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PROGRESSIVE
LIBERAL
INDEPENDENT
VOL. LVIII? NO. 41
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 14, 1943
$2.00 PER YEAR
Wartime Forest Fire
Prevention Drive Opens
State And Federal Forest
Agencies Unite All
Over Southland
Tile prime Importance of lum
ber and other forest products
for the war is the keynote of
the IMS -44 Wartime Forest Fire
Prevention Campaign which
opens October 15 in 11 Southern
States.
"With lumber high on the list
of critical war materials, forest
fire prevention assumes a great
er Importance this year than at
any time in the Nation's hist
ory," points out North Carolina
State Forester J. 8. Holmes.
The campaign was timed to
coincide with the Southland's
greatest forest fire danger peri
od, extending from October Into
the late spring.
The U.8. Department of Agri
culture points out that last year
such fires in the South alone
cost $28,000,000 in damage? to
say nothing of millions of man
hours of labor diverted from
war production to put out fires.
Besides the valuable wood and
the man-hours lost forever to
the war effort, smoke palls from
such 'Ires near air fields cost
several thous&ad hours of train
ing of fledgeling pilots. Fires in
coastal areas aid enemy sub
marine attacks.
E. A. Schilling, Supervisor of
the Nantahala National Forest,
and Carl O. Kreuger, Supervisor
of the Plsgah and Croatan Na
tional Forests, the district ran
gers, and other forest personnel
are contributing their efforts to
help make the public aware of
the dangers of carelessness with
fire in the woods. Extension
Forester R. W. Oraeber and his
staff are working with State
Forester Holmes In the cam
paign. *
Forest Industries, civic groups,
newspapers and radio are assist
i Ing, and Individual business is
contributing through sponsored
advertisements.
Joseph C. Kircher, Southern
Regional Forester, with head
quarters in Atlanta, said, "pub
lic agencies, private groups and
industries realize the Importance
of wartime forest fire preven
tion. It is also up to each Indi
vidual American to do his part
to help lick the Axis by pre
venting forest fires."
Captain Gray
Promoted To Major
Capt. Judson F. Oray, son of
' Mr. and Mrs. J. J Oray, Frank
lin, Route 2, has been promoted
to the rank of Major, It was
announced recently at the Rapid
City Army Air Base where he
Is stationed. Major Oray is the
commanding officer of a heavy
bombardment squadron which is
training here lor combat duty
overseas.
MRS. PENLAND
PASSES AT HOME
Last Rites Held Tuesday
Afternoon At Franklin
Methodist Church
Mrs. Sallie Mozeley Penland, 74,
beloved mother and neighbor,
died on Monday afternoon, Oc
tober 11, at her home on Pal
mer street, where she lived with
her sons. Last January she suf
fered a stroke of paralysis, from
which she never recovered, and
she had another stroke a few
days before her death.
Mrs. Penland was from Rabun
county, Georgia, the daughter of
H.T.and Callie Dlllard Mozeley,
and later lived in Smithbridge
township of this county. The
family moved to Franklin about
33 years ago. She was married
in 1886 to D. Weimar Penland,
who died several years ago.
Mrs. Penland endeared her
self to a large circle of friends
and relatives. She had a large
connection in this county and
Rabun county, Georgia. Her
duties at her home which was
a pleasant boarding place for
many, kept her occupied during
her last years.
Funeral services were held at
the Franklin Methodist church,
of which she was a member,
Tuesday afternoon, at 3- 30
o'clock, the Rev. J. L. Stokes,
the Rev. J. F. Marchman and
the Rev. A. Rufus Morgan offi
ciating. Burial was in Franklin
cemetery.
Pallbearers were Joe Ashear,
A. B. Slagle, Henry W. Cabe, J.
S. Conley, T. W. Angel, Jr., Gil
mer L. Crawford, A. R. Higdon,
and James L. Hauser. Members
of the Order of pastern Star
were flowerbearer*^
Surviving are two daughters.
Miss Grace Penland of Frank
lin, and Mrs. George B. Patton i
of Raleigh; three sons, Ray, Ras I
and Ralph Penland, all 'of |
Franklin; one brother, G. Paul
Mozeley of Charlotte; 4 grand- i
children; two great-grandchild
ren; and her. step-mother, Mrs.
H. T. Mozeley of Franklin; and
two sisters-in-law.
