?11 )t l^ighlanb^ Macotitan
PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL IXDEPENDEXT
YOUNG PEOPLE'S EDITION
This edition of The Franklin
Press is written and edited by
former members of the Staff
of the school newspaper ? The
Mountain Echo, Franklin Hifh
School.
VOL. LIX-NO. 29
FRANKLIN, N. C., THURSDAY, JULY 20, 1944
$2.00 PER YEAK
Democrats At Chicago
Now To Choose Ticket
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Roosevelt, Wallace Lead
Candidates For Nomi
nation Tonight
Delegates to the Democratic
Party National Convention
meeting In Chicago convened
yesterday at noon.
With the nomination of Pres
ident Roosevelt for a fourth
term an accepted fact, party
circles are buzzing with rumours
and counter-rumours of the
vlce-presldentlal nomination.
Henry Wallace, present vice
president led the candidates but
was reported to be losing
strength to other possible nom
inees, Senator Harry Truman
of Missouri, Senator Alben Bark
ley of Kentucky, and War-Mo
j bllirer Burns of South Carolina.
t Nominations will begin some
? time late this afternoon or to
night with Senator Barkley plac
ing the nomination of Presi
dent Roosevelt before the con
vention.
Last night delegates heard
Governor Kerr of Oklahoma in
a keynote address to the con
vention. National committee
woman, Tillet, from North Car
olina was one of the speakers.
Claude Bolton Elected i
Lions Club President
The Franklin Lions Club elec
ted Claude H. Bolton, employee
of the Nantahala Power and
. Light Company, as president
for the coming year at a re
cent meeting.
Willard Pendergrass was elect
ed first vice-president. Other
officers electfed are: J. F. Pugh,
second vice-president; Vernon
Frlcks, third vice-president; !
Norman R. Hawley, secretary- ;
l. treasurer; Frank L. Henry, Jr.,
tail twister; Roy Mashburn, lion
tamer.
Approximately 300 children
have been fitted with glasses
because of defective eyesight, a [
? club report stated.
Frank B. Duncan and Benny
L. McOlamery were elected dl- 1
rectors for two year terms, J. 1
Ward Long and A. Carl Tysin
ger for one year.
One of the club projects dur- :
ing the past year has been the '
erection of an honor roll In 1
honor of Macon county men 1
and women In the armed ser- i
vices. 1
FRANKLIN
SOLDIER KILLED
Sergeant William R. Deal
Killed In> Action In
France
Staff Sergeant William R.
Deal, 20, son of Mrs. J. B. Deal
of Franklin, was killed in ac
tion on June 14 in France, ac
cording to a War Department
message received by his mother,
today.
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WILLIAM R. DEAL
Sgt. Deal volunteered for the
Regular Army in January 1941
and went overseas in January
of this year. A brother, Pfc.
R. As tor Deal Is overseas in
Italy.
Besides his mother and bro
ther, he is survived by another,
brother. Jay, of Franklin, and
five sisters, Mrs. Carl Gregg, of
Qreenville, S. C., Mrs. Raymond
Dalrymple, Mrs. David Sutton,
Nellie and Mae, all of Franklin.
Several aunts and uncles also
survive.
Cpl. Rufus Holden, son of Rev
Henry R. Holden of Otto, was
seriously wounded in France
and is now in a hospital in En
gland. Cpl. Holden received the
Purple Heart.
No Infantile Paralysis
Near Macon County
18 More Polio Cases
Bring State Total
To 336
The Macon County Board of
Health in response to numerous
Inquiries and because of the
epidemic proportions of infan
tile paralysis in the state has
cautioned parents to prevent
children congregating.
Eighteen more cases yester
day brought the total since
June 1 to 3S6. The current" out
break of the disease is expect
ed to reach its greatest number
this month and decline during
August, Dr. C. P. Stevick, epide
mologlst of the state board of
health, said yesterday.
More than $91,000 has been
raised by the state headquar
ters of the National Foundation
for Infantile Paralysis, C. H.
