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VOL. LVIII? NO. 49
FRANKLIN, N. C? THURSDAY, DEC. 9, 1943
$2.00 PER YEAR
COURT LASTED
ONLY2 DAYS
Criminal And Civil Cases
Heard Or Continued
By Judge Clement
Macon County superior court
convened here Monday morning
with Judge J. H. Clement pre.
siding. The criminal docket was
completed Monday with a num.
ber of cases continued.
Alvln Hall, negro, was sen.
tenced to work on the roads for
a period of 12 months, and his
brother, George, was given a
suspended sentence upon pay.
ment of costs, on the charge of
assault, resisting an officer and
carrying concealed weapons.
Quince Hodglns, was found
guilty of assault on his wife
and sentenced to 12 months on
the roads. Junior Sanders was
fined $50.00 and costs for reck,
less driving and driving without
a license; Andrew Craig was
fined $50.00 and costs for driv.
lng when drunk and Nelson
Hayes was given a like sentence
for the same offense and carry,
lng a deadly concealed weapon.
Four divorce cases were grant,
ed on Tuesday morning, and
other clvU? cases were continued.
& TB. CASES
FATAL IN 1943
Mrs. Gaines Makes Appeal
For Christmas Seal
Fund
Mrs. Josephine D. Gaines,
Macon public health nurse,
makes the following report and
appeal from Macon TB. suffer
ers:
As a part of the general pro- <
gram of keeping fit during this
war time we want to do all in
ous power to keep down and
insure the further shrinkage of i
the death -rate froom tubercu
losis in our land and county.
While advances are being made <
in general, there has been an i
alarming increase in deaths in
our county? six so far this year 1
?five white and one colored? :
against two for the entire year i
of 1942. Most of our active 1
cases are undergoing treatment i
and care at the State Sanator- :
ium at Black Mountain. This 1
has been possible due to the 1
Vigilant work of the Health De- i
partment in following up cases: |
i and to the use of funds de- i
rived from Christmas seal sales 1
a year ago to meet the expen
ses of carrying cases to Blaok 1
Mountain 1 for examination, the ?
cost at x-rays, sputum cups,
disinfectant solutions, and in a
few cases, additional items
needed in Indigent homes for
the protection of the rest of
the family.
This year It has been impos- .
slble to have a tuberculosis con- \
trol clinic due to the fact that (
personnel and equipment are
not available as heretofore from (
Sanatorium. More than ever, (
therefore, every individual (
should make - certain he has no
symptom or sign of tuberculo- .
sis. If he has any of these he '
should have an examination.
Early tuberculosis is curable;
therefore diagnosis and treat- j
ment of early cases Is most
imneratlove.
A a a chief objective this year
we want to stress education on
tuberculosis and its prevention
and control through literature of
various kinds, motion pictures,
and demonstrations of care to
be given. You can help make
this possible by doing your part
in supporting the sale of Christ
mas seals, seventy-five percent
of which money Li kept for work
in our own country.
Josephine D. Gaines.
Public Health Nurse
Of Macon County.
f ;*?U Service
Wants Workers
Mr. Welnsteln and Mr. Sheetz
of the U. 8. Civil Service will
be at the V. 8. Employment
Service office, P. O. building,
on Tuesday. December 14, to in
terview skilled and unskilled
workers for shin yards at Nor
folk, Va. Men who are accepted
will receive transportation and
meali ?n routs.
Classifications
Announced By Our Local
Board
The following changed classi
fications are announced by the
Local Selective Service Board:
In 1-A: Wood row Wilson Bak
er, William Dee Hodgln, Eldon
Montgomery Coggins, Charles
Norman Dowdle, Willie Scruggs,
col., Clay Doyle Compton, Clyde
Houston, Rollver Jackson Baty,
Andrew Mack Allen, Don Frank
lin Watson, Joseph Hughes,
Wendle William Moore, Andrew
Howard Roland, Clarence Wil
liam Peek, Andrew Carl Bryson,
Fred William Dereb^ry, Manuel
Glover Johnson, Claude Monroe
Led ford.
Joe Edgar Gregory, William
Frank Elliott, James Howard
Neal, Wallace Gene Pannell, Wil
liam Grover Angel, Frank Hen
derson Dean, Fred Gene Guffey,
Fred William Earley, Harley Wm.
Barnes, Larry William Dills,
Eugene Brown, Edgar James
Gregory, Golle Wllburn Pass
more, James Logan Sanders,
Thomas Andrew Henson, Lem
uel Robert Clark, Owen Livings
ton Amnions, Buran J. PrUett.
In 2-A:Stanley Willie Tilson, !