Bryant funeral home was in
charge of arrangements.
Out-of-town relatives and
friends attending the funeral
Included Mr. and Mrs. Q. P.
Mozeley, Mr. and Mrs. Worth
Kanipe of Charlotte R. E. Moze
ley of Hickory, her granddaugh
ters, Miss Freddie Hall and Mrs.
Helen Klmsey and small daugh
ter from Spartanburg, S. C.,
Mrs. George Currier, Cornelia,
Ga., Mrs. Fannie Dillard, Mrs.
U. L. Hudson, Mrs. Vinnie Lee
Popham of Demorest, Ga., and
Dr. and Mrs. A. J. Ritchie of
Rabun Gap, Ga.
Women Report $168,142.75
Bonds Sold In Third Drive
Total Macon Sales Now
$234,000; $103,000
In Little Bonds
. Macon county's bond sales
have mounted to the sum of
, $230,000 as reported on October
7 by the regional office In Rich
mond, according to Henry W.
Cabe, county chairman. Of these
approximately $103,000 were
bonds of small denomination
bought by Individuals. This
week's sale of "E", "F" and "O"
bonds will be added to this to
tal.
Following Is the report of
sales made by the women's com
mittee, Mrs. John Archer, chair
man: ?
Bond Sales By Women
BaptUt ? YWA Girls ? Edith
Polndexter, chm., Marie Dean,
Mrs. Frank Dean .$19, 648.62
Baptist? TEL Class and Mis
sionary Clreles? Mrs. Herbert
McOlamery, chm., Mrs. J. D.
Franks $ 2,388.13
Easter Star? Mrs. A. R. Hlg
don, chm., Mrs. H. E. Church,
F. I. Murray, W. H. Sellers, W.
A. Roger*, Mrs. Rlmmer, Lassie
Ktlljr .......... ... $ 5,701.75
American Legion Aux. ? Mrs.
Ollmer Jones, chm., Mrs. John
Wasilik, Rufe Cunningham, Las
sie Kelly S 7,535.50
Presbyterian? Business Girls
Mrs. J. W. Long, chm., Mrs. Tom
F&gg, Alice Slagle, Mrs. John
Bulgin $ 7,466.00
Episcopal Aux.? (Mrs. W. H.
Sellers, chm. :. $ 3,703.50
Oarden Club? Mrs. Frank Hlg
don, chm., Mrs. T. W. Angel, R.
Beshears, W. C. Penn .$ 8,953.50
Methodist? Bible Class? Mrs.
W. A. Rogers, chm., Mrs. L. ,H.
Page, R. Beshears, Zeb Conley,
Pearl Hunter $12,942.37
Methodist Guild? Mrs. Carl P.
Cabe, chm., Mrs. Hunter T. Cal
loway, W. G. Hall, H. A. Wil
hide, Grover Jamison, Jr., Mrs.
P. Cagle $ 7,094.13
U.D.C. ? Mrs. Lester Conies,
chm., Mrs. Lon Campbell
$10,226.50
Red Cross? Mrs. J.E.S. Thorpe,
chm., Mrs. John Alsop, Mrs. A.
Brooks, H. E. Church Ed Car
penter, Mac R. Whitaker
$ 6,097.25
County? Rural Sections? Mrs.
Florence Sherrill, chm
$16,337.50
Highlands ? Miss Ruth Car
ter chm., $60,050 00
Total $168,142.79
NEWS OF OUR
M EN w WOMEN
IN UNIFORM
I
Seaman 2/c Frank Baldwin,
has returned to Whiting Field
Air Base, Milton, Florida, after
spending a ten-day leave with
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. B. A.
Baldwin.
Mary Elizabeth Vinson, daugh
ter of Rev and Mrs. J. I. Vin
son, Franklin, is now serving
In the Army Nurses Corps at
Fort Moultrie, Georgia.
Lt. James R. Hurst, son of
Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hurst of
the Cartoogechaye section, Is
with the Army Air Forces now
stationed at the Army Air Base,.
Romulus, Michigan. He is serv
ing in the Ferrying Command
Another son, Aviation Cadet
Carter Hurst, is serving in a
Navigation school, stationed at
Selmon Field, Monroe, La.
J. D. Sutton, who is stationed
at Camp Forrest, Tenn., recent
ly spent a ten day furlough with
his parents, Mr and Mrs. Wil
liam Sutton of Franklin.
