Mr. and Mrs. Claude Beeco, who is with the infantry, is stationed somewhere in the Southwest Pacific. He writes he is well. ? ? The Army Air Forces Train ing Command announced today the graduation of Pfc. Lawren ce B. Welch from the B-24 Lib erator bomber school at Kees ler Field. He is the son of Rev. and Mrs. C. C. Welch of Stiles. He will now go to active duty on the line, to factory schools for more advanced training in aircraft maintenance, or to one of the Training Command flexi ble gunnery schools to learn to be an aerial gunner. Pvt. Hunter Wilson Anderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Anderson, Route 1, Franklin, ha* ? reported at Keesler Field, a unit of the Army Ah- Forces Train ing Command, to begin training as a pre-aviation cadet. _____ Mrs. Lucille Black, Franklin, Route 2, has been notified that her husband, Londy Black, Jr., has been promoted from private to Technician. Pvt. J. R. McCracken, son of Mr. and Mrs. W. R. McCracken, Franklin, Route 4, has been in the Armed Forces since Febru ary, 1943. He received his basic training at Camp Lee, Va., and Sheppard Field, Texas. He Is at present stationed at Herbert Smart Airport, Macon, Oa. V ? Pvt. Jack Cabe, who Is with the Marines, stationed at Parris Island, S. C., has been spending a short furlough with his par ents, Mr. and Mts. Fred Cabe. ? it ? Privates Robert R. Gaines, B. L. Sherrlll, Ed Ouy and T. H. Fagg, who were recently induct in the U. S. Army are now sta tioned at Camp Wan Dorn, Miss. - Mis teste Mae Brtndfc of the Army Air Forces, who is now stationed at Patterson Field, Ohio, Is spending a 6-day fur lough with her mother, Mrs. Eva Brendle, Franklin, Rt. 4. Fred Blagle, Jr., of the U. S. Navy left Monday after spend ing a short leave with his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Slagle on CartoogeChaye. Service Board On Square Is Now Ready For Names ? i Names Of Those iA Ser vice Requested; Dona* tions Reported J The large board on Rankin square, sponsored by the Lions Club, to carry the names of all men and women in the service of the armed forces, has been completed, and now awaits the painting of the names upon it, Benny McGlamery, chairman of the committee in charge of donations, announces that the public has responded generously to the expenses, $132 having already been contributed. The total cost will ' be around $250, Mr. McGlamery said, and a small sum will be needed for adding new names and upkeep. The names available from the local registration and selective service lists have been obtained, bat there are many men, and a number of women in service from Macon county who enter ed from other places. There are also enlisted men in the Army, Navy and Marines who were already in service prior to Oct ober, 1940. The families and friends of these are requested to bring these names to the Frank lin Press office so that they may be placed on the board and printed in the Service Edition, which will be Issued when the board is dedicated. Families are also asked to bring or send late news of men and women in the armed forces so it may be inserted in this special edition. R. S. Jones Returns From Raleigh To Resume Practice R. S. Jones, of the law firm of Jones St Jones, has returned to Franklin to resume his prac tice. For the past 10 months he has acted as assistant to the Secretary of State in Raleigh, his special duties being in con nection with the preparation and issuance .of publications, in cluding the North Carolina Manual and superior court cal endar. His many friends are glad to welcome him home again. Mr. Jones is attorney for the town of Franklin and chairman of the boar& of elections of Macon county. He is also secretary of the Macon County Building St Loan association and head of 1 the Macon Insurance Agency. ' ... * . i , \ , ? "The rights of a frae press ? are the safeguards of the peo 