Frank Jones, 8amuel Dewltt ;
Calloway, Herman C. Houston,
Charlie Sutton Curtis, Mit^hel
Earl Dills, Erwin Clarence Brad
ley, Clyde Henderson Penning
ton, Cfirl Juan McCall, Glenn A.
Tilson, Dwight Lamen Waters,
Frank Dover Hurst.
In 3-C: William Marlow Brad
shaw, John Hugh Dryman, Oli
ver Raymond Henry.
In 1-C: Charles Monroe Stiles.
In 4-F: Albert Ambrose Rak
ocy, Paschal Lee Cabe, Earl T. C.
Anderson.
Mrs. BrencHe, 71,
Died Wednesday
Mrs. Elizabeth Mincey Bren
dle, 71, died Wednesday at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Os
car Thompson, in the Watauga
section of Macon county. She
was the widow of Alex Bren'dTe.
The funeral was held at 2:00
o'clock Thursday afternoon at
the Watauga Baptist church,
with the Rev. 'George A. Cloer
officiating. Burial was in the
church cemetery;
Surviving are three daughters,
Mrs. Dora Shepherd of Franklin,
Route 3, and Mrs. Nannie Scott
and Mrs. Thompson of Franklin,
Route 4; one brother, Billy Min
cey of Monroe, Wash., and two ;
sisters, Mrs. Amanda Smith and 1
Mrs. Addie McCullan, both of
Monroe, Wash. Eight grandchild
ren also survive.
Arrangements were in charge
af Bryant funeral directors of
Franklin.
W. R. Elliott, 73,
Taken By Death
Funeral services for William '
R. Elliott, 73, who died at his .
home near Franklin Friday af- j
ternoon, was held at Bethel ,
Methodist church In Macon
eoounty, Saturday afternoon at '
5 o'clock, the Rev. J. I. Vinson
officiating. Burial was In the
church cemetery.
Pallbearers were Wiley Sellers, '
Sates .Higdon, Jack Mashburn.
Oordon Smith, Herman Dean ]
tnd Zeke Dowdle.
Mr. Elliott was a native and ,
life-long resident of Macon ,
county. ,
Surviving are his widow, seven
sons, Fred Wiley, Reed and
Frank, all of Franklin, Wade of
AsheviUe, Pvt. Lawrence of the .
army In Italy, and Pvt. Clyde ;
Elliott, of the army in the Pa- !
clflc area; four daughters, Mrs.
Ida Cabe of Clarks Chapel, Mrs. :
Nellie Johnson of Atlanta, Mrs.
Maude Oosnell of Ashevllle, and '
Mrs. Clara Frady of Sylva, and
32 grandchildren.
Change In Date
Of PTA Meeting
On Tuesday, December 14, the
Franklin ParentTeacher Asso
ciation will hold Its last meet
ing of the year. Mrs. Carl Sla
gle, president, asks a large at
tendance of members for the
special Christmas music pro*
gram and other Interesting fea
tures. These will Include a re?
port by Mrs. T. J. O'Neil. chair
man of the War committee, to
parents as to what they can do
to help their children through
this critical time. Also Mrs
Galne* will give a report on
what the Macon countv Health
department la doing for child
welfare,
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Two Years Since Pearl Harbor
NEWS OF OUR
MEN?rf WOMEN
IN UNIFORM
S/Sft. Hugh A. Johnston
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In a recent letter from a
Southwest Pacific base, 8taff
Sgt. Hugh A. Johnston, son of
Mrs.. Thomas J. Johnston, writes
the editor, "Being so far away,
there Is nothing like the home
town newspaper to keep a fel
low posted ... I read It from
:over to cover and always look
tor news of mep and women In
the service first thing . . . Today
[ received the edition in which
was featured the importace of
the Third War Loan Drive. I
read with great interest the
messages of some of our lead
ing citizens ... I have seen
enough and experienced to a
dee-ree a number of things to
make me realize just how Im
portant such a campaign Is. X
am proud that Macon county
led all other counties in the
state on a previous important
irlve? (The newspaper scrap
trlve).
FOUR SONS IN SERVICE
Albert Oliver and the late Mrs.
Bertha Oliver of Franklin, Rt.
3, have four sons In the armed
forces. Pvt. George E. Oliver is
stationed at Camp Van Dorn,
Miss.; Sgt. Frank Oliver Is at
Salt Lake City, Utah; Sgt. J. H.
Oliver at Savannah, Oa. Pvt.
Eugene Oliver, who joined the
Marines, is stationed overseas.
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Pvt. Oeorge W. Miller has
been promoted to Staff Serge
ant. He is the son of Mrs. Fi
fie Miller of Franklin, and is
now stationed at Camp Seymore
Johnson, N. C.