Crabtree, state representative
said. $50,000 was a contribution
from the national office.'
The County Board of Health
of Macon County, at a meeting
held on July 18, 1944, for the
purpose of considering measures
to be taken to prevent the In
troduction of infantile paraly
sis into this area from other
areas In Piedmont, North Caro
lina, where the disease has ap
peared In epidemic form, adopt
ed the following findings and
order:
That there are now no cases
of infantile paralysis in Macon
county or in any adjoining
counties, nor does It now exist
in epidemic form In any area
within more than 100 miles of
' Macon county.
That while no emergency now
?xlsts In this county in order
to prevent any opportunity for
oontact, all parents are strong
ly urged to keep all children,
under tha age of IS, on their
own premises so long as the
disease exists In epidemic form
anywhere in this State, and
during that time not permit
them to assemble or congregate
at parties, picnics, moving pic
ture shows, church schools,
swimming pools, or at any other
places whatsoever.
IT IS ORDERED that all
children whatsoever, under the
age of fifteen, who come into
Macon county from any area
where Infantile paralysis exists
in epidemic form, be placed un
der strict quarantine for a per
iod of three weeks from the
date of their coming into this
county.
It is believed that house flies
are one means of spreading in
fantile paralysis and, therefore,
all persons are strongly urged
to take all steps necessary to
eliminate all places breeding or
attracting flies.
?MACON COUNTY
BOARD OF HEALTH.
Methodist Young People
Hold Open House
The young people of the
Franklin Methodist church are
holding open house Monday,
Wednesday, and Friday for
members of the church and
other ytmng people of Franklin,
In the church basement.
The program is under the
direction of the pastor, the Rev.
W. J. Huneycutt, with Ed Coch
ran, Duke ministerial student,
assisting.
Table tennis, shuffle-board,
and table games will provide
amusements.
EXTRA
'BONDS
NEWS OF OUR
? MENoW WOMEN
IN UNIFORM
1 Cpl, Jesse L. Leatherwood, son
of Miss Sallie Leatherwood of
Franklin, Route 1, is stationed
somewhere in Italy. Cpl. Leath
erwood was inducted into service
on June 19, 1942 and since then
has seen service in Africa, Sici
ly and Italy.
Pfc. Harry Kinsland, son of
Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Kinsland
of route 4 is home on a short
furlough. He has been station
ed at Kingman Army Air Base,
Kingman, Ariz., and he will now
report to the air station in
Tampa, Fla.
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Sgt. Ellis W. Smith, son of
Mr. and Mrs. John Smith of
Cartoogechaye, recently spent
a 21-day furlough at home. Sgt.
Smith has been overseas for
two years.
Pvt. Harley Carpenter, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Harley Carpenter,
Sr., of Dillard, Ga., recently
spent a 12-day furlough at
home. Pvt. Carpenter entered
the service in December 1943.
He took his basic training at
Camp Planche, New Orleans.
La., but has been transferred
to Camp Jesse Turner, Ark.
Mr. and Mrs.. Carpenter have
three other sons and a son-in
law in the service: T/Cpl. Ervin
A. Carpenter, stationed some
where in New Guinea; Pfc. El
AIR HERO
CHARLES HUNNICUTT
HUNNICUTT
WINS DFC
Franklin Airman Honored
For Heroic Action
Over Europe
An 8th AAF Bomber Station,
England ? Army Press Release
First Lieutenant Charles R. Hun -
nicutt, son of Mrs. Blanche I.
Hunnlcutt, Franklin, and hus
band of Mrs. Martha E. Hunnl
cutt, of Leatherman, has been
decorated with the Distinguish
ed Flying Cross, it was announ
ced by the general, Eighth Army
Air Force.
Lieut. Hunnlcutt was decorat
ed for extraordinary achieve
ment while serving as a naviga
tor on a B-17 Flying Fortress
on bombing missions over Ger
many and enemy-occupied Eu
rope. His courage, skill and cool
ness displayed on these occm
Pvt. Alley Peek has been
slightly pounded In action in i
Prance, according to word re
ceived here and has been
awarded the Purple Heart. Pvt.