Doyle W. DeHart, radioman
second class, the son of Mrs.
E. B. DeHart of Franklin, has
returned to his naval duties fol
lowing a short leave spent with
his mother. He participated in
the Sicilian and North African
campaigns and has made 11
trips to foreign countries. Mrs.
DeHart has another son, Avia
tion Cadet Turner DeHart, who
has Just completed the intensive
11-week course at the U.S. Navy
Pre-Flight school at Chapel Hill.
He has been promoted to pri
mary flight training at the Na
val Air Station at Peru, Ind.
Call For WACS Is Indorsed
By Mayor John Harrison
To the people of Franklin:
It Is with great pleasure that
I, J. O. Harrison, heartily in
dorse this city's participation
in the nation wide all-states
campaign for the Women's Army
Corps' recruiting drive.
You doubtless know that there
is a tremendous need for WAC's.
Oeneral Marshall stated recent
ly: "Commanders to whom
WAC's have been assigned have
sDoken in the highest terms of
their efficiency and value . . -
in 155 kinds of Army Jobs."
This statement Is indicative of
the excellent Job the Women's
Army Corps is doing.
However the present objec
tive Is to release more thou*
ands of soldiers for combat
training. In order to accom
plish this, each state will parti
cipate in the campaign. Like
wise each city and county. Our
office of Civilian Defense has
been designated by Governor
Broughton as the recruiting
agency In North Carolina.
Our town's participation in this
nation wide drive can aid In
the success of this program. Our
county has been selected to en
list three recruits by October 15.
I feel sure that the people of
Franklin wHl want Macon
county to meet and more than
meet the quota requested.
J. O. HARRISON,
Mayor.
Macon Co. United War Fund
Campaign To Begin Monday
? i
United War Fund
Solicitors Will Meet On
Friday Night
The Macon county United War
Fund committee has completed
plans and appointed solicitors
to begin work next monday, ac
cording to an announcement by
John M. Archer, Jr.
There will be a meeting at
the court house an Frfday even
ing at 7:30 o'clock of all solici
tors to receive Instructions and
to be assigned their territories.
The suggestion is made that a
day's pay be the minimum of
one's gift. The employees of the
Nantahala Power and Light
company, who have been reach
ed, (98.3 per cent) have already
pledged this amount, and it Is
hoped that those not yet seen
will make this 100 per cent.
The list of solicitors follows:
For Franklin: Clyde Galley,
R. 8. O'Mohundro, Mrs. John
Bulgln, Mrs. R. O. Beashears,
Joe Dowdle, Harry Thomas, Mrs.
Frank Hlgdon, Mrs. R. M. Rim
mer, Mrs. Lester Conley, Mrs.
J. S. Conley, Margaret Cabe,
Mrs. Lee Ouffey, Mrs. J. M. Ar
cher, Mrs. W. M. Whi taker, J. W.
Long.
Mrs. W. V. Swan, Mrs. J. D.
Franks, Mrs. Dan Bryson, Mrs.
Cassie Baird, Mrs. L. H. Page,
Mrs. Grant Zlckgraf, Mrs. Hun
ter Calloway, Mrs. W. G. Hall,
Mrs. Gudger Fortner, Miss Doro
thy Jones, Mrs. HA A. Wllhide,
Mrs. M. A. Perce and C. G.
Moore
For County: Mrs. Henry Sla
gle, Miss Nora Moody, Clyde
West, Rev. C. C. Welch, Wood
row Gibson, Wiley Clark, Adrian
Howell, Mrs. Parrish, Lake V.
Shope and Mrs. Ned Teague.
Mayor W. H. Cobb and Frank
B. Cook head the Highlands
committee which will appoint
other solicitors this week. J. R.
Phillips and Eugene Wood will
solicit the Shortoff district and
J. D. Burnette is appointed for
Scaly. 8. C. Russell is county
publicity chairman.
FIRE DESTROYS
HIGDON MUX
Loss Estimated At $5,000
Cause Not Known
On Tuesday night, shortly af
ter midnight, the lumber mill of
A R. Higdon, located near the
river bridge, was completely de
stroyed by fire. The cause has
not been determined.
The blaze was first seen by an
employee of the Zickgraf Hard
wood company and the alarm
turned In. When the fire de
partmet reached the scene, the
blaze had reached such propor
tions that it was impossible to
stop it* However, a quantity of
lumber was saved.