1 ole; the responsibilities of ai ? free press are the command - ? ments of the people." Frankltn 0. R?oMV(tt. Dress Review Of District 4-H Clubs To Be Held Saturday The 4-H Club Dress Revue for the Western District will be held in the Agricultural build ing, October 9, at 10 am. Club girls. who have carried clothing as a project and have won in the county contest will partici pate in the district. Six western counties of Jackson, Swain, Che rokee, Clay, Graham and Macon will be represented. Miss Frances MacOregor, as sistant State 4-H Club leader, Miss Julia Mclver, assistant clo thing specialists, and Miss Wil lie N. Hunter, clothing special ist of State College, will act as Judges for the contest. Jeanette Harrison, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Harrison of route 1, will be the contest ants from the Macon Clubs. Miss Harrison will model a two pleoe woolen outfit as a part of her clothing work in the 4-H Olub. United War Fund Drive To Raise 125 Million Knitters Needed Miss Lassie Kelly, chair man of production of the Macon County Red Cross, announces that 100 pounds of wool for knitting sweaters, scarfs and helmets has arriv ed. All women who wish to help In this great cause should call for their material at Kelly's Gift Shop as soon as possible. "The quota is large and many women will be needed", Miss Kelly says. Classifications Announced By Our Local Board The following classifications are announced by the Local Se lective Service Board: 1-A: Paul Lee Plemmons, Troy Roscoe Shook, Wood row Wilson Olbson, William Qerdlne Craw ford, Ray Wllburn, Skyler Led ford, Henry Orady Holbrooks, John Robert Bingham, Jr., Frank Mozell Rogers, George Rogers Hurst, James Newton Brown, Daniel Thaddeus Bryson, Paul Lacy Smith, Arlin Alvin Smith, Wade Crawford Lambert, Ed ward Charles Day, Hal Weaver Cabe, Cecil Tallent, Ismel Boon ell Mason, James Austin Raby, Erastus Herbert Mason. Bob Lonnle Clark, Grover Webb, John J. Deal, Jerdy Wll burn Passmore, Logan Berry Ashe, Emery Houston Douthltt, Halen Dills, Merlcus Dewey Mc Coy, Ellis Edward Cogglns, Per ry Bell Shuler, Charles Martin Hodgins, Harley Carpenter, Jr., Calvin Coolldge Waters, James Ardell Parrish, Archie Lyman Picklesimer, Zeb Briton McMa han, J. L. Holland, John Emer son Smith, James Fred Carpen ter, Samuel Ebenezer Ramsey, John Marvin Vanhook, Lewis' Lee Fouts, Robert Alvin Turpin, Harold Newton Nix, Furman Trotter Brendle, James Clyde Burnette, John Washington Mc Dowell, James Edward McCoy, and John Lewis Moore. 3-A: Claude Heath Bolton. 2-B: Dover Dee Welch, Terry Hall Bolick. 3-C: Frank Jackson Hannah, Tommy Lee Norton, Clinton Roger Cabe, Paul Lester Grist, Ralph Curtis Bradley. 1-A H: Albert Frederick Brown. 4-A: Vance B. Vanhool^ 1-C: Benneth Davis Ledford, Gaston Clark, Walter Neville, Bryson, Donald Odell Holt, James Edward Morgan, Grover Dempsey 8hepherd, Dwight Ly man McCloud, Coolldge Marlon Mason, Dewltt Talmage Thomp son, William Grover Jamison, OsntinuMi On Six ? Mr*. Sherrill Report# On Macon H-D Clubs Mrs. Florence S. Sherrill, home ag^nt, with the State college extension service, reported re cently on the Macon county home demonstration club meet ings during the past two moths. Twenty such meetings were he Id with a total attendance of 207 women. The clubs of Cartoogechaye and Cullasaja held all-day meet ings for the "busy day meal" demonstrations, she said. The Cullasaja club met in the morn ing to prepare a busy day meal and in the afternoon for a de monstration on a "Quick and Sure Method of Making a Dress." All of the club meetings dur ing the two months had for their program one of these two topics. For the busy day meals, Mrs. Sherrill and the group leaders would ' prepare them, while the other women divided into groups to plan meals for their busy days of canning, washing and working in the fields. Six food conservation