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Mrs. F. E. Brown has Just re
ceived a letter from her son,
James H. Brown, who is with
an engineering batallion, saying
that he has landed at a port
in the Atlantic area.
Pvt. Frank 'Hastings of north
Skeenah. who is stationed on
the west coast, has been callid
home because of the iUitasv of
his father, Juan Hastings, and
of hln^iisUr, Mr?, B?nV>W UllUi
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Pvt. John B. Davis
Wounded in Action
News has been received here
by Mrs. Vennie H. Davis that
her husband, Pvt. John B. Davis,
son of Mrs. Mary Davis, former
ly of this county, now of Bre
vard, was severely wounded in
action In the Mediterranean
area. Further news states that
he is out of the hospital now.
Prt- WHi Is a brother or Mrs.
John Slagle of Nantahala.
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R. H. Kinnebrew
Passes In Athens, Ga.
Mrs. Harold Sloan has return
ed from Athens, Ga., where she
attended the funeral of her bro
ther, R. H. Kinnebrew, who
passed away after a long ill
ness. Interment was in Athens
on November 25. Mr. Kennebrew
was a nephew of the late Dr.
E. It. Kinnebrew who practiced
medicine in Franklin at one
time, whose wife was the late
Mrs. Nancy Sloan Kennebrew.
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Pvt. Walter J. McCoy, son of
Mr. and Mrs. James A. McCoy,
is In training at the Parachute
School, Fort Bennlng, Oa. He
has Just completed his fifth and
qualifying jump. This entitles
him to the Wings and Boots
insignia of the Paratrooper.
Pvt. Harley Sanders, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Sanders of
north Skeenah, has been re
turrwd to the U. S. and writes
from Ashburn General Hospital,
McKlnney, Texas, that he "Is
doing fine." After being wound
ed in the south Pacific area he
spent some time in an army
hospital in Australia.
Pfc. Luther E. Bingham, son
of Raleigh Bingham of Frank
lin, Route 1, is home on a 20
day furlough. He has been over
seas for the past 15 months and
was wounded three times white
fighting in the Mediterranean
area.
Mrs. Hattie Frazier and Mrs.
Lucy Robinson at Oastonia
spent the weekend with their
father, R. L. Bingham and bro
ther, Reid Bingham, on Frank
lln,. Route 1. Mrs. Frazier's hus
band, Pfc. Wade H. Frazier, vol
unteered for the army and has
been overseas since May of this
year.
Mr. and Mrs. Aden Penland
of Highlands have three sons in
the Army, all of whom enlisted
prior to Pearl Harbor.
T/C Claude served in Hawaii
five years and is now in Okla
homa. 1st. Lieut. James N. ser
ved two yeaTs in Hawaii and is
i now in England. -T/S George M.
, of the Signal Service, is station
ed at Camp Rucker, Ala.
I Sgt. Erwin Patton, who is sta
' ttoned in Texas, spent a Thanks
?lvine furlough with hU mo
ther, Mr* Irwin Patton,
Nantahala Supervisors Say
"No Macon Forest Fires"
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Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Henson of
Otto, have two sons Jn the ser
vice. Cpl. Ralph M. Henson Is
in the Air Corps and Is now
stationed at the Army Air Base,
Pierre, 8. D.'Cpl. Henson grad
uated from the Spartan School
of Aeronautics, Tulsa, Okla., July
24, and from Wright Aeronau
tical School, Patterson, N. J.,
September 7.
Pfc. Calvin Henson Is in
Headquarters Co. of a Tank De
stroyer Division, at Camp Hood,
Texas. ,
Mr. and Mrs. Henson also have
two sons-in-law in the service;
Paschal Norton, Coxswain, is
with .the Seabees in the South
west Pacific, and Lieut. Ben Ben
P. Grant, Jr., is in the Dental
Corps, Port Dix, N. J.
. Pfc. Emerson C. Crawford, Sr.,
of Franklin, is now stationed at
the William Beaumont General
Hospital, El Paso, Texas, where
he is taking special training
will enable him to become an
X-Ray technician.
H. R. Morrison, postmaster at
West's Mill, has received notice
that his son, 1st Lieut. Wheeler
J. Morrison has been appointed
commander of Btry B. 55th FA,
at Camp Roberts, Calif. Lieut.
Morrison was stationed in Ha
waii, and saw action during the
bombing of Pearl Harbor. Later
he was returned to Fort Sill,
Oklahoma, where he obtained a
commission.
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Mr. and Mrs. G. T. Fouts of
Route 3, Franklin, recently re
ceived a letter from Davis Mon
than Field, Tucson, Arl., saying
that their son. Cpl. Joseph W.
Fouts had received an injury
from a fall.
Pvt. Vester Arlen Ledford of
Camp Pickett, Va., son of D. A.