Peek has been engaged in some
of the heaviest invasion fight
ing serving with the Fourth In
fantry Division which General
Headquarters has announced i?
now in Prance. The "Ivy" Divis
ion has been engaged in "nine
days of bitter warfare without
rest," according to staff corres
pondence of Stars and Stripes,
army newspaper.
bert Carpenter in England; Pvt.
Edward Carpenter statioed at
Sheppard Field, Texas, and
Pfc. Issac E. Pitts in Italy.
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Pfc. Emerson G. Crawford,
son of Mr. and Mrs. W. C.
Crawford of Franklin, route 4,
has written his family that he
has landed safely on an island
somewhere in the Pacific. Pfc.
Crawford entered the armed
services in September 1943 and
received his basic training at
Camp Barkley, Texas, and his
specialized training at William
Beaumont hospital, El Paso,
Texas.
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Pfc. William E. Nichols of
Camp Gordon, Ga., spent the
weekend with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Floyd Nichols of
Franklin, Route 1.
Former F.H.S. Students
Edit Press This Week
This Issue of the Press has
been entirely edited and written
by former students of Franklin
high school; Merrily Brooks,
student at St. Mary's school,
Raleigh: Barbara Stoikton, stu
dent at Brenau college, Gaines
ville, Ga.; Mary Frances Page,
student at Stephens college.
Columbia, Mo.; Emogene Lan
drunC student at Women's col
lege, University of North Caro
lina, Greensboro, and Sol San
ders, student at School of Jour
nalism, University of Missouri,
Columbia.
Dr. Smith
Hurt In Fall
The many friends of Dr. P. T.
Smith will regret to learn that
he is a patient in a Richmond
hospital with a fractured shoul
der which he received In a fall
recently. Dr. and Mrs. Smith
are making their home with
their daughter, Mrs. Fleet H.
Scroggs and Mr. Scroggs at 4301
W.? Franklin street, Richmond,
Virginia.
Robert E. (Tony) Welch, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Welch
of Franklin has been promoted
to sergeant from corporal. Sgt.
Welch entered the service in
May, 1943 and is stationed at
Fort Leonard Weed, Missouri, in
the Army Engineers.
ions reflected the highest .cred
it upon himself and the armed
forces of the United States.
Lieut. Hunnlcutt was graduat
ed from Franklin high school,
and played on the varsity bas
ketball team. He attended the
University of New Mexico, where
he studied civil engineering.
Prior to his entry into the
AAF, Lieut. Hunnlcutt was an
lnipector for tunnel excavation.
Republican Convention
To Meet Saturday
TWO MACON
MEN MISSING
Clyde Tallent, Van Carter
Missing In Action
Overseas
Pvt. Clyde Tallent of Iotla
and Manteo, N. C., and Lieut.
Van Carter of West's Mill, have
been reported missing in action
according to word received here
by relatives.
CLYDE TALLENT
Pvt. Tallent, son of Mrs. Flor
ence Tallent and husband of
Mrs. Anita Tallent, formerly of
Cape Hatteras, was reported
missing in the Italian War
Theatre on June 1. He was ser
ving in the Infantry. He is the
father of a one-year-old son.
Before entering the army he
taught school in eastern North
Carolina.
Lieut. Van Carter is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Weaver Carter
of West's Mill.
Singing Convention At
Pine Grove Church
The next Fourth Sunday
Singing Convention will be held
at the Pine Grove Baptist
church at 2 o'clock Sunday,
B. C. Dendy, president, announ
ced today.
A School Board, County
Representative To Be
Nominated
The Macon County Republi
can Convention will be held at
2 o'clock Saturday at the coun
ty Court House. It will be a
general open meeting to nomi
nate the school board and the
county representative to the
General Assembly. The follow
ing are the chairman who will
also serve as delegates: Walter
Dean, chairman of the execu
tive committee; W. L. McCoy,
first assistant chairman; A. R.
