PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL INDEPENDENT
FRANKLIN, N. C, THURSDAY, JAN. 20, 1944
Fourth War Loan Bonds Are NowlOn Sale
Macon Citizens Urge All
To Invest In War Bonds
A number of citizens have responded to the re
quest of the chairman, Gilmer A. Jones, to write their
reasons for buying War Bonds. We are pleased to
publish their letters in the interest of the 4th War
Loan Drive.
Let's all purchase U. 8. War
Bonds, and through prayer press
on to Victory.
H. W. McOLAMERY.
What I think about the neces"
slty of buying War Bonds, and
of their soundness as an invest
ment, Is best expressed by the
fact that I have invested practi
cally one-third of everything I
have in them, and expect to
keep on buying them to the full
limit of my ability until victory
is won and our boys come back
home.
Yours for Victory,
O. C. BRYANT.
Never before in the history of
this country has there been a
public undertaking which so vit
ally concerns every man, woman
and child in America as our
prosecution of this War.
Not until the aggressor nations
have been beaten into uncondi
tional surrender and their lead
ers have been dealt true Justice
can we know any security for
our homes, our churches, our
schools, or any of the life we
take for granted as being Am
There can be no victory un
less our armed forces receive
an uninterrupted and abundant
flow of q"pp^f pitttI
The money for these supplies
must be loaned America by you
and me ? by average working
Americans.
We are asked to lend pur
money to a cause for which our
sons, fathers, and brothers are
giving their lives.
Buying War Bonds is invest
ment in Peace, Freedom, and
Justice ? an investment in Am
erica. Our return on this invest
ment is just as certain as is
Victory.
Unless there is certain Victory
the very dollars we are asked
to invest will have no value.
Unless there Is speedy Victory,
thousands of American young
men will never return to enjoy
the Freedom they offer their
lives to protect.
May every man, woman and
child buy War Bonds not only
during this drive but regularly
until Vivtory Is ours.
Dollars in Bonds today mean
dollars of value tomorrow.
W. C. ZICKGRAF.
BUT A BOMBER!
Why we should buy War
Bonds:
1.? To win the war quick and
save the lives of our boys in
the service.
2.? War Bonds are safe,, sound,
good investments even when
we are not in war. Money we
put in War Bonds today will
come in handy ten years from
now as sure as we help to bring
FS A
Appropriation Extended
To End Of Fiscal Year
The work of the Farm Secur
ity Administration will continue
under an appropriation by Con
gress until the end of the fis
cal year, July 1944, according
to a statement. by Albert Ram
sey supervisor for Macon coun
ty. Mr. Ramsey is assisted by
Miss Daisy Caldwell as home
supervisor.
In spite of efforts of the farm
bloc and the "economy bloc"
rporpsontlng large financial in
terests, which lobbied to cut
out this agency of the Adminis
tration to assist low Income
farmers to purchase farms. Con
gress extended the appropriation
another six months.
Frank Hancock, former con
gressman from North Carolina,
nonr heads the national organi
zation. ?
this war to an end. Lets every
body get behind the* 4th War
Bond Drive and buy a bond to
help buy a bomber and help to
get our boys back home so they
can enjoy the things they once
enjoyed and the things we at
home are enjoying today. If it
were not (or the radio, news
papers and a few minor restric
tions, we at home would hard
ly know that there Is a war on.
NOW, LET'S SHOW the boys
In the service that we are back
ing them up by the haste with
which we get this bomber!
W. C. BURRELL.
I'd like to express myself In
regard to our Fourth War Loan
drive. It is easy to talk much
and do little, but with over 1,300
of our young men and women
in the armed forces we must
talk less and do jnore. As Mr.
Thorpe said in a recent address,
"We cannot sit by and say "let
George do It." Each individual
has a part "George" can't do
it all. Our quota must be met.
That la the least we can do to
live up to the promises set forth
In the very commendable "Ser
vice Men's Edition" of the Frank'
lin Press. Are we going to make
those promises real?
C. W. HENDERSON.
I think it's the patriotic duty
of every man, woman and child
to take part in the Fourth War
Loan drive.
There are many reasons why
we all should buy Bonds and
Stamps. But it seems to me, the
main reason is that in doing so,
we are backing up our BOYS
on the FAR-FLUNG BATTLE
FRONTS OF THE WORLD.
At the same time we are put
ting our money In the safest,
and strongest investment pos
sible.
Yours very truly,
GLENN RAY.
Buying bonds, beside being the
safest investment we can make,
is the surest and safest way to
save money for the things that
we are planning for the future.
The new homes that we are
planning for, the repairs and
equipment for the farms, the
many household necessities and
luxuries that we are planning
for the future can be provided
for with the purchase of war
bonds.
Buying bonds is the only
means by which we can guard
the lives and health of our
boys, who are sacrificing so
much to protect our lives and
liberties, and to secure our way
of life.