classes also were conducted by Mrs. Carl Slagle, Mrs. T J- O'Neil and Mrs. Fred Slagle, with the helo of E. J. Whltmire, the ag riculture vocational instructor. Emphasis in these classes wax nlaced on the actual filling of containers as a continuation of fhe classes on methods of food nrwervatlon held In the earlj ?mrnmtr, Mr*. Sherrill nid. J.E.S. Thorpe Head# Diat; John Archer, Chairman Of County A nation-wide drive to raise 125 million dollars for the Un ited War Fund Campaign will be Inaugurated throughout the United States this month. The drive in North Carolina will be launched during the last two weeks, beginning October 18th. The State has (>een divided into 12 districts and Macon county is one of eight embraced in District No. 1 under the leader ship of J. E. S. Thorpe of Franklin. Governor Broughton Is honor ary chairman of the campaign for North Carolina and has ap pointed John M. Archer, Jr., of Franklin, as chairman for Ma con county. Mr. Archer states that those assisting him will be the following: Executive Com mittee: J. M. Archer, Jr., chair "man, Jesse 8. Conley and Guy Houk of Franklin; Frank B. Cook, Wilton H. Cobb and Sta cey C. Russell of Highlands. Secretary - treasurer, H. E. Church of Franklin; Publicity chairman, S. C. Russell. Oeneral canvass, B. L. McGlamery, J. 8. Conley, F. B. Cook, W. H. Cobb. When interviewed, Mr. Archer stated: "The United War Fund Campaign comprises 17 separate organizations, the most promi nent one being the U. 8. O. (United Service Organizations), which Is scheduled to receive more than SO per cent of the amount to be raised. Each State has established its own head quarters report to the National War Fund, Inc., with headquar ters in New York. The National committee is composed of more than 100 jHomlnant men and women who serve without pay and operate with the War, Navy and State Departments in the allocation of the funds." "The quota for Macon Coun ty" continued Mr. Archer, "has been set at $3,197, but we hope that our county will exceed this fund and go over the top as heretofore. Macon county boys are now fighting In all corners of the globe. Some will never return. Others are languishing In Japenese prisons, and dying from slow starvation, cruel treatment and unsanitary sur roundings. The sum of $3,320,000 will be earmarked for the aid of prisoners of war and will in course of time benefit our own boys." No other drives are scheduled for this year, according to Mr. Archer, and Instead of many separate campaigns the United War Fund drive combines the 17 different bodies which here tofore have solicited funds for various war purposes throughout the United States. Knowing that there will be ho other drives, or solicitors, all Macon county resi dents are earnestly requested to make one large generous dona tion. Funeral Rites For Mrs. Ella Franks Mrs. Ella Franks, 72, died at her home In the Cartoogechaye section, Monday afternoon, fol lowing an illness of one month. Mrs. Pranks was a native of Buncombe county, the daughter of the late Nannie Callahan Scott and Tom Scott and had been a resident of Macon coun ty more than 50 years. She was a member of the Zion Hill Bap tist church. Funeral services were held at the Watauga Baptist church, 4 miles east of Franklin, Tuesday afternoon at 3 o'clock, the Rev. Lester Sorrells officiating. Bur ial followed In the church cem etery. Surviving are her husband, Jim Franks; fourdaughtera, Mrs. Annie Collins, Mrs. Luna Stan ley and Mrs. Willie Angel, all of Franklin, and Mrs. Dessie Moodle of Franklin, Route 2; two sons, Toe and Charlie Franks of Franklin; three bro thers, Bob, Tom and Hubert Franks, all of Franklin, Route 4; three sisters, Mrs. Ida Sands of Franklin, Route 4, Mrs. Jane Franks of Franklin, and Mrs. Annie Sanlers of Ashevllle; 34 grandchlllr^n and two great grandchildren. Bryant funeral home vu in charts.