Higdon, secretary-treasurer; Roy
Mashburn, second assistant
chairman.
Township chairmen are:
Franklin, Freeman Hastings;
Mill Shoals, undesignated; Elli
jay, W. R. Higdon; Sugarfork,
E. M. Dills; Highlands, T. E.
Keener; Flats. Marshall Bur
nette; Smith Bridge, L. M. Hen
son; Cartoogechaye, Joe Hop
kins; Nintahala No. 1, W. D.
Neal; Nantahala No. 2, John
Wishon; Burningtown, W. P.
Martin; Cowee, Dock Clarke.
SOLDIER -VOTE
REGISTRATION AND
VOTING
All members of the armed
services over twenty-one
years of age are eligible to
vote absentee ballots in" the
general election in November
through Federal Law admin
istered through the Secre
tary of State and the Macon
County Board of Elections
Chairman, J. J. Mann. Men
in uniform (including Mer
chant Marine, WAC, WAVE,
etc.) can be registered for
voting for the duration of
the war. Application must be
made at the Register -of
Deeds office in the Court
House. If the voter was regis
tered for the primary and his
address has not changed, a
second application is not nec
essary.
Registration and applica
tion for voting must be com
pleted by August 1 if ballots
are to be mailed and return
ed in time for the election.
W. R. McCracken Nominated
For The General Assembly
Macon E Bond Sales
Short $39,000
War bond sales in the Fifth
War Loan drive have reached
a mark over $300,000 in this
county, according to Mr. Henry
W. Cabe, chairman of the war
finance committee. Although
sales (in F and G series have
pusheil the total above the 188,
000 over-all quota, the series
E sales lack around $39,000 of
reaching the $144,0000 goal.
Mr. Cabe said he is pleased
with the way the people are
still buying in spite of the fact
the campaign has closed.
Ray Orr To Aid
In Timber Cutting
The services of Ray Orr have
been secured to help farmers
in making and estimating the
timber that is ready to be cut,
S. W. Mendenhall, county agent,
announced. This Information is
particularly valuable for any
person who plans to sell timber
from the stump as Mr. Orr can
cruise this timber and give an
estimate of the number of feet
in the boundary. No charge is
made for the work done by Mr.
Orr. Anyone desiring an esti
mate on the timber that he
wishes to sell should notify the
County Agent, who will see that
Mr. Orr visits his farm.
The farmer who has timber
that is ready to cut should
make every effort to get this
timber to the market since it
is needed badly in the war ef
fort. The price of timber is the
highest that it has been In
years which is another good
reason why farmers should mar
ket their timber now. However,
extreme care should be taken
regarding the future crop of
timber,
Democrats Renominate
School Board; Parruh
For Surveyor
The County Democratic Con
vention meeting Saturday after
noon at the Court House nom
inated without opposition Way
ne R. McCracken, farmer of
the Mill Shoals precinct, as can
didate for Macon County repre
sentative to the next General
Assembly in the November gen
eral election.
Members Of the present school
board were renominated after
two new nominations, A. B. O'
Mohundro and Larence Ramsey,
were defeated. Will Parrish of
Smithbridge precinct was nom
inated for county surveyor over
John Dalton.
E. W. Long, County Democrat
ic chairman, presided and Mrs.
Lola P. Barrington acted as sec
retary.
Dr. W. A. Rogers, former
County Democratic chairman
and representative to the Gen
eral Assembly, spoke briefly to
the convention before nomina
tions began. He said the con
vention system of nomination
for county offices used for the
first time this year Instead of
the primary had two advanta
ges of saving the party money
and preserving party unity.
Following the voting, J. J.
Mann, County Board of Elec
tions chairman, reminded the
delegates that applications for
registration and voting for
members of the armed forces
must be completed before Aug
ust 1 in order that votes can
be returned from the battle
fronts In time for the election
in November.
Delegate vote In the conven
tion for each of the precincts
was determined on the Demo
cratic vote cast in the last gen
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