Yours very truly,
OV8 LEACH.
? CditinmJ On Pif F<w
LEX PENLANDS HAVE
5 SONS IN SERVICE
Friends of Mr. and Mrs. Lex
Pen land and family, who moved
to Macon, Georgia two years
ago, will be interested to know
that their five boys are serving
in the armed forces.
Cpl. Morris Penland is a bug
ler, at Port 8111, Okla., where
his brother, Sgt. Charles Pen
land, also is stationed. Pfc.
George Penland Is in training
at a camp in New Mexico and
W. A. Penland has been return
ed to the states after 11 months
with a Navy unit in Alaska.
D. T. Penland. who is in the
Navy Air Force, has been spend
ing a few day with his narents.
He requested a relative in
Franklin to subscribe to the
Press, so that he could "keep
in touch with old school
friends."
Lt. Charles M. Hunter of an
Infantry Division is with the
5th Army in Italy. His mother
Mrs. Pearl Hunter, heard from
him recently.
Message Of Gilmer A. Jones,
Chm. 4th War Loan Drive
To many people in Macon county, putting their
money into War Bonds, simply means a safe way
to invest their savirjgs at a reasonable rate of in
terest. But, to the majority, it means a great deal
more, for there are numerous instances where our
citizens deny themselves, not only of the things
that they would like to have, but many things they
actually need in order to buy bonds, with the sole
idea in mind of helping to bring the war to as
early a concision as possible.
While the Third War Loan is still a matter of
only yesterday, we are called upon to answer the
call of the Fourth. And our quota this time is con
siderably heavier than in either of the previous War
Loan drives. In view of the splendid record that
\facori county has made in all its previous war
efforts, some of us wonder if the present quota of
$160,000 is not just a little heavy, and of course
there are many who may ask the question if so
much money is actually needed to run the war.
It is hard for us to realize, in the first place, how
expensive a thing war is, and in the second place,
how much the cost of war is increased by the use
of mechanical warfare.
The Civil War cost the Federal Government
three billion dollars. The First World War cost
thirty-five billion dollars. By the end of 1944, it
is a safe estimate to say that World War II will
have cost 260 billion dollars, or $2,000 for every
man, woman and child in the United States, or
$10,000 per family. If this were to be paid on a
per capita basis rather than on a property and in
come basis, our county's pro rata part of the cost
of, the war would be. th? staggering, sum of Thirty
million dollars, or more than four times the total
present valuation of all Macon county's property
as assessed for taxation.
What goes with this money is best explained by
figures given to us by the Treasury Department.
We have, or soon will have, 1,500 men from our
county in the armed forces. Using the Treasury
Department's figure that it costs $164 to equip
each of these, it has cost $248,000, or approximate
ly the amount we raised in the Third War Loan,
just to equip our own boys. Still using tihe Treas
ury Department's figures, it costs $12.50 per day
per man to maintain them, or a cost of $18,750 per
day for our own boys ? and this only includes food,
clothes, allotments to dependents, transportation,
etc., and does not allow one cent for arms. The
Treasury Department does not give us the figure
that it costs to keep them supplied with arms and
armaments. Multiply this figure by 365 and we see
that it costs $6,843,750 per year to keep our Macon
county men supplied with everything they* need ex
cept armaments. This figure just about equals the
total taxable wealth of Macon county.
These figures are staggering, but check them
and satisfy yourself as to whether or not they are
correct. Pursuing the Treasury 'Department's fig
ures further, the cost of the war is running about
two hundred and fifty million dollars per day, or
about one hundred seventy-five thousand dollars
per minute. When Macon county exceeds its Fourth
War Loan quota of $160,000 by $15,000 it will have
borne the total expense of World War II for a
period of sixty seconds!
We can't stand this always, we say. But we
must bear in mind that it is by our superior arma
ments that we have been able to gain over the axis
powers and hold our casualty list to so low a figure
as compared to our ally, Russia. And our casualty
list is heart-breaking, even with our superior arma
ments. It is our superior armaments that is run
ning our expenditures 'into these enormous figures,
but the heavier the armaments the sooner tihis thing
will he. over with. k"
Of course we will reach our quota as usual ?
and according to our past record, the $15,000" addi
tional. Then we, the people of Macon county, will
have borne the total expense of the war for one
minute. We will have purchased one niediuinjjrtnii
ber at a cost of $175,000 to which the War' depart
ment. in honor of us, will assign any name we
may selcct. And may I suggest that after this fig
ure has been reached that we, by mutual agrce
? Continued On Paf* F?r
Macon's Goal Is $175,000
To Buy A Medium Bomber
EVERY STORY
SHOULD HAVE
HAPPY ENDING
Fight Infantile Paralysis! Scml
your dollars and dimes to the
President at the White House.