Ledford, and the late Mrs. Led
ford, is home on a 10-day fur
lough.
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Pvt. Delbert W. Angel has
been visiting his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Angel on Route 1,
Franklin. A farewell party was
held at the home of Miss Edna
Will Mashburn on lower Cartoo
gechaye in his honor.
Pfc. Lloyd R. Sanders, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Sanders of
Prentiss, has graduated from
Oulfport Field, Technical Train
ing Command school for air
plane mechanics specialized In
maintenance of cargo and trans
port type airplanes.
Sgt. Gus Baldwin spent the
weekend with his parents. He
had been on maneuvers in
Tenn., and was enroute to Camp
Hood. He is with a Tank De
stroyer Bn.
Pfc. Harold Fouts, son of Mr.
and Mrs. D. C. Fouts of Route
3, has returned to the Army Air
Base, Portland, Ore., after spend
ing a furlough with his parents
here.
Cpl. Edwin Stiles Is spending
a ten -day furlough with his
wife and his parents, Mr. and
Mrs. T. W. Stiles of Prentiss.
Mrs. Stiles and baby were with
Cpl. Stiles while he was sta
tioned at Leatherman, Tenn. ?
Mr. and Mrs John Russell of
Cullasaja have two sons in the
service. Pvt. Simpson S. Russell
has lust left for overseas dutv:
Col. Warden D. Russell Is still
at Camp Pendleton, Va.
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Pettv Officer Oeorce W. Kv??s
of lotla, Is now stationed in the
Panama Canal Zone.
i -Pantlnuw! An Paft SI*
Appreciation Is Expressed
For Cooperation With
Prevention Efforts
There have been no forest
fires In Macon county for the
past few months, according to
a report from E. A. Schilling,
supervisor of the Nantahala
National Forest, and N. R. Haw
ley, assistant supervisor. Serious
fires have destroyed many acres
of valuable timber in the neigh
boring counties of Cherokee,
Swain, Clay and Graham, said
Mr. Hawley, when Interviewed
this week.
The supervisors expressed grat
lflcation that, in spite of the <
long dry season this fall, which
creates additional hazards, such
care has been exercised by the
many woodsmen and others that
not a single fire has been start
ed. They attribute this good
news, in part, to the active- ad
vertising campaign which has
been conducted by the U.8. For
est Service, with local Interests
sponsoring and paying for the
large advertisements carried in
newspapers.
Over a period of two months,
the following firms have spon.
sored three-quarter page display
advertisements in this newspa.
per with instructions and appeal
to the public to help prevent
disastrous forest fires: Zlckgraf
Hardwood Co., Franklin; Cham
pion Paper and Fibre Co., Can.
ton, N. C.; Jackson Log and
Lumber Co., Canton. N. C.;
Gennett Lumber Co., Asheville:
J. M. English Sons' Co., Ashe
ville; C. L. Pendergrass, Frank_
lin, and Bradley Mining Co
Franklin.
The Franklin Press and The
Highlands Maconian adds ap
preciation to that of the Nanta.
hala National Forest Service
supervisors to these public spirit,
ed citizens who hare
cooperated intrw? national cam,
paign to conserve precious re.
sources for war needs. It Is now
hoped that this good record can
be maintained.
Find Boston
Not Guilty
The following news Item ap
peared in the Mt. Vernon, Wash,
newspaper recently, and the
clipping has been sent us by a
relative of Mr. Boston.
The second degree murder
trial of Dan Boston came to a
close late yesterday afternoon
when the jury, after deliberat
ing only two hours, brought In
a verdict of not guilty. In the
trial, the state charged Boston
with knifing his brother-in-lajy.
Prank Bingham, in a fight the
night of March 13, 1943, inflict
ing wounds which resulted tn
Bingham's death. Boston plead
ed self-defense, testifying that
Bingham threatened him with a
gun.
Vance Parrish
Home Burned
Fire last week destroyed the
home of Vance Parrish on Roae
Creek. Mr. and Mrs. Parrish
and their two sons, three and
ten years of age, escaped un
harmed, but lost all their cloth
ing and household goods.
Red Cross
Officer* O f Highland*
Branch Announced
st
The following officers have
been elected to serve for th*
coming year by the Highland
branch of the Maoon Coun'?"
Chapter of the American Ri
Cross:
Stacy C. Russell, chalrma
Miss Sara Gilder, vic^-chaf
man; Mrs. W. H. Cobb, secreta
.treasurer; Mrs. Elliott Cazia
and Miss Ruth Carter, assL<
ants.
On the executive commit)
are Mrs. J. C. Root, Mrs. P.
Cook, W. C. Newton and W.
Cobb. Other appointments
chairmen of various committc
; will be announced later.
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