Mr. Higdon states that the
contents and machinery were en
tirely destroyed, although it may
be possible to salvage some of
the damaged machinery. There
was no insurance, the loss
amounting to $4,000 to $5,000.
Mr. Higdon has the sympathy
of his many friends in this mis
fortune. A fire of this kind is
not only a loss to the owner,
but to the entire community
which it served, as machinery
is hard to replace during the
war.
Employment Service
To Aid Mica Operators
A copy of the Manpower Pro
gram to increase production of
strategic mica in North Carolina
has been sent to all operators
in Macon county, it is announc
ed by S. P. Davis, head of tl\e
U.S. Employment Service district
office at Bryson City.
Mr. Davis states that Mrs.
Mary L. Walker will be in
charge of a temporary office at
the Agricultural building where
she can be seen on Mondays
and Tuesdays. Other days she
is visiting the mines.
Pvt. Judson C Cunningham,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Wade H.
Cunningham of Franklin, has
recently been promoted to the
cmde of Corporal in the United
States Army Air Forces.
One Generous Donation
For World Needs Asked
Of Every Citizen
The Macon County United
War Fund Campaign Is sched
uled to start next Monday, Oc
tober 18, according to John M.
Archer, Jr., chairman. Solici
tors have been appointed for
every community in the county
and it is planned to contact
every resident during the eight
or ten days of the active cam
paign. According to Mr. Archer,
it will be a national campaign
when more than a million and
a half Americans will voluntar
ily step to their posts in a un
ited appeal ? the first since Nov
ember 1918? to be made by the
unteers will participate in more
than 6,000 individual campaigns
for a nation-wide 'community
war chest.
President Roosevelt officially
opened the fall campaign for
these united campaigns in co
operation with the National
War Fund with a short talk to
the nation on Tuesday evening,
October 5, over the country's
combined networks.
World Helpfulness
The workers will campaign
for $125,000,000 for the work of
the National War Fund agen
cies, extending the sympathy
and practical helpfulness of
Americans around the world to
fighters, merchant seamen,
prisoners of war and ^the vic
tims of aggression In 14 allied
countries through the USO,
United Seaman's Service, War
Prisoners Aid, Belgian Relief
National War Fund. These vol
Society, British War Relief So
ciety, French Relief Fund,
Friends of Luxembourg, Greek
War Relief Society, Norwegian
Relief, Polish Relief, Queen Wil
helmina Fund, Russian War Re
lief, United China Relief, Un
ited Czechoslovak Relief, United
Yugoslav Relief Fund, Refugee
Relief Trustees, and the U. S.
Committee for the Care of Eu
ropean Children.
Continued Ob P?|t Six ?
Bfadley Takes Over
Tax Collections; Dean
Delinquent Taxes
At the October meeting of
the County board of commissi
oners, Sheriff J. Perry Bradley
was authorized to take up the
duties of tax collector, succeed
ing A. B. Slagle, former sheriff,
who had completed the collec
tions of his term of office. Wal
ter Dean was appointed by the
commissioners to succeed Miss
Elizabeth Slagle, as delinquent
tax collector, who has resigned.
The board passed on the bond
of Sheriff Bradley In the
amount of $30,000. (Mr. Dean
made bond in the amount of
$5,000 required of the delinquent
tax collector. The sheriff of
Macon county also holds the
offices of treasurer and of tax
collector. When taxes become
delinquent, they are turned over
to the delinquent tax collector,
whose duty is to advertise prop
erty for sale and to receive pay
ment from those whose taxes
are delinquent.
Ration Book 4
To Be Issued Oct. 25-27,
By School TeacH
War Ration Book Four will be
issued to every person in Macon
county, Monday, October 25th,
through Wednesday, October 27,
from 2 ;30 to 5:00 p.m.
The teachers will again give
their services In this distribu
tion. One adult member of each
family may apply for every
member of the family by pre
senting Ration Book Three for
each member. Application should
be made at the school In the
community where the elemen
tary children attend
The local Rationing Board ad
vises that all obtain their books
at this time, as they will be
needed November 1.
New office hours of the board
are 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.; Sat
urdays the office closes at 1:45
rj.m.
Thar* U no ?ubitituU for ?
WAR BOND