POLIO FUND
IS GROWING
Chm. McGIamery Reports
Good Progress And
Interest
Chairman Benny McGIamery
reports that he is much encour
aged by the wholehearted sup
port that is being given to the
infantile paralysis drive in prog
ress in the county. Letters have
been mailed to a number of cit
ilens who always make contri
butions, and, as has been the
custom, tickets are on sale for
the President's Birthday ball,
which is the final event of the
drive. A. G. Cagle, J. Ward Long'
R. S. O'Mohundro and Carl Ty
singer are the committee in
charge.
The ball will be held at Pan
orama Court on Saturday even
ing, January 29, and plans are
being made to make it an out
standing event. A good orches
tra has been engaged for the
occasion.
Tag Day and the March of
Dimes will also be featured on
January 29. with a number of
young people assisting. Contri
butions have already bee receiv
ed from the Masons, $10; and
from the Lions, $25.
Half of the funds raised will
remain In the county for the
through the health department
for polio sufferers.
Walter Fox
Severely Wounded
Walter Fox, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Elisha Fox of Mountain
Grove, was severely wounded
while fighting In Italy on Christ
mas Day. He had been overseas
nearly a year, having sailed
prior to the death of his wife
In March, 1943.
Chairmen And Committees
Opened Drive On
Tuesday
The sale of Fourth War Loan
bonds began in Macon county
on the opening day of the na
tional drive? Tuesday, January
18 ? and is now well under way
by the various working commit
tees in charge, according to Gil
mer A. Jones, co-chairman with
Henry W. Cabe, permanent
county chairman of the War
Finance committees.
It has been unanimously
agreed by the county committee
that Macon will voluntarily
increase the quota of $160,000
named by the state committee
to $175,000, a sum sufficient to
purchase a medium bomber. All
have agreed that It is going to
be hard work, but enthusiasm
is high to overreach this
amount.
Sam Mendenhall and Mrs.
Florence Sherrill are co-chair
men for the rural section and
C. J. Anderson is serving as
chairman in the Highlands
area. E. J. Whitmire is organis
ing the schools.
At a called meeting last Fri
day afternoon, Mrs. James E.
Perry accepted the chairman
ship of the Women's committee,
succeeding Mrs. John M. Archer,
and plans were mapped for a
thorough house-to-house can
vass besides the sale in booths
which has proven highly suc
cessful in the former drives.
Mrs. Perry announced that
there will be booths open In the
Bank of Franklin the upstairs
Lobby Of the Ashear building,
and the post office each Sat
urday while the drive is on, and
requested the same committee
from all women's organizations ?*
which served in the last drive to
serve. These committees repre
sent the Red Crews, the Legion
Auxiliary, United Dauehters of
the Confederacy. Order of the*
Eastern. Star, and women's soci
eties of the four Franklin
churches.
The co-chairmen have ap
pointed the following committee
of colored citizens who have un
dertaken to raise a auota of
*500: Andrew Ray, chairman;
Rev. W. O. Connor, secretary:
?Teter Love, Henry Hayes, Will
Lenoir, and Mrs. Joe Stewart.
Largest Issue of Franklin Press
There will be 3,500 copies of
this Fourth War Loan issue of
The Franklin Press and The
Highlands Maconian, the largest
issue in its history. Besides the
regular circulation, the free dis
tribution of 1,500 extra copies
in the county has been made
possible by M. L. Dowdle, Dr.
EdgaT Angel and Grover Jami
son, to more widely advertise
and give information about the
Fourth War Loan. This method
of publicity was used in the last
drive, and the committee con
sidered it an effective way to
bring home to all the people
of the county the facts about
the Fourth War Loan drive. As
before, the rural mail carriers
have undertaken the arduous
task of distributing these papers
to non-subscribers.
Battle Of Russia Released
By Army For Showing
Acclaimed one of the most
powerful and dramatic films
ever to be shown, "The Battle
of Russia" Is scheduled to open
Thursday January 27.
Commenting on the war in
Russia, General Douglas MacAr
thur, said: "Never have I ob
served such effective resistance
to the heaviest blows of a hith
erto undefeated enemy, followed
by a smashing counterattack
which Is driving the enemy back
to his own land. The scale and
grandeur of the effort maTks
it as the greatest military achi
evement in all history.
But while generals mav win
campaigns, it is the people who
win wars. 80, "The Battle . of
Russia" is the story of the peo
pie to whom it wasnt a ques
tion of who occupied what ter
ritory, but a question of life and
death. Thus, the picture tells
the story of the people who
swore to die in. battle rather
than surrender themselves, their
neople and their country to the
fascist invaders; the heroic
stand of the people of Lenin
grad, drenched in a constant ,
rain of explosives, cut off txi-S
tirely from the rest of Russia/
with only their hands and un-J
faltering determination to de
pend on; the guerrilla army' ?
an army without uniforms ?
whose front was the enemy's
rear, whose weapons were dy
namite and the terror of